diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0d78057..1b93973 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ A simple headless toast solution for your React project.
 
 ## Quick guide
 
+You can render the toasts using either `useToasts` or `ToastProvider`, returned from `initToast`. `ToastProvider` uses `useToasts` internally, and is just a convenient wrapper.
+
 ```tsx
 // toast.ts
 import { initToast } from "@ryfylke-react/toast";
@@ -27,12 +29,15 @@ const App = () => {
   return (
     <>
       <ToastProvider
+        portal={document.body}
+        removeToastsAfterMs={3000}
         renderToasts={(props) => {
           return (
-            <div>
+            <div className="toasts-container">
               {props.toasts.map((toast) => (
                 <button
                   key={toast.id}
+                  className="toast"
                   onClick={() => props.onRemoveToast(toast.id)}
                 >
                   {toast.title}
@@ -65,15 +70,45 @@ export const Elsewhere = () => {
 };
 ```
 
-## Arguments
+## Reference
+
+### `initToast<T>`
+
+**Arguments**:
+Takes one [Typescript generic](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/generics.html) to specify the desired toast interface.
+
+**Returns**:
+
+The following (`toast`, `useToasts` & `ToastProvider`):
+
+### `toast`
+
+Takes whatever interface you specified as a generic when initializing with `initToast`.
+
+### `useToasts`
+
+**Arguments**:
+
+- `onToastAdded` - _(optional)_ A function that is run whenever a new toast is dispatched. Returns the toast in its argument. Useful for logging the toasts, or syncing them with an external store.
+- `removeToastsAfterMs` - _(optional)_ Determines if toasts should be removed from the list, and how long they should stay. (`number | undefined`)
+
+**Returns**:
+
+- `toasts` - A list of all current toasts.
+- `onRemoveToast` - A function that takes one argument, `toastId: string`, and removes the given toast from the internal list.
 
 ### `ToastProvider`
 
+**Arguments**:
+Same arguments as `useToasts`, but laid out in a different manner:
+
 - `renderToasts` - Takes a function that returns a ReactElement. Has the following props:
   - `toasts` - The list of toasts
   - `onRemoveToast` - A function that takes one argument, `toastId: string`.
-- `removeToastsAfterMs` - An optional argument that lets you configure a timeout for automatically removing the toast from the list.
+- `removeToastsAfterMs` - _(optional)_ An argument that lets you configure a timeout for automatically removing the toast from the list.
+- `onToastAdded` - _(optional)_ A function that is run whenever a new toast is dispatched. Returns the toast in its argument. Useful for logging the toasts, or syncing them with an external store.
+- `portal` - _(optional)_ If supplied, specifies which HTMLElement to render a portal to for `renderToasts`. If not supplied, no portal is rendered.
 
-### `toast`
+**Returns**: Whatever `renderToasts` returns.
 
-Takes whatever interface you specified as a generic when initializing.
+**Notes**: `ToastProvider` is not strictly nessecary if you are using `useToasts`. This component is just a helper/HOC for utilizing the hook.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fe428e9..7da8698 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ryfylke-react/toast",
-  "version": "0.0.2",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
   "description": "A simple solution for building your own toast management system.",
   "main": "./dist/cjs/index.js",
   "module": "./dist/esm/index.js",
diff --git a/src/components/ToastProvider.tsx b/src/components/ToastProvider.tsx
index 5c810d7..21a5d5f 100644
--- a/src/components/ToastProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ToastProvider.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-import React, {
-  ReactElement,
-  useEffect,
-  useRef,
-  useState,
-} from "react";
-import { ToastEventType } from "../toast";
+import React, { ReactElement } from "react";
+import ReactDOM from "react-dom";
+import { useToasts } from "../useToasts";
 
 export type ToastProviderProps<T> = {
   renderToasts: (props: {
@@ -12,60 +8,32 @@ export type ToastProviderProps<T> = {
     onRemoveToast: (id: string) => void;
   }) => ReactElement;
   removeToastsAfterMs?: number;
-};
-
-let incr = 0;
-const genId = () => {
-  incr += 1;
-  return `toast-${incr}`;
+  onToastAdded?: (toast: T) => void;
+  portal?: undefined | HTMLElement;
 };
 
