diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/lifecycles/lifecycleBase.ts b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/lifecycles/lifecycleBase.ts
index 8d978a9..a03a726 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/lifecycles/lifecycleBase.ts
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/lifecycles/lifecycleBase.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import {
   validateOptions,
   assignDeep,
   createCache,
+  isEmptyObject,
+  isBoolean,
 } from 'support';
 import { PlainObject } from 'typings';
 
@@ -44,17 +46,27 @@ export const createLifecycleBase = <O, C>(
   updateFunction: (changedOptions: OptionsValidated<O>, changedCache: CacheUpdated<C>) => any
 ): LifecycleBase<O, C> => {
   const { _template: optionsTemplate, _options: defaultOptions } = transformOptions<Required<O>>(defaultOptionsWithTemplate);
-  const options: Required<O> = assignDeep({}, defaultOptions, validateOptions<O>(initialOptions || ({} as O), optionsTemplate)._validated);
+  const options: Required<O> = assignDeep(
+    {},
+    defaultOptions,
+    validateOptions<O>(initialOptions || ({} as O), optionsTemplate, null, true)._validated
+  );
   const cacheChange = createCache<C>(cacheUpdateInfo);
 
   const update = (hints: LifecycleUpdateHints<O, C>) => {
+    const hasForce = isBoolean(hints._force);
     const force = hints._force === true;
-    const changedCache = cacheChange(force ? undefined : hints._changedCache, force);
-    const changedOptions = force ? ({} as O) : hints._changedOptions || ({} as O);
 
-    updateFunction(changedOptions, changedCache);
+    const changedCache = cacheChange(force ? null : hints._changedCache || (hasForce ? null : []), force);
+    const changedOptions = force ? options : hints._changedOptions || ({} as O);
+
+    if (!isEmptyObject(changedOptions) || !isEmptyObject(changedCache)) {
+      updateFunction(changedOptions, changedCache);
+    }
   };
 
+  update({ _force: true });
+
   return {
     _options(newOptions?: O) {
       if (newOptions) {
@@ -66,7 +78,7 @@ export const createLifecycleBase = <O, C>(
       return options;
     },
     _update: (force?: boolean) => {
-      update({ _force: force });
+      update({ _force: !!force });
     },
     _cacheChange: (cachePropsToUpdate?: CachePropsToUpdate<C>) => {
       update({ _changedCache: cachePropsToUpdate });
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/support/cache/cache.ts b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/support/cache/cache.ts
index f27e827..66f9dd2 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/support/cache/cache.ts
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/support/cache/cache.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type EqualCachePropFunction<T, P extends keyof T> = (a?: T[P], b?: T[P]) => bool
 
 export type CachePropsToUpdate<T> = Array<keyof T> | keyof T;
 
-export type CacheUpdate<T> = (propsToUpdate?: CachePropsToUpdate<T>, force?: boolean) => CacheUpdated<T>;
+export type CacheUpdate<T> = (propsToUpdate?: CachePropsToUpdate<T> | null, force?: boolean) => CacheUpdated<T>;
 
 export type CacheUpdated<T> = {
   [P in keyof T]?: T[P];
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export const createCache = <T>(cacheUpdateInfo: CacheUpdateInfo<T>): CacheUpdate
     return result;
   };
 
-  return (propsToUpdate?: CachePropsToUpdate<T>, force?: boolean) => {
+  return (propsToUpdate, force) => {
     const finalPropsToUpdate: Array<keyof T> =
       (isString(propsToUpdate) ? ([propsToUpdate] as Array<keyof T>) : (propsToUpdate as Array<keyof T>)) || allProps;
     each(finalPropsToUpdate, (prop) => {
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/support/options/validation.ts b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/support/options/validation.ts
index e4e5a84..be9a79b 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/support/options/validation.ts
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/support/options/validation.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { each, indexOf, hasOwnProperty, keys } from 'support/utils';
+import { each, hasOwnProperty, keys } from 'support/utils';
 import { type, isArray, isUndefined, isEmptyObject, isPlainObject, isString } from 'support/utils/types';
 import { OptionsTemplate, OptionsTemplateTypes, OptionsTemplateType, Func, OptionsValidationResult, OptionsValidated } from 'support/options';
 import { PlainObject } from 'typings';
@@ -80,7 +80,13 @@ const validateRecursive = <T extends PlainObject>(
 
       each(templateValueArr, (currTemplateType) => {
         // if currType value isn't inside possibleTemplateTypes we assume its a enum string value
-        const isEnumString = indexOf(Object.values(optionsTemplateTypes), currTemplateType) < 0;
+        let typeString: string | undefined;
+        each(optionsTemplateTypes, (value: string, key: string) => {
+          if (value === currTemplateType) {
+            typeString = key;
+          }
+        });
+        const isEnumString = typeString === undefined;
         if (isEnumString && isString(optionsValue)) {
           // split it into a array which contains all possible values for example: ["yes", "no", "maybe"]
           const enumStringSplit = currTemplateType.split(' ');
@@ -93,7 +99,7 @@ const validateRecursive = <T extends PlainObject>(
         }
 
