diff --git a/blocks/accordion/accordion.css b/blocks/accordion/accordion.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d82f20c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blocks/accordion/accordion.css
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+raqn-accordion {
+    --scope-icon-size: 1em;
+    --accordion-background-color: var(--scope-background, black);
+    --accordion-color: var(--scope-color, white);
+
+    background-color: var(--accordion-background-color);
+    color: var(--accordion-color);
+    margin: var(--scope-margin, 0);
+    display: grid;
+    
+    & .accordion-control {
+        border-block-start: var(--scope-border-block-start, none);
+        border-inline-start: var(--scope-border-inline-start, none);
+        border-inline-end: var(--scope-border-inline-end, none);
+
+        &:first-child {
+            border-block-start: none
+        }
+
+        & > * {
+            --scope-headings-color: var(--scope-color, black);
+            --scope-hover-color: var(--scope-accent-color, gray);
+
+            width: 100%;
+            display: flex;
+            justify-content: space-between;
+            min-width: 100%;
+        }
+
+        cursor: pointer;
+        display: flex;
+        align-items: center;
+        justify-content: start;
+        width: 100%;
+
+        &:hover {
+            --scope-color: var(--scope-headings-color);
+        }
+    }
+
+    & raqn-icon {
+        align-self: end;
+        transform: rotate(90deg);
+        transition: transform 0.2s ease-in-out;
+    }
+
+    & accordion-control.active raqn-icon {
+        transform: rotate(270deg);
+    }
+
+    & .accordion-content {
+        display: grid;
+        max-height: 0;
+        overflow: hidden;
+        opacity: 0;
+        border-block-end: var(--scope-border-block-end, none);
+        border-block-start: var(--scope-border-block-start, none);
+        margin-block-end: -1px;
+        transition: max-height 0.5s ease-in-out,
+                    opacity 0.5s ease-in-out;
+
+
+        &:last-child {
+            border-block-end: none
+        }
+
+        &.active {
+            opacity: 1;
+            grid-template-rows: 1fr;
+            max-height: 100vw;
+
+        }
+    }
+
+    & .accordion-content-wrapper {
+        margin-block: 1em;
+        display: grid;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/blocks/accordion/accordion.js b/blocks/accordion/accordion.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d090f4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blocks/accordion/accordion.js
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import Column from '../column/column.js';
+
+export default class Accordion extends Column {
+  ready() {
+    this.setAttribute('role', 'navigation');
+    let children = Array.from(this.children);
+    children = children.map((child) => {
+      if (child.tagName !== 'DIV') {
+        const div = document.createElement('div');
+        div.append(child);
+        this.append(div);
+        return div;
+      }
+      return child;
+    });
+    // console.log(children)
+    this.setupControls(children.filter((_, ind) => ind % 2 === 0));
+    this.setupContent(children.filter((_, ind) => ind % 2 === 1));
+  }
+
+  setupControls(controls) {
+    controls.forEach((control,index) => {
+      const icon = document.createElement('raqn-icon');
+      icon.setAttribute('icon', 'chevron-right');
+      const children = Array.from(control.children);
+      if (children.length === 0) {
+        const child = document.createElement('span');
+        child.textContent = control.textContent;
+        control.innerHTML = '';
+        control.append(child);
+      }
+      control.children[0].append(icon);
+      control.setAttribute('role', 'button');
+      control.setAttribute('aria-expanded', 'false');
+      control.setAttribute('tabindex', '0');
+      control.classList.add('accordion-control');
+      control.id = `accordion-${this.id}-${index}`;
+      control.addEventListener('click', () => this.toggleControl(control));
+      control.addEventListener('keypress', (e) => {
+        if (e.key === 'Enter' || e.key === ' ') {
+          this.toggleControl(control);
+        }
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  toggleControl(control) {
+    const content = control.nextElementSibling;
+    if (content) {
+      content.classList.toggle('active');
+      control.classList.toggle('active');
+      control.setAttribute('aria-expanded', content.classList.contains('active'));
+      content.setAttribute('aria-hidden', !content.classList.contains('active'));
+    }
+  }
+
+  setupContent(contents) {
+    contents.forEach((content) => {
+      const internal = content.children;
+      const wrapper = document.createElement('div');
+      wrapper.classList.add('accordion-content-wrapper');
+      wrapper.append(...internal);
+      content.append(wrapper);
+      content.setAttribute('role', 'region');
+      content.setAttribute('aria-hidden',true);
+      content.classList.add('accordion-content');
+      content.setAttribute('aria-labelledby', content.previousElementSibling.id);
+    });
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/blocks/column/column.js b/blocks/column/column.js
index b4a095c4..d4a72505 100644
--- a/blocks/column/column.js
+++ b/blocks/column/column.js
@@ -6,9 +6,16 @@ export default class Column extends ComponentBase {
   }
 
