diff --git a/examples/solid/src/App.tsx b/examples/solid/src/App.tsx
index 5e3d62e..e16d5be 100644
--- a/examples/solid/src/App.tsx
+++ b/examples/solid/src/App.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const App: Component = () => {
     <OverlayScrollbarsComponent
       style={{ width: '222px', height: '222px' }}
       options={{ scrollbars: { theme: 'os-theme-light' } }}
+      defer
     >
       <img src={logo} class={styles.logo} alt="logo" width="333" height="333" />
     </OverlayScrollbarsComponent>
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/CHANGELOG.md
index a21d9a6..f93494f 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.5.0
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Fixed SSR compatibility with `solid-start`.
+
+### Features
+
+Added the possibility to `defer` the initialization to a point in time when the browser is idle. (or to the next frame if `window.requestIdleCallback` is not supported) 
+- `OverlayScrollbarsComponent` accepts now the `defer` property
+- `createOverlayScrollbars` params accept now the `defer` property
+- `createOverlayScrollbars` will now always try to destroy the instance if the component unmounts.
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+- Because initialization can be deferred now, the `initialize` function of the `createOverlayScrollbars` primitive isn't returning the instance anymore. Use the `instance` function of the `createOverlayScrollbars` primitive instead.
+
 ## 0.4.0
 
 The component was created.  
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/README.md b/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/README.md
index 9694b11..306064b 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/README.md
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/README.md
@@ -57,18 +57,22 @@ import { OverlayScrollbarsComponent } from "overlayscrollbars-solid";
 
 // ...
 
-<OverlayScrollbarsComponent>
+<OverlayScrollbarsComponent defer>
   example content
 </OverlayScrollbarsComponent>
 ```
 
 ### Properties
 
-It has three optional properties: `element`, `options` and `events`.
+The component accepts all properties of intrinsic JSX elements such as `div` and `span`.  
+Additionally it has custom optional properties:
 
 - `element`: accepts a `string` which represents the tag of the root element.
 - `options`: accepts an `object` which represents the OverlayScrollbars options.
 - `events`: accepts an `object` which represents the OverlayScrollbars events.
+- `defer`: accepts an `boolean` or `object`. Defers the initialization to a point in time when the browser is idle.
+
+> __Note__: Its **highly recommended** to use the `defer` option whenever possible to defer the initialization to a browser's idle period.
 
 ```jsx
 // example usage
@@ -76,6 +80,7 @@ It has three optional properties: `element`, `options` and `events`.
   element="span"
   options={{ scrollbars: { autoHide: 'scroll' } }}
   events={{ scroll: () => { /* ... */ } }}
+  defer
 />
 ```
 
@@ -108,7 +113,7 @@ import { createOverlayScrollbars } from "overlayscrollbars-solid";
 // example usage
 const Component = () => {
   let div;
-  const [params, setParams] = createStore({ options, events });
+  const [params, setParams] = createStore({ options, events, defer });
   const [initialize, instance] = createOverlayScrollbars(params);
 
   /** 
@@ -124,6 +129,7 @@ const Component = () => {
    * const [initialize, instance] = createOverlayScrollbars({
    *   options,
    *   events,
+   *   defer,
    * });
    * 
    */
@@ -132,10 +138,6 @@ const Component = () => {
     initialize({ target: div });
   });
 
-  onCleanup(() => {
-    instance().destroy();
-  });
-
   return <div ref={div} />
 }
 ```
@@ -145,12 +147,13 @@ The primitive is for advanced usage and lets you control the whole initializatio
 ### Parameters
 
 Parameters are optional and similar to the `OverlayScrollbarsComponent`.
-Its an `object` with two optional properties:
+Its an `object` with optional properties:
 
 - `options`: accepts an `object` which represents the OverlayScrollbars options.
 - `events`: accepts an `object` which represents the OverlayScrollbars events.
+- `defer`: accepts an `boolean` or `object`. Defers the initialization to a point in time when the browser is idle.
 
-> __Note__: The object can be a normal, `store` or `signal` object. This also applies to the `options` and `events` fields.
+> __Note__: The object can be a normal, `store` or `signal` object. This also applies to all fields.
 