         // build error message
-        errorPossibleTypes.push(isEnumString ? optionsTemplateTypes.string : currTemplateType);
+        errorPossibleTypes.push(isEnumString ? optionsTemplateTypes.string : typeString!);
 
         // continue if invalid, break if valid
         return !isValid;
@@ -143,7 +149,7 @@ const validateRecursive = <T extends PlainObject>(
 const validateOptions = <T extends PlainObject>(
   options: T,
   template: OptionsTemplate<Required<T>>,
-  optionsDiff?: T,
+  optionsDiff?: T | null,
   doWriteErrors?: boolean
 ): OptionsValidationResult<T> => {
   /*
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars/tests/jsdom/lifecycles/lifecycleBase.test.ts b/packages/overlayscrollbars/tests/jsdom/lifecycles/lifecycleBase.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c529c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars/tests/jsdom/lifecycles/lifecycleBase.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+import { optionsTemplateTypes as oTypes } from 'support';
+import { createLifecycleBase } from 'lifecycles/lifecycleBase';
+
+interface TestLifecycleOptions {
+  number?: number;
+  string?: string;
+  nested?: {
+    boolean?: boolean;
+    number?: number;
+  };
+}
+interface TestLifecycleCache {
+  number?: number;
+  constant?: boolean;
+  object?: {
+    string?: string;
+    boolean?: boolean;
+  };
+}
+
+const createLifecycle = (initalOptions?: TestLifecycleOptions, updateFn?: () => any) =>
+  createLifecycleBase<TestLifecycleOptions, TestLifecycleCache>(
+    {
+      number: [0, oTypes.number],
+      string: ['hi', oTypes.string],
+      nested: {
+        boolean: [false, oTypes.boolean],
+        number: [0, oTypes.number],
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      number: (current) => (current || 0) + 1,
+      constant: () => false,
+      object: (current) => ({ string: `${current?.string || ''}hi`, boolean: !current?.boolean }),
+    },
+    initalOptions,
+    updateFn || (() => {})
+  );
+
+describe('lifecycleBase', () => {
+  describe('options', () => {
+    test('correct default options', () => {
+      const { _options } = createLifecycle();
+
+      const defaultOptions = _options();
+      expect(defaultOptions.number).toBe(0);
+      expect(defaultOptions.string).toBe('hi');
+      expect(defaultOptions.nested?.boolean).toBe(false);
+      expect(defaultOptions.nested?.number).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    test('correct initial options', () => {
+      const { _options } = createLifecycle({ number: 1, nested: { boolean: true } });
+
+      const initOptions = _options();
+      expect(initOptions.number).toBe(1);
+      expect(initOptions.string).toBe('hi');
+      expect(initOptions.nested?.boolean).toBe(true);
+      expect(initOptions.nested?.number).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    test('correct options change', () => {
+      const { _options } = createLifecycle();
+
+      const options = _options();
+      expect(options.number).toBe(0);
+      expect(options.string).toBe('hi');
+      expect(options.nested?.boolean).toBe(false);
+      expect(options.nested?.number).toBe(0);
+
+      const changedOptions = _options({ number: 2, nested: { number: 3 } });
+      expect(changedOptions.number).toBe(2);
+      expect(changedOptions.string).toBe('hi');
+      expect(changedOptions.nested?.boolean).toBe(false);
+      expect(changedOptions.nested?.number).toBe(3);
+    });
+
+    test('correct options validation', () => {
+      const originalWarn = console.warn;
+      const mockWarn = jest.fn();
+      console.warn = mockWarn;
+
+      // @ts-ignore
+      const { _options } = createLifecycle({ string: 123 });
+      expect(mockWarn).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+
+      const options = _options();
+      expect(options.string).toBe('hi');
+
+      // @ts-ignore
+      const changedOptions = _options({ number: 'string', nested: null });
+      expect(mockWarn).toBeCalledTimes(2);
+      expect(changedOptions.number).toBe(0);
+      expect(changedOptions.string).toBe('hi');
+      expect(changedOptions.nested?.boolean).toBe(false);
+      expect(changedOptions.nested?.number).toBe(0);
+
+      console.warn = originalWarn;
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('cache', () => {
+    test('single value cache change', () => {
+      const updateFn = jest.fn();
+      const { _cacheChange } = createLifecycle({}, updateFn);
+
+      _cacheChange('number');
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledTimes(2);
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledWith({}, { number: 2 });
+
+      _cacheChange('constant');
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledTimes(2);
+    });
+
+    test('multiple value cache change', () => {
+      const updateFn = jest.fn();
+      const { _cacheChange } = createLifecycle({}, updateFn);
+
+      _cacheChange(['number', 'object']);
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledTimes(2);
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledWith({}, { number: 2, object: { string: 'hihi', boolean: false } });
+
