diff --git a/components/VGitGraph.vue b/components/VGitGraph.vue
index f2b5ac4..c21715f 100644
--- a/components/VGitGraph.vue
+++ b/components/VGitGraph.vue
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ export default {
       return filtered
     },
     initRoots() {
-      var filtered = Object.keys(this.$store.getters.rootBranches)
+      //var filtered = Object.keys(this.$store.getters.rootBranches)
+      var filtered = _.keys(_.pickBy(this._$, (branch)=>{return branch.x.length===1}))
       this.$store.commit('addVisible', filtered)
       console.log('otp: ', this.$store.state.show)
     },
diff --git a/store/index.js b/store/index.js
index d7d1edc..1bf984d 100755
--- a/store/index.js
+++ b/store/index.js
@@ -369,11 +369,13 @@ export const mutations = {
 
 export const getters = {
   rootBranches: state => {
-    var filtered = _.pickBy(state.branches, function(branch) {
-      return branch.x.length===1;
+    var roots = _.pickBy(state.branches, function(value, key) {
+      return value.x.length===1;
     });
-    return filtered
-  }, 
+    const children = _.flatten(_.map(roots, "children"))
+    roots = _.pickBy(roots, (v,k)=> !children.includes(k))
+    return roots
+  },  
   compareX(arr1, arr2) { 
     const ln = Math.max(arr1.length, arr2.length)
     for(var i=0; i<ln; i++) {