diff --git a/packages/effect-fc/src/hooks/Hooks/input/useOptionalInput.ts b/packages/effect-fc/src/hooks/Hooks/input/useOptionalInput.ts
index 3a77d6c..08eae54 100644
--- a/packages/effect-fc/src/hooks/Hooks/input/useOptionalInput.ts
+++ b/packages/effect-fc/src/hooks/Hooks/input/useOptionalInput.ts
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ export const useOptionalInput: {
         // Only mutate the internal state if the upstream value is actually different. This avoids infinite re-render loops.
         Stream.runForEach(Stream.changesWith(options.ref.changes, Equivalence.strict()), Option.match({
             onSome: upstreamValue => Effect.whenEffect(
-                Effect.andThen(
-                    Schema.encode(options.schema)(upstreamValue),
-                    encodedUpstreamValue => Ref.set(internalRef, encodedUpstreamValue),
+                Schema.encode(options.schema)(upstreamValue).pipe(
+                    Effect.andThen(encodedUpstreamValue => Ref.set(internalRef, encodedUpstreamValue)),
+                    Effect.andThen(Ref.set(enabledRef, true)),
                 ),
                 internalRef.pipe(
                     Effect.andThen(Schema.decode(options.schema)),
diff --git a/packages/effect-fc/src/hooks/Hooks/useRefState.ts b/packages/effect-fc/src/hooks/Hooks/useRefState.ts
index 95d948d..6cc3980 100644
--- a/packages/effect-fc/src/hooks/Hooks/useRefState.ts
+++ b/packages/effect-fc/src/hooks/Hooks/useRefState.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const useRefState: {
     const [reactStateValue, setReactStateValue] = React.useState(yield* useOnce(() => ref))
 
     yield* useFork(() => Stream.runForEach(
-        Stream.drop(Stream.changesWith(ref.changes, Equivalence.strict()), 1),
+        Stream.changesWith(ref.changes, Equivalence.strict()),
         v => Effect.sync(() => setReactStateValue(v)),
     ), [ref])
 
diff --git a/packages/effect-fc/src/hooks/Hooks/useSubscribeRefs.ts b/packages/effect-fc/src/hooks/Hooks/useSubscribeRefs.ts
index 7e62bd2..b6346c4 100644
--- a/packages/effect-fc/src/hooks/Hooks/useSubscribeRefs.ts
+++ b/packages/effect-fc/src/hooks/Hooks/useSubscribeRefs.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export const useSubscribeRefs: {
     ))
 
     yield* useFork(() => pipe(
-        refs.map(ref => Stream.drop(Stream.changesWith(ref.changes, Equivalence.strict()), 1)),
+        refs.map(ref => Stream.changesWith(ref.changes, Equivalence.strict())),
         streams => Stream.zipLatestAll(...streams),
         Stream.runForEach(v =>
             Effect.sync(() => setReactStateValue(v))