diff --git a/examples/navigation/src/settings/Settings.tsx b/examples/navigation/src/settings/Settings.tsx
index d5eefab..c23524d 100644
--- a/examples/navigation/src/settings/Settings.tsx
+++ b/examples/navigation/src/settings/Settings.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import React from "react";
 import SettingsViewModel from "./settingsViewModel";
 
 export function Settings() {
-  const vm = useViewModel(() => new SettingsViewModel(), {}, []);
+  const { vm } = useViewModel(() => new SettingsViewModel(), {}, []);
 
   return (
     <p>
diff --git a/packages/views/src/hooks/useViewModel.ts b/packages/views/src/hooks/useViewModel.ts
index 988cc23..7126f2a 100644
--- a/packages/views/src/hooks/useViewModel.ts
+++ b/packages/views/src/hooks/useViewModel.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 "use client";
 
 import type { DependencyList } from "react";
-import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { ViewModelLifecycleManager } from "../helpers/viewModelLifecycleManager";
 import type { IViewModel } from "../types";
-import { ManualPromise } from "@frui.ts/helpers";
 
 export function useViewModel<TContext, TViewModel extends IViewModel<TContext>>(
   factory: () => TViewModel,
@@ -12,15 +11,13 @@ export function useViewModel<TContext, TViewModel extends IViewModel<TContext>>(
   dependencies?: DependencyList
 ) {
   const vmManager = useRef(new ViewModelLifecycleManager(factory));
-  const initializedPromise = useRef(new ManualPromise<true>());
+  const [initialized, setInitialized] = useState(false);
 
   const currentContext = useRef(context);
   currentContext.current = context;
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    void vmManager.current
-      .initialize(currentContext.current)
-      .then(() => initializedPromise.current.status === "new" && initializedPromise.current.resolve(true));
+    void vmManager.current.initialize(currentContext.current).then(() => setInitialized(true));
 
     return () => {
       void vmManager.current.close(currentContext.current);
@@ -31,5 +28,5 @@ export function useViewModel<TContext, TViewModel extends IViewModel<TContext>>(
     void vmManager.current.navigate(currentContext.current);
   }, dependencies ?? [context]);
 
-  return { vm: vmManager.current.instance, initialized: initializedPromise.current.promise };
+  return { vm: vmManager.current.instance, initialized };
 }
diff --git a/stories/package.json b/stories/package.json
index 51977c3..abcfaf9 100644
--- a/stories/package.json
+++ b/stories/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "react": "^18.2.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "storybook": "cross-env NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider storybook dev -p 6006",
-    "build-storybook": "cross-env NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider storybook build"
+    "storybook": "storybook dev -p 6006",
+    "build-storybook": "storybook build"
   }
 }