   connected() {
-    const firstChild = this.children[0];
-    const content = this.querySelector('div > div');
-    firstChild.replaceWith(...content.children);
+    const content = this.querySelectorAll('div > div');
+    // clean up dom structure (div div div div div div) and save the content
+    this.contentChildren = Array.from(content).map((child) => {
+      const {children} = child;
+      const parent = child.parentNode;
+      if (children.length > 0) {
+        child.replaceWith(...children);
+      }
+      return parent;
+    })
     this.calculateGridTemplateColumns();
   }
 
diff --git a/blocks/navigation/navigation.css b/blocks/navigation/navigation.css
index 33106453..f89ae66b 100644
--- a/blocks/navigation/navigation.css
+++ b/blocks/navigation/navigation.css
@@ -16,6 +16,18 @@ raqn-navigation {
     & p {
       display: none;
     }
+
+    & ul {  
+      overflow-y: auto;
+      max-height: calc(100vh - var(--scope-header-height));
+    }
+  }
+
+  &.active > nav  {
+    & ul,
+    & p {
+      display: block;
+    }
   }
 
   & a {
@@ -50,7 +62,7 @@ raqn-navigation {
   }
 
   &.active {
-    button {
+    & button {
       background-color: var(--scope-background-hover, #000);
       color: var(--scope-color-hover, #fff);
     }
@@ -65,6 +77,7 @@ raqn-navigation {
       inset-inline-start: 0;
       inset-block-start: var(--scope-header-height, 64px);
       min-height: 100%;
+      max-height: calc(100vh - var(--scope-header-height, 64px));
       margin: 0 auto;
       padding: 0;
 
@@ -76,8 +89,12 @@ raqn-navigation {
     }
   }
 
-  /* desktop */
-  &:not([compact='true']) > nav {
+  & .accordion-content-wrapper {
+    margin: 0;
+  }
+
+
+&:not([compact='true']) > nav {
     & a {
       line-height: var(--scope-icon-size, 24px);
     }
@@ -104,6 +121,16 @@ raqn-navigation {
       padding: var(--padding-vertical, 20px) var(--padding-horizontal, 20px);
     }
 
+    & .level-2 > a {
+      color: var(--scope-link-color-hover);
+      font-size: 1.2em;
+      font-weight: bold;
+
+      &:hover {
+        color: var(--scope-color, #fff);
+      }
+    }
+
     & .level-2,
     & .level-2 > ul {
       display: inline-flex;
diff --git a/blocks/navigation/navigation.js b/blocks/navigation/navigation.js
index 0295a235..303d3683 100644
--- a/blocks/navigation/navigation.js
+++ b/blocks/navigation/navigation.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+import { start } from '../../scripts/init.js';
 import Column from '../column/column.js';
 
 export default class Navigation extends Column {
+
   createButton() {
     const button = document.createElement('button');
     button.setAttribute('aria-label', 'Menu');
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ export default class Navigation extends Column {
     this.icon = this.getAttribute('icon') || 'menu';
     if (this.compact) {
       this.nav.append(this.createButton());
+      start({name:'accordion'});
     }
     this.append(this.nav);
     this.setupClasses(this.list);
@@ -35,17 +38,33 @@ export default class Navigation extends Column {
     }
   }
 
