diff --git a/lib/r18gs/src/index.ts b/lib/r18gs/src/index.ts
index 4fde6077..17e6947e 100644
--- a/lib/r18gs/src/index.ts
+++ b/lib/r18gs/src/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/non-nullable-type-assertion-style -- as ! operator is forbidden by eslint*/
 import { createHook, createSetter, createSubcriber, globalRGS } from "./utils";
 
-import type { SetStateAction } from "./utils";
+import type { SetStateAction, ValueType } from "./utils";
 
 export type { SetterArgType, SetStateAction, Plugin } from "./utils";
 
@@ -20,9 +20,15 @@ export type { SetterArgType, SetStateAction, Plugin } from "./utils";
  * @param value - Initial value of the store.
  * @returns - A tuple (Ordered sequance of values) containing the state and a function to set the state.
  */
-const useRGS = <T>(key: string, value?: T): [T, SetStateAction<T>] => {
+const useRGS = <T>(key: string, value?: ValueType<T>): [T, SetStateAction<T>] => {
 	/** Initialize the named store when invoked for the first time. */
-	if (!globalRGS[key]) globalRGS[key] = [value, [], createSetter(key), createSubcriber(key)];
+	if (!globalRGS[key])
+		globalRGS[key] = [
+			value instanceof Function ? value() : value,
+			[],
+			createSetter(key),
+			createSubcriber(key),
+		];
 
 	return createHook<T>(key);
 };
diff --git a/lib/r18gs/src/utils.ts b/lib/r18gs/src/utils.ts
index 68003da7..421ec4ab 100644
--- a/lib/r18gs/src/utils.ts
+++ b/lib/r18gs/src/utils.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ type Subscriber = (l: Listener) => () => void;
 
 export type SetterArgType<T> = T | ((prevState: T) => T);
 export type SetStateAction<T> = (value: SetterArgType<T>) => void;
+export type ValueType<T> = T | (() => T);
 
 /**
  * This is a hack to reduce lib size + readability + not encouraging direct access to globalThis
@@ -80,10 +81,11 @@ const initPlugins = async <T>(key: string, plugins: Plugin<T>[]) => {
 /** Initialize the named store when invoked for the first time. */
 export const initWithPlugins = <T>(
 	key: string,
-	value?: T,
+	value?: ValueType<T>,
 	plugins: Plugin<T>[] = [],
 	doNotInit = false,
 ) => {
+	value = value instanceof Function ? value() : value;
 	if (doNotInit) {
 		/** You will not have access to the setter until initialized */
 		globalRGS[key] = [value, [], null, createSubcriber(key)];
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ export const initWithPlugins = <T>(
  */
 export const useRGSWithPlugins = <T>(
 	key: string,
-	value?: T,
+	value?: ValueType<T>,
 	plugins?: Plugin<T>[],
 	doNotInit = false,
 ): [T, SetStateAction<T>] => {