 export function ToastProvider<T extends Record<string, any>>(
   props: ToastProviderProps<T>
 ) {
-  const mounted = useRef(true);
-  const [toasts, setToasts] = useState<(T & { id: string })[]>(
-    []
-  );
-  useEffect(() => {
-    mounted.current = true;
-    const listener = (ev: Event) => {
-      const event = ev as Event & { detail?: T };
-      if (event.detail) {
-        const toastId = genId();
-        setToasts((prev) => {
-          if (event.detail) {
-            return [...prev, { ...event.detail, id: toastId }];
-          } else {
-            return prev;
-          }
-        });
-        if (props.removeToastsAfterMs) {
-          setTimeout(() => {
-            if (mounted.current) {
-              setToasts((prev) =>
-                prev.filter((item) => item.id !== toastId)
-              );
-            }
-          }, props.removeToastsAfterMs);
-        }
-      }
-    };
-    document.addEventListener(ToastEventType, listener);
-    return () => {
-      document.removeEventListener(ToastEventType, listener);
-      mounted.current = false;
-    };
-  }, [props.removeToastsAfterMs]);
+  const { toasts, onRemoveToast } = useToasts({
+    removeToastsAfterMs: props.removeToastsAfterMs,
+    onToastAdded: props.onToastAdded,
+  });
+
+  if (props.portal) {
+    return ReactDOM.createPortal(
+      <props.renderToasts
+        toasts={toasts}
+        onRemoveToast={onRemoveToast}
+      />,
+      props.portal
+    );
+  }
 
   return (
     <props.renderToasts
       toasts={toasts}
-      onRemoveToast={(id: string) => {
-        setToasts((prev) =>
-          prev.filter((item) => item.id !== id)
-        );
-      }}
+      onRemoveToast={onRemoveToast}
     />
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/toast.tsx b/src/toast.tsx
index 6bb34ac..5186349 100644
--- a/src/toast.tsx
+++ b/src/toast.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   ToastProvider,
   ToastProviderProps,
 } from "./components/ToastProvider";
+import { UseToastsOpts, useToasts } from "./useToasts";
 
 export const ToastEventType = "ryfrea-toast" as const;
 
@@ -16,5 +17,6 @@ export const initToast = <T extends Record<string, any>>() => {
     ToastProvider: (props: ToastProviderProps<T>) => (
       <ToastProvider {...props} />
     ),
+    useToasts: (opts: UseToastsOpts<T>) => useToasts<T>(opts),
   };
 };
diff --git a/src/useToasts.ts b/src/useToasts.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31dce01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/useToasts.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { ToastEventType } from "./toast";
+import { genId } from "./utils";
+
+export type UseToastsOpts<T> = {
+  onToastAdded?: (toast: T & { id: string }) => void;
+  removeToastsAfterMs?: number;
+};
+
+/** Listens to all toasts and stores them in a list */
+export function useToasts<T>(opts: UseToastsOpts<T> = {}) {
+  const mounted = useRef(true);
+  const [toasts, setToasts] = useState<(T & { id: string })[]>(
+    []
+  );
+  useEffect(() => {
+    mounted.current = true;
+    const listener = (ev: Event) => {
+      const event = ev as Event & { detail?: T };
+      if (event.detail) {
+        const toastId = genId();
+        setToasts((prev) => {
+          if (event.detail) {
+            const newToast = { ...event.detail, id: toastId };
+            opts.onToastAdded?.(newToast);
+            return [...prev, { ...event.detail, id: toastId }];
+          } else {
+            return prev;
+          }
+        });
+        if (opts.removeToastsAfterMs) {
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            if (mounted.current) {
+              setToasts((prev) =>
+                prev.filter((item) => item.id !== toastId)
+              );
+            }
+          }, opts.removeToastsAfterMs);
+        }
+      }
+    };
+    document.addEventListener(ToastEventType, listener);
+    return () => {
+      document.removeEventListener(ToastEventType, listener);
+      mounted.current = false;
+    };
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [opts.removeToastsAfterMs, opts.onToastAdded]);
+
+  return {
+    toasts,
+    onRemoveToast: (id: string) => {
+      setToasts((prev) => prev.filter((item) => item.id !== id));
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1415fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+let incr = 0;
+export const genId = () => {
+  incr += 1;
+  return `toast-${incr}`;
+};