diff --git a/src/mutableAtom/index.ts b/src/mutableAtom/index.ts
index d6705f3..c92056c 100644
--- a/src/mutableAtom/index.ts
+++ b/src/mutableAtom/index.ts
@@ -30,31 +30,28 @@ export function makeMutableAtom<Value>(
 
   const storeAtom = atom<
     Store<Value>,
-    [ActionWithPayload<'setValueAsync', Value> | Action<'mount'>],
-    void
+    [ActionWithPayload<'setValue', Value> | Action<'getValue'>],
+    void | Value
   >(
-    (get, { setSelf }) => ({
-      proxyState: null,
-      getValue: () => get(valueAtom).value,
-      setValue: async (value: Value) => {
-        await defer()
-        setSelf({ type: 'setValueAsync', payload: value })
-      },
-    }),
+    (_get, { setSelf }) => {
+      const getValue = () => setSelf({ type: 'getValue' }) as Value
+      const store: Store<Value> = {
+        proxyState: createProxyState(getValue(), () => store),
+        getValue,
+        setValue: (value: Value) =>
+          setSelf({ type: 'setValue', payload: value }) as void,
+      }
+      return store
+    },
     (get, set, action) => {
-      if (action.type === 'setValueAsync') {
+      if (action.type === 'setValue') {
         set(valueAtom, { value: action.payload })
-      } else if (action.type === 'mount') {
-        const store = get(storeAtom)
-        store.setValue = (value: Value) => {
-          set(valueAtom, { value })
-        }
+      } else if (action.type === 'getValue') {
+        return get(valueAtom).value
       }
     }
   )
 
-  storeAtom.onMount = (setAtom) => setAtom({ type: 'mount' })
-
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
     storeAtom.debugPrivate = true
   }
@@ -65,9 +62,8 @@ export function makeMutableAtom<Value>(
   function onChange(getStore: () => Store<Value>) {
     return () => {
       const { proxyState, getValue, setValue } = getStore()
-      if (proxyState === null) return
       const { value } = snapshot(proxyState)
-      if (value !== getValue()) {
+      if (!Object.is(value, getValue())) {
         setValue(value as Awaited<Value>)
       }
     }
@@ -76,23 +72,10 @@ export function makeMutableAtom<Value>(
   /**
    * create the proxy state and subscribe to it
    */
-  function createProxyState(getStore: () => Store<Value>) {
-    const store = getStore()
-    const value = store.getValue()
-    store.proxyState ??= proxyFn({ value })
-    store.proxyState.value = value
-    subscribe(store.proxyState, onChange(getStore), true)
-    return store.proxyState
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * return the proxy if it exists, otherwise create and subscribe to it
-   */
-  function ensureProxyState(getStore: () => Store<Value>) {
-    const { proxyState } = getStore()
-    if (proxyState === null) {
-      return createProxyState(getStore)
-    }
+  function createProxyState(initialValue: Value, getStore: () => Store<Value>) {
+    const proxyState = proxyFn({ value: initialValue })
+    proxyState.value = initialValue
+    subscribe(proxyState, onChange(getStore), true)
     return proxyState
   }
 
@@ -119,9 +102,8 @@ export function makeMutableAtom<Value>(
    */
   const proxyEffectAtom = atom<ProxyState<Value>>((get) => {
     get(valueAtom) // subscribe to value updates
-    const getStore = () => get(storeAtom)
-    const proxyState = ensureProxyState(getStore)
-    return wrapProxyState(proxyState)
+    const store = get(storeAtom)
+    return wrapProxyState(store.proxyState)
   })
   return proxyEffectAtom
 }
@@ -129,10 +111,3 @@ export function makeMutableAtom<Value>(
 const defaultOptions = {
   proxyFn: proxy,
 }
-
-/**
- * delays execution until next microtask
- */
-function defer() {
-  return Promise.resolve().then()
-}
diff --git a/src/mutableAtom/types.ts b/src/mutableAtom/types.ts
index 4e97150..4d72403 100644
--- a/src/mutableAtom/types.ts
+++ b/src/mutableAtom/types.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@ export type Wrapped<T> = { value: T }
 
 type ProxyFn<T> = (obj: Wrapped<T>) => Wrapped<T>
 
-type PromiseOrValue<T> = Promise<T> | T
-
 export type Store<Value> = {
-  proxyState: ProxyState<Value> | null
+  proxyState: ProxyState<Value>
   getValue: () => Value
-  setValue: (value: Value) => PromiseOrValue<void>
+  setValue: (value: Value) => void
 }
 
 export type Options<T> = {