diff --git a/assets/controllers/comments_mercure_controller.js b/assets/controllers/comments_mercure_controller.js
index ac444dc..715d102 100644
--- a/assets/controllers/comments_mercure_controller.js
+++ b/assets/controllers/comments_mercure_controller.js
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ export default class extends Controller {
 
     this.eventSource = new EventSource(url.toString());
     this.eventSource.onmessage = (event) => {
-      // buffer if live not ready yet
-      if (!this._liveReady) {
-        this._queue.push(event.data);
-        return;
+      const data = JSON.parse(event.data); // { comments, profiles, ... }
+      const live = this._getLiveController();
+      if (live) {
+        live.set('payload', data); // <- updates the writable LiveProp
+        live.render();             // <- asks server to re-render
       }
-      this._ingest(event.data);
     };
   }
 
@@ -55,13 +55,15 @@ export default class extends Controller {
 
   _findLiveRoot() {
     return this.element.closest(
-      '[data-controller~="live"]'
+      '[data-controller~="live"],' +
+      '[data-controller~="symfony--ux-live-component--live"]'
     );
   }
 
   _getLiveController() {
     if (!this._liveRoot) return null;
-    return this.application.getControllerForElementAndIdentifier(this._liveRoot, 'live');
+    return this.application.getControllerForElementAndIdentifier(this._liveRoot, 'live')
+      || this.application.getControllerForElementAndIdentifier(this._liveRoot, 'symfony--ux-live-component--live');
   }
 
   _renderWhenReady() {
diff --git a/src/Twig/Components/Organisms/Comments.php b/src/Twig/Components/Organisms/Comments.php
index 853ab31..087cdb2 100644
--- a/src/Twig/Components/Organisms/Comments.php
+++ b/src/Twig/Components/Organisms/Comments.php
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ final class Comments
 {
     use DefaultActionTrait;
 
+    // Writable prop the browser can set
+    #[LiveProp(writable: true)]
+    public array $payload = []; // { comments, profiles, ... }
+
     // Live input
     #[LiveProp(writable: false)]
     public string $current;
@@ -53,34 +57,19 @@ final class Comments
         }
     }
 
-    #[LiveAction]
-    public function ingest(#[LiveArg('payload')] string $json): void
-    {
-        $data = json_decode($json, true) ?: [];
-
-        // Validate/normalize as needed
-        $this->list            = $data['comments'] ?? [];
-        $this->authorsMetadata = $data['profiles'] ?? [];
-
-        // If you send these in the event:
-        $this->zappers         = $data['zappers']       ?? [];
-        $this->zapAmounts      = $data['zapAmounts']    ?? [];
-        $this->commentLinks    = $data['commentLinks']  ?? [];
-
-        $this->loading = false;
-    }
-
     /** Expose a view model to the template; keeps all parsing server-side */
     public function getPayload(): array
     {
-        // Uses the helper we added earlier: getCommentsPayload($coordinate)
-        $payload = $this->redisCacheService->getCommentsPayload($this->current) ?? [
-            'comments'      => [],
-            'profiles'      => [],
-            'zappers'       => [],
-            'zapAmounts'    => [],
-            'commentLinks'  => [],
-        ];
+        $payload = $this->payload;
+        if (!$payload) {
+            $payload = $this->redisCacheService->getCommentsPayload($this->current) ?? [
+                'comments'      => [],
+                'profiles'      => [],
+                'zappers'       => [],
+                'zapAmounts'    => [],
+                'commentLinks'  => [],
+            ];
+        }
 
         // If your handler doesn’t compute zaps/links yet, reuse your helpers here:
         $this->list            = $payload['comments'];