 ### Return
 
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/src/OverlayScrollbarsComponent.tsx b/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/src/OverlayScrollbarsComponent.tsx
index 01e9c80..8568b98 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/src/OverlayScrollbarsComponent.tsx
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/src/OverlayScrollbarsComponent.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ export type OverlayScrollbarsComponentProps<T extends keyof JSX.IntrinsicElement
     options?: PartialOptions | false | null;
     /** OverlayScrollbars events. */
     events?: EventListeners | false | null;
+    /** Whether to defer the initialization to a point in time when the browser is idle. (or to the next frame if `window.requestIdleCallback` is not supported) */
+    defer?: boolean | IdleRequestOptions;
     /** OverlayScrollbarsComponent ref. */
     ref?: Exclude<Ref<OverlayScrollbarsComponentRef>, OverlayScrollbarsComponentRef>;
   }>;
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ export const OverlayScrollbarsComponent = <T extends keyof JSX.IntrinsicElements
 ) => {
   const [finalProps, other] = splitProps(
     mergeProps({ element: 'div' }, props as OverlayScrollbarsComponentProps),
-    ['element', 'options', 'events', 'ref', 'children']
+    ['element', 'options', 'events', 'defer', 'ref', 'children']
   );
   const [elementRef, setElementRef] = createSignal<HTMLDivElement | undefined>();
   const [childrenRef, setChildrenRef] = createSignal<HTMLDivElement | undefined>();
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ export const OverlayScrollbarsComponent = <T extends keyof JSX.IntrinsicElements
     const currChildrenElement = childrenRef();
 
     if (currElement && currChildrenElement) {
-      const osInstance = initialize({
+      initialize({
         target: currElement,
         elements: {
           viewport: currChildrenElement,
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ export const OverlayScrollbarsComponent = <T extends keyof JSX.IntrinsicElements
       });
 
       onCleanup(() => {
-        osInstance.destroy();
+        instance()?.destroy();
       });
     }
   });
@@ -75,10 +77,6 @@ export const OverlayScrollbarsComponent = <T extends keyof JSX.IntrinsicElements
     });
   });
 
-  onCleanup(() => {
-    instance()?.destroy();
-  });
-
   return (
     <Dynamic
       component={finalProps.element}
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/src/createOverlayScrollbars.ts b/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/src/createOverlayScrollbars.ts
index 3293511..3aecbb6 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/src/createOverlayScrollbars.ts
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/src/createOverlayScrollbars.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createRenderEffect } from 'solid-js';
+import { createRenderEffect, onCleanup } from 'solid-js';
 import { OverlayScrollbars } from 'overlayscrollbars';
 import type { Accessor } from 'solid-js';
 import type { Store } from 'solid-js/store';
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ import type {
   OverlayScrollbarsComponentRef,
 } from './OverlayScrollbarsComponent';
 
+type Defer = [
+  requestDefer: (callback: () => any, options?: OverlayScrollbarsComponentProps['defer']) => void,
+  cancelDefer: () => void
+];
+
 export interface CreateOverlayScrollbarsParams {
   /** OverlayScrollbars options. */
   options?:
@@ -17,16 +22,59 @@ export interface CreateOverlayScrollbarsParams {
   events?:
     | OverlayScrollbarsComponentProps['events']
     | Accessor<OverlayScrollbarsComponentProps['events']>;
+  /** Whether to defer the initialization to a point in time when the browser is idle. (or to the next frame if `window.requestIdleCallback` is not supported) */
+  defer?:
+    | OverlayScrollbarsComponentProps['defer']
+    | Accessor<OverlayScrollbarsComponentProps['defer']>;
 }
 
-export type CreateOverlayScrollbarsInitialization = (
-  target: InitializationTarget
-) => OverlayScrollbars;
+export type CreateOverlayScrollbarsInitialization = (target: InitializationTarget) => void;
 
 export type CreateOverlayScrollbarsInstance = () => ReturnType<
   OverlayScrollbarsComponentRef['osInstance']
 >;
 
