diff --git a/lib/use-hash-state.js b/lib/use-hash-state.js
index dbc8c979..7f8d1438 100644
--- a/lib/use-hash-state.js
+++ b/lib/use-hash-state.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export const useHashState = (initial, param, { suffix = '', read, write, multi }
 	const
 		[link, parseHash] = multi ? [multiLink, multiParse] : [singleLink, singleParse],
 		[state, _setState] = useState(() => param == null
-			? initial
+			? read(initial)
 			: parseHash(param + suffix, read) ?? initial),
 
 		setState = useCallback(state => _setState(oldState => {