diff --git a/packages/common-types/src/baseTypes/aggregateTypes.ts b/packages/common-types/src/baseTypes/aggregateTypes.ts
index 84fb20ac..79c398c6 100644
--- a/packages/common-types/src/baseTypes/aggregateTypes.ts
+++ b/packages/common-types/src/baseTypes/aggregateTypes.ts
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ export type KeyDetails = {
   threshold: number;
   totalShares: number;
   shareDescriptions: ShareDescriptionMap;
+  deviceShare?: ShareStore;
+  userShare?: ShareStore;
 };
 
 export type TKeyArgs = {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/core.ts b/packages/core/src/core.ts
index dec3aa07..42446758 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core.ts
@@ -252,9 +252,13 @@ class ThresholdKey implements ITKey {
         if (neverInitializeNewKey) {
           throw CoreError.default("key has not been generated yet");
         }
+
         // no metadata set, assumes new user
-        await this._initializeNewKey({ initializeModules: true, importedKey: importKey, delete1OutOf1: p.delete1OutOf1 });
-        return this.getKeyDetails();
+        const newKeyDetails = await this._initializeNewKey({ initializeModules: true, importedKey: importKey, delete1OutOf1: p.delete1OutOf1 });
+        const keyDetail = this.getKeyDetails();
+        keyDetail.deviceShare = newKeyDetails.deviceShare;
+        keyDetail.userShare = newKeyDetails.userShare;
+        return keyDetail;
       }
       // else we continue with catching up share and metadata
       shareStore = ShareStore.fromJSON(rawServiceProviderShare);
@@ -262,6 +266,21 @@ class ThresholdKey implements ITKey {
       throw CoreError.default("Input is not supported");
     }
 
+    await this.initializeWithShareStore(shareStore, transitionMetadata, previouslyFetchedCloudMetadata, previousLocalMetadataTransitions);
+  }
+
+  async initializeWithShareStore(
+    shareStore: ShareStore,
+    transitionMetadata?: Metadata,
+    previouslyFetchedCloudMetadata?: Metadata,
+    previousLocalMetadataTransitions?: LocalMetadataTransitions
+  ) {
+    const previousLocalMetadataTransitionsExists =
+      previousLocalMetadataTransitions && previousLocalMetadataTransitions[0].length > 0 && previousLocalMetadataTransitions[1].length > 0;
+    const reinitializing = transitionMetadata && previousLocalMetadataTransitionsExists; // are we reinitializing the SDK?
+    // in the case we're reinitializing whilst newKeyAssign has not been synced
+    const reinitializingWithNewKeyAssign = reinitializing && previouslyFetchedCloudMetadata === undefined;
+
     // We determine the latest metadata on the SDK and if there has been
     // needed transitions to include
     let currentMetadata: Metadata;