+const createDefer = (): Defer => {
+  /* c8 ignore start */
+  if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
+    // mock ssr calls with "noop"
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-function
+    const noop = () => {};
+    return [noop, noop];
+  }
+  /* c8 ignore end */
+
+  let idleId: number;
+  let rafId: number;
+  const wnd = window;
+  const idleSupported = typeof wnd.requestIdleCallback === 'function';
+  const rAF = wnd.requestAnimationFrame;
+  const cAF = wnd.cancelAnimationFrame;
+  const rIdle = idleSupported ? wnd.requestIdleCallback : rAF;
+  const cIdle = idleSupported ? wnd.cancelIdleCallback : cAF;
+  const clear = () => {
+    cIdle(idleId);
+    cAF(rafId);
+  };
+
+  return [
+    (callback, options) => {
+      clear();
+      idleId = rIdle(
+        idleSupported
+          ? () => {
+              clear();
+              // inside idle its best practice to use rAF to change DOM for best performance
+              rafId = rAF(callback);
+            }
+          : callback,
+        typeof options === 'object' ? options : { timeout: 2233 }
+      );
+    },
+    clear,
+  ];
+};
+
 const isAccessor = (obj: any): obj is Accessor<any> => typeof obj === 'function';
 const unwrapAccessor = <T>(obj: Accessor<T> | T): T => (isAccessor(obj) ? obj() : obj);
 
@@ -39,6 +87,12 @@ export const createOverlayScrollbars = (
   let instance: OverlayScrollbars | null = null;
   let options: OverlayScrollbarsComponentProps['options'];
   let events: OverlayScrollbarsComponentProps['events'];
+  let defer: OverlayScrollbarsComponentProps['defer'];
+  const [requestDefer, clearDefer] = createDefer();
+
+  createRenderEffect(() => {
+    defer = unwrapAccessor(unwrapAccessor(params)?.defer);
+  });
 
   createRenderEffect(() => {
     options = unwrapAccessor(unwrapAccessor(params)?.options);
@@ -56,14 +110,25 @@ export const createOverlayScrollbars = (
     }
   });
 
+  onCleanup(() => {
+    clearDefer();
+    instance?.destroy();
+  });
+
   return [
-    (target: InitializationTarget): OverlayScrollbars => {
-      // if already initialized return the current instance
+    (target) => {
+      // if already initialized do nothing
       if (OverlayScrollbars.valid(instance)) {
         return instance;
       }
 
-      return (instance = OverlayScrollbars(target, options || {}, events || {}));
+      const init = () => (instance = OverlayScrollbars(target, options || {}, events || {}));
+
+      if (defer) {
+        requestDefer(init, defer);
+      } else {
+        init();
+      }
     },
     () => instance,
   ];
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/test/OverlayScrollbarsComponent.test.tsx b/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/test/OverlayScrollbarsComponent.test.tsx
index 587c9cb..8df7242 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/test/OverlayScrollbarsComponent.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/test/OverlayScrollbarsComponent.test.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { describe, test, afterEach, expect, vitest } from 'vitest';
+import { describe, test, afterEach, expect, vitest, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { createSignal, createEffect } from 'solid-js';
 import { render, screen, cleanup, fireEvent } from 'solid-testing-library';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ import { OverlayScrollbars } from 'overlayscrollbars';
 import { OverlayScrollbarsComponent } from '~/overlayscrollbars-solid';
 import type { OverlayScrollbarsComponentRef } from '~/overlayscrollbars-solid';
 
