diff --git a/packages/validation/src/utils.ts b/packages/validation/src/utils.ts
index 170dbeb..e7e0f06 100644
--- a/packages/validation/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/validation/src/utils.ts
@@ -4,17 +4,15 @@ import Configuration from "./configuration";
 import type { AggregatedValidationResult, EntityValidator } from "./types";
 
 export function attachValidator<TEntity>(target: TEntity, validator: EntityValidator<TEntity>) {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access
-  (target as any)[Configuration.validatorAttachedProperty] = validator;
+  (target as Record<symbol, EntityValidator<TEntity>>)[Configuration.validatorAttachedProperty] = validator;
 }
 
-export function getValidator<TEntity>(target: TEntity) {
+export function getValidator<TEntity>(target: TEntity): EntityValidator<TEntity> | undefined {
   if (!target) {
     return undefined;
   }
 
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access
-  return (target as any)[Configuration.validatorAttachedProperty] as EntityValidator<TEntity> | undefined;
+  return (target as Record<symbol, EntityValidator<TEntity> | undefined>)[Configuration.validatorAttachedProperty];
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/views/src/hooks/useDisposable.ts b/packages/views/src/hooks/useDisposable.ts
index ddbbf51..cc09106 100644
--- a/packages/views/src/hooks/useDisposable.ts
+++ b/packages/views/src/hooks/useDisposable.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+"use client";
+
 import { useEffect } from "react";
 import type { IDisposable } from "@frui.ts/helpers";
 
diff --git a/packages/views/src/hooks/useViewModel.ts b/packages/views/src/hooks/useViewModel.ts
index 7d2e2d7..988cc23 100644
--- a/packages/views/src/hooks/useViewModel.ts
+++ b/packages/views/src/hooks/useViewModel.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+"use client";
+
 import type { DependencyList } from "react";
 import { useEffect, useRef } 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,
@@ -9,12 +12,15 @@ export function useViewModel<TContext, TViewModel extends IViewModel<TContext>>(
   dependencies?: DependencyList
 ) {
   const vmManager = useRef(new ViewModelLifecycleManager(factory));
+  const initializedPromise = useRef(new ManualPromise<true>());
 
   const currentContext = useRef(context);
   currentContext.current = context;
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    void vmManager.current.initialize(currentContext.current);
+    void vmManager.current
+      .initialize(currentContext.current)
+      .then(() => initializedPromise.current.status === "new" && initializedPromise.current.resolve(true));
 
     return () => {
       void vmManager.current.close(currentContext.current);
@@ -25,5 +31,5 @@ export function useViewModel<TContext, TViewModel extends IViewModel<TContext>>(
     void vmManager.current.navigate(currentContext.current);
   }, dependencies ?? [context]);
 
-  return vmManager.current.instance;
+  return { vm: vmManager.current.instance, initialized: initializedPromise.current.promise };
 }
diff --git a/packages/views/src/index.ts b/packages/views/src/index.ts
index 7fd0be3..56ac752 100644
--- a/packages/views/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/views/src/index.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ export { default as assignDefaultProps } from "./helpers/assignDefaultProps";
 export { default as createDataIdHandler } from "./helpers/dataIdHandler";
 export { default as createMemoizedHandler } from "./helpers/memoizedDataHandler";
 export { default as preventDefault } from "./helpers/preventDefault";
+export * from "./helpers/viewModelLifecycleManager";
+export * from "./hooks/useDisposable";
 export * from "./hooks/useViewModel";
 export * from "./router/router";
 export * from "./router/types";
 export * from "./types";
 export * from "./view/helpers";
-export * from "./hooks/useDisposable";
 export { default as View } from "./view/view";
 export * from "./view/viewLocator";
diff --git a/packages/views/src/types.ts b/packages/views/src/types.ts
index e11ea2e..f2daa84 100644
--- a/packages/views/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/views/src/types.ts
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ export interface IViewModel<TContext> {
   onNavigate?(context: TContext): Promise<unknown> | unknown;
   onSearchChanged?(context: TContext): Promise<unknown> | unknown;
   onDeactivate?(context: TContext): Promise<unknown> | unknown;
+
+  isVm?: true;
 }