diff --git a/src/hooks/useTick.ts b/src/hooks/useTick.ts
index befc3581..f5478dd1 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useTick.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useTick.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export function useTick<T>(
     {
         callback = options.callback;
         context = options.context;
-        isEnabled = options.isEnabled;
+        isEnabled = options.isEnabled ?? true;
         priority = options.priority;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/typedefs/UseTickOptions.ts b/src/typedefs/UseTickOptions.ts
index 895fd551..bf9fba38 100644
--- a/src/typedefs/UseTickOptions.ts
+++ b/src/typedefs/UseTickOptions.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export interface UseTickOptions<T>
     context?: T
 
     /** @description Whether this callback is currently enabled. */
-    isEnabled: true,
+    isEnabled?: true,
 
     /** @description The priority of this callback compared to other callbacks on the ticker. */
     priority?: number
diff --git a/test/e2e/hooks/useTick.test.tsx b/test/e2e/hooks/useTick.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ff08482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/hooks/useTick.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import {
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+    vi,
+} from 'vitest';
+import {
+    render,
+    renderHook,
+} from '@testing-library/react'
+import { Ticker } from 'pixi.js';
+
+import { Application } from '../../../src/components/Application'
+import { useTick } from '../../../src/hooks/useTick'
+import { wait } from '../../utils/wait'
+
+describe('useTick', () =>
+{
+    describe('with a function', () => {
+        it('runs the callback', async () => {
+            const useTickSpy = vi.fn()
+
+            const TestComponent = () => {
+                useTick(useTickSpy)
+
+                return null
+            }
+
+            render(<TestComponent />, { wrapper: Application })
+
+            await wait(100)
+
+            expect(useTickSpy.mock.lastCall?.[0]).to.be.instanceOf(Ticker)
+        });
+    })
+
+    describe('with an options hash', () => {
+        it('runs the callback', async () => {
+            const useTickSpy = vi.fn()
+
+            const TestComponent = () => {
+                useTick({ callback: useTickSpy })
+
+                return null
+            }
+
+            render(<TestComponent />, { wrapper: Application })
+
+            await wait(100)
+
+            expect(useTickSpy.mock.lastCall?.[0]).to.be.instanceOf(Ticker)
+        });
+    })
+
+    it('throws when not in a React Pixi tree', () =>
+    {
+        const result = () => renderHook(() => useTick(() => {}))
+
+        expect(result).to.throw(Error, /no context found/i)
+    });
+});
diff --git a/test/utils/wait.ts b/test/utils/wait.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2aeccde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/utils/wait.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export function wait(waitMS: number, rejectOnComplete: boolean = false)
+{
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
+    {
+        setTimeout(rejectOnComplete ? reject : resolve, waitMS);
+    });
+}