+vi.useFakeTimers({
+  toFake: [
+    'requestAnimationFrame',
+    'cancelAnimationFrame',
+    'requestIdleCallback',
+    'cancelIdleCallback',
+  ],
+});
+
 const createTestComponent =
   (props: any = {}) =>
   () => {
@@ -200,6 +209,44 @@ describe('OverlayScrollbarsComponent', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('deferred initialization', () => {
+    test('basic defer', () => {
+      const { container } = render(() => <OverlayScrollbarsComponent defer />);
+
+      expect(OverlayScrollbars(container.firstElementChild! as HTMLElement)).toBeUndefined();
+
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(2000);
+
+      expect(OverlayScrollbars(container.firstElementChild! as HTMLElement)).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    test('options defer', () => {
+      const { container } = render(() => <OverlayScrollbarsComponent defer={{ timeout: 0 }} />);
+
+      expect(OverlayScrollbars(container.firstElementChild! as HTMLElement)).toBeUndefined();
+
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(2000);
+
+      expect(OverlayScrollbars(container.firstElementChild! as HTMLElement)).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    test('defer with unsupported Idle', () => {
+      const original = window.requestIdleCallback;
+      // @ts-ignore
+      window.requestIdleCallback = undefined;
+
+      const { container } = render(() => <OverlayScrollbarsComponent defer />);
+
+      expect(OverlayScrollbars(container.firstElementChild! as HTMLElement)).toBeUndefined();
+
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(2000);
+
+      expect(OverlayScrollbars(container.firstElementChild! as HTMLElement)).toBeDefined();
+
+      window.requestIdleCallback = original;
+    });
+  });
+
   test('ref', () => {
     let osRef: OverlayScrollbarsComponentRef | undefined;
     const { container } = render(
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/test/createOverlayScrollbars.test.tsx b/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/test/createOverlayScrollbars.test.tsx
index 65be463..7e9c8ce 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/test/createOverlayScrollbars.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars-solid/test/createOverlayScrollbars.test.tsx
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import { createSignal, createEffect, onMount } from 'solid-js';
 import { createStore } from 'solid-js/store';
 import { render, screen, cleanup } from 'solid-testing-library';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+import { OverlayScrollbars } from 'overlayscrollbars';
 import { createOverlayScrollbars } from '~/overlayscrollbars-solid';
-import type { OverlayScrollbars, PartialOptions, EventListeners } from 'overlayscrollbars';
+import type { PartialOptions, EventListeners } from 'overlayscrollbars';
 
 describe('OverlayScrollbarsComponent', () => {
   afterEach(() => cleanup());
@@ -17,12 +18,11 @@ describe('OverlayScrollbarsComponent', () => {
         <>
           <button
             onClick={(event) => {
-              const osInstance = initialize(event.target as HTMLElement);
+              initialize(event.target as HTMLElement);
               if (instanceRef) {
-                expect(instanceRef).toBe(osInstance);
                 expect(instanceRef).toBe(instance());
               }
-              instanceRef = osInstance;
+              instanceRef = instance();
               expect(instanceRef).toBe(instance());
             }}
           >
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe('OverlayScrollbarsComponent', () => {
       );
     };
 
-    render(Test);
+    const { unmount } = render(Test);
 
     const initializeBtn = screen.getByRole('button');
     userEvent.click(initializeBtn);
@@ -42,10 +42,16 @@ describe('OverlayScrollbarsComponent', () => {
     userEvent.click(initializeBtn);
 
     expect(snapshot).toBe(initializeBtn.innerHTML);
+
+    expect(OverlayScrollbars(initializeBtn)).toBeDefined();
+
+    unmount();
+
+    expect(OverlayScrollbars(initializeBtn)).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
   test('params store', () => {
-    let osInstance: OverlayScrollbars;
+    let osInstance: OverlayScrollbars | null;
     const onUpdated = vitest.fn();
     render(() => {
       let div: HTMLDivElement;
@@ -56,7 +62,8 @@ describe('OverlayScrollbarsComponent', () => {
       const [initialize, instance] = createOverlayScrollbars(params);
 
       onMount(() => {
-        osInstance = initialize({ target: div! });
+        initialize({ target: div! });
+        osInstance = instance();
       });
 
       createEffect(() => {
@@ -92,7 +99,7 @@ describe('OverlayScrollbarsComponent', () => {
   });
 
   test('params signal', () => {
-    let osInstance: OverlayScrollbars;
+    let osInstance: OverlayScrollbars | null;
     const onUpdated = vitest.fn();
     render(() => {
       let div: HTMLDivElement;
@@ -103,7 +110,8 @@ describe('OverlayScrollbarsComponent', () => {
       const [initialize, instance] = createOverlayScrollbars(params);
 
       onMount(() => {
-        osInstance = initialize({ target: div! });
+        initialize({ target: div! });
+        osInstance = instance();
       });
 
       createEffect(() => {
@@ -139,7 +147,7 @@ describe('OverlayScrollbarsComponent', () => {
   });
 
   test('params fields signal', async () => {
-    let osInstance: OverlayScrollbars;
+    let osInstance: OverlayScrollbars | null;
     const onUpdated = vitest.fn();
     render(() => {
       let div: HTMLDivElement;
@@ -151,7 +159,8 @@ describe('OverlayScrollbarsComponent', () => {
       });
 
       onMount(() => {
-        osInstance = initialize({ target: div! });
+        initialize({ target: div! });
+        osInstance = instance();
       });
 
       createEffect(() => {