diff --git a/src/hooked_containers/mapping.py b/src/hooked_containers/mapping.py
index c48a258..d7a93af 100644
--- a/src/hooked_containers/mapping.py
+++ b/src/hooked_containers/mapping.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-from collections.abc import MutableMapping, MutableSequence, Sequence
+from collections.abc import MutableMapping, Sequence
 from copy import copy
 from typing import TypeVar
 
 from . import events as e
 from .common import HookedContainer, MutableNesting
-from .sequence import HookedList
 
 T = TypeVar("T")
 
@@ -28,9 +27,9 @@ class HookedMapping(HookedContainer[T], MutableMapping[T, MutableNesting[T]]):
         new_path.append(key)
         match value:
             case MutableMapping() as mapping:
-                return HookedMapping(hook=self.hook, existing=mapping, path=new_path)
-            case MutableSequence() as seq:
-                return HookedList(hook=self.hook, existing=seq, path=new_path)
+                return HookedMapping(mapping, self.hook, path=new_path)
+            case HookedContainer() as seq:
+                return type(self)(seq, self.hook, path=new_path)
             case _ as item:
                 return item
 
diff --git a/src/hooked_containers/sequence.py b/src/hooked_containers/sequence.py
index 37250ee..dab7506 100644
--- a/src/hooked_containers/sequence.py
+++ b/src/hooked_containers/sequence.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ class HookedList(HookedContainer[T], MutableSequence[T]):
     ) -> None:
         self.hook = hook
         match existing:
-            case MutableSequence() as seq:
-                self._data = seq
             case HookedContainer(_data=seq):
                 self._data = seq
+            case MutableSequence() as seq:
+                self._data = seq
             case _ as it:
                 self._data = list(it)
         self._path = list(path) if path is not None else []
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ class HookedList(HookedContainer[T], MutableSequence[T]):
         new_path = copy(self._path)
         new_path.append(s)
         match self._data[s]:
-            case MutableSequence() as seq:
-                return type(self)(seq, self.hook, path=new_path)
             case HookedContainer(_data=seq):
                 return type(self)(seq, self.hook, path=new_path)
+            case MutableSequence() as seq:
+                return HookedList(seq, self.hook, path=new_path)
             case _ as item:
                 return item