diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c5cd5ca..fd3c998 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "genui-widget",
-  "version": "0.6.1",
+  "version": "0.6.2",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "An embeddable chat widget that lets your AI chatbots render rich, interactive UI like buttons, forms, charts, cards and more instead of plain text. Works out of the box with LangGraph/LangChain and n8n.",
   "main": "./dist/genui-widget.umd.js",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 686e7cf..926a50e 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -371,8 +371,10 @@ export function createChat(config: ChatConfig): ChatInstance {
     },
 
     destroy: () => {
+      if (!container.isConnected) return; // Already destroyed
       root.unmount();
       container.remove();
+      delete window.__THESYS_CHAT__;
     },
 
     getSessionId: () => currentSessionId || "",