+      _cacheChange(['number', 'constant']);
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledTimes(3);
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledWith({}, { number: 3 });
+
+      _cacheChange(['constant']);
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledTimes(3);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('update', () => {
+    test('initial call', () => {
+      const updateFn = jest.fn();
+      createLifecycle({}, updateFn);
+
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledWith(
+        {
+          number: 0,
+          string: 'hi',
+          nested: {
+            boolean: false,
+            number: 0,
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          number: 1,
+          constant: false,
+          object: {
+            string: 'hi',
+            boolean: true,
+          },
+        }
+      );
+    });
+
+    test('updates correctly on options change', () => {
+      const updateFn = jest.fn();
+      const { _options } = createLifecycle({}, updateFn);
+
+      _options({ number: 5 });
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledTimes(2);
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledWith({ number: 5 }, {});
+
+      _options({ number: 5, string: 'test', nested: { number: 3 } });
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledTimes(3);
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledWith({ string: 'test', nested: { number: 3 } }, {});
+
+      _options({ number: 5, string: 'test', nested: { number: 3 } });
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledTimes(3);
+    });
+
+    test('updates correctly on cache change', () => {
+      const updateFn = jest.fn();
+      const { _cacheChange } = createLifecycle({}, updateFn);
+
+      _cacheChange('number');
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledTimes(2);
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledWith({}, { number: 2 });
+
+      _cacheChange(['number', 'object', 'constant']);
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledTimes(3);
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledWith({}, { number: 3, object: { string: 'hihi', boolean: false } });
+
+      _cacheChange('constant');
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledTimes(3);
+    });
+
+    test('updates correctly on update call', () => {
+      const updateFn = jest.fn();
+      const { _update, _options } = createLifecycle({}, updateFn);
+
+      _update();
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledTimes(2);
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledWith({}, { number: 2, object: { string: 'hihi', boolean: false } });
+
+      _update(true);
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledTimes(3);
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledWith(
+        {
+          number: 0,
+          string: 'hi',
+          nested: {
+            boolean: false,
+            number: 0,
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          number: 3,
+          constant: false,
+          object: {
+            string: 'hihihi',
+            boolean: true,
+          },
+        }
+      );
+
+      _options({ number: 3, nested: { boolean: true } });
+      _update(true);
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledTimes(5);
+      expect(updateFn).toBeCalledWith(
+        {
+          number: 3,
+          string: 'hi',
+          nested: {
+            boolean: true,
+            number: 0,
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          number: 4,
+          constant: false,
+          object: {
+            string: 'hihihihi',
+            boolean: false,
+          },
+        }
+      );
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars/tests/jsdom/support/cache/cache.test.ts b/packages/overlayscrollbars/tests/jsdom/support/cache/cache.test.ts
index 189f3b2..2ac3669 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars/tests/jsdom/support/cache/cache.test.ts
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars/tests/jsdom/support/cache/cache.test.ts
@@ -201,5 +201,22 @@ describe('cache', () => {
       expect(updateNumberFn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(2, 1);
       expect(Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(updateCache('number'), 'number')).toBe(false);
     });
+
+    test('updates all entries with null or undefined as argument', () => {
+      const [updateNumberFn, updateNumber] = createUpdater<number>((i) => i);
+      const [updateNumberFn2, updateNumber2] = createUpdater<number>((i) => i);
+      const updateCache = createCache({
+        number: updateNumber,
+        number2: updateNumber2,
+      });
+
+      updateCache();
+      expect(updateNumberFn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(undefined, undefined);
+      expect(updateNumberFn2).toHaveBeenCalledWith(undefined, undefined);
+
+      updateCache(null);
+      expect(updateNumberFn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1, undefined);
+      expect(updateNumberFn2).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1, undefined);
+    });
   });
 });