+  createIcon(name = this.icon) {
+    const icon = document.createElement('raqn-icon');
+    icon.setAttribute('icon', name);
+    return icon;
+  }
+
+  creaeteAccordion(replaceChildrenElement) {
+    const accordion = document.createElement('raqn-accordion');
+    const children = Array.from(replaceChildrenElement.children);
+    accordion.append(...children);
+    replaceChildrenElement.append(accordion);
+  }
+
   setupClasses(ul, level = 1) {
     const children = Array.from(ul.children);
     children.forEach((child) => {
+      const hasChildren = child.querySelector('ul');
       child.classList.add(`level-${level}`);
       child.dataset.level = level;
-      const hasChildren = child.querySelector('ul');
+
       if (hasChildren) {
         const anchor = child.querySelector('a');
-        const icon = document.createElement('raqn-icon');
-        icon.setAttribute('icon', 'chevron-right');
-        anchor.append(icon);
+        if (this.compact) {
+          this.creaeteAccordion(child);
+        } else if (level === 1) {
+         anchor.append(this.createIcon('chevron-right'));
+        }
         child.classList.add('has-children');
         this.setupClasses(hasChildren, level + 1);
       }
diff --git a/blocks/navigation/navigation.md b/blocks/navigation/navigation.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/scripts/component-base.js b/scripts/component-base.js
index bab81dc0..dac88028 100644
--- a/scripts/component-base.js
+++ b/scripts/component-base.js
@@ -8,12 +8,16 @@ export default class ComponentBase extends HTMLElement {
   }
 
   async connectedCallback() {
-    this.setAttribute('id', this.uuid);
-    if (this.external) {
-      await this.load(this.external);
+    const inicialized = this.getAttribute('inicialized');
+    if (!inicialized) {
+      this.setAttribute('inicialized', true);
+      this.setAttribute('id', this.uuid);
+      if (this.external) {
+        await this.load(this.external);
+      }
+      this.connected();
+      this.ready();
     }
-    this.connected();
-    this.ready();
   }
 
   async load(block) {
@@ -28,11 +32,15 @@ export default class ComponentBase extends HTMLElement {
     if (response.ok) {
       const html = await response.text();
       this.innerHTML = html;
-      return init(this);
+      return this.refresh(this);
     }
     return response;
   }
 
+  refresh(el = this) {
+    init(el);
+  }
+
   connected() {}
 
   ready() {}
diff --git a/scripts/init.js b/scripts/init.js
index df817e84..c09a0c53 100644
--- a/scripts/init.js
+++ b/scripts/init.js
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ function lcpPriority() {
   window.raqnLCP = lcp ? lcp.split(',').map((name) => ({ name })) : [];
 }
 
+
+export async function start({ name, el }) {
+  const loader = new ComponentLoader(name, el);
+  return loader.decorate();
+};
+
 export async function init(node = document) {
   let blocks = Array.from(node.querySelectorAll('[class]:not([class^=style]'));
 
@@ -54,17 +60,12 @@ export async function init(node = document) {
   const rest = data.filter(
     ({ name }) => !lcp.includes(name) && !delay.includes(name),
   );
-  const start = ({ name, el }) => {
-    const loader = new ComponentLoader(name, el);
-    return loader.decorate();
-  };
 
   // start with lcp and priority
   Promise.all([
     ...lcp.map(({ name, el }) => start({ name, el })),
     ...priority.map(({ name, el }) => start({ name, el })),
   ]);
-
   // timeout for the rest to proper prioritize in case of stalled loading
   rest.map(({ name, el }) => setTimeout(() => start({ name, el })));
 
diff --git a/styles/styles.css b/styles/styles.css
index d264bac6..f15cde86 100644
--- a/styles/styles.css
+++ b/styles/styles.css
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ time, mark, audio, video {
 	font: inherit;
   font-size: 100%;
 	vertical-align: baseline;
-  color: inherit;
+  color: var(--scope-color, inherit);
 }
 
 header {
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ main > div > div > div {
   display: grid;
   grid-template-columns: var(--scope-grid-template-columns, 1fr);
   gap: var(--scope-gap, 20px);
-  padding: var(--scope-padding, 20px 0);
   align-items: center;
   justify-items: start;
   min-height: var(--scope-font-size, 1.2em);
@@ -153,3 +152,12 @@ h6 {
 #franklin-svg-sprite {
   display: none;
 }
+
+/* component setup styles */
+
+raqn-navigation {
+  & > ul,
+  & > button {
+    display: none;
+  }
+}
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