Layout component unable to render when Reitit router introduced - clojurescript

Question

I'm having trouble sorting out why a layout/parent component (app.components.layout) is not resolving after a hard reload BUT is okay after a hot reload with dev server after I introduced routes.
The error: TypeError: dapp.components.layout.render is not a function
This error doesn't appear when I render the view component in the #match atom directly.
(ns app.views
(:require
[reagent.core :as r]
[reitit.frontend :as rf]
[reitit.coercion.schema :as rsc]
[dapp.components.layout :as layout]
[dapp.components.dashboard :as dashboard]
[dapp.components.settings :as settings])))
(def routes
(rf/router
["/"
[""
{:name ::dashboard
:view dashboard/render
:controllers [{:start (log-fn "start" "dashboad controller")
:stop (log-fn "stop" "dashboard controller")}]}]
["settings"
{:name ::settings
:view settings/render}]]
{:data {:controllers [{:start (log-fn "start" "root-controller")
:stop (log-fn "stop" "root controller")}]
:coercion rsc/coercion}}))
;; broken on a hard browser refresh but works when shadow does a hot reload.
(defn main-panel []
[:div
(if #match
(let [view (:view (:data #match))]
(layout/render view #match)))]) ;; TypeError: app.components.layout.render is not a function
;; working
(defn main-panel []
[:div
(if #match
(let [view (:view (:data #match))]
(view nil))])
Layout Component:
(ns app.components.layout)
(defn render [view match]
[:div
[view]])
View Component:
(ns app.components.dashboard)
(defn render [props]
[:div
"Dashboard"])
Setup:
(ns app.core
(:require
[reagent.dom :as rdom]
[re-frame.core :as re-frame]
[reitit.frontend.easy :as rfe]
[reitit.frontend.controllers :as rfc]
[dapp.events :as events]
[dapp.views :as views]
[dapp.config :as config]
))
(defn dev-setup []
(when config/debug?
(println "dev mode")))
(defn ^:dev/after-load mount-root []
(re-frame/clear-subscription-cache!)
(let [root-el (.getElementById js/document "app")]
(rdom/unmount-component-at-node root-el)
(rdom/render [views/main-panel] root-el)))
(defn init []
(re-frame/dispatch-sync [::events/initialize-db])
(dev-setup)
;; router setup
(rfe/start!
views/routes
(fn [new-match]
(swap! views/match (fn [old-match]
(if new-match
(assoc new-match :controllers (rfc/apply-controllers (:controllers old-match) new-match))))))
{:use-fragment true})
(mount-root))