diff --git a/packages/xstate-vue/src/useActor.ts b/packages/xstate-vue/src/useActor.ts
index df03b5a786..659c63c063 100644
--- a/packages/xstate-vue/src/useActor.ts
+++ b/packages/xstate-vue/src/useActor.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import {
   Actor,
   ActorOptions,
   AnyActorLogic,
-  Snapshot,
   SnapshotFrom,
   type ConditionalRequired,
   type IsNotNever,
@@ -42,11 +41,7 @@ export function useActor(
     );
   }
 
-  function listener(nextSnapshot: Snapshot<unknown>) {
-    snapshot.value = nextSnapshot;
-  }
-
-  const actorRef = useActorRef(actorLogic, options, listener);
+  const actorRef = useActorRef(actorLogic, options);
   const snapshot = useSelector(actorRef, (s) => s);
 
   return {
diff --git a/packages/xstate-vue/src/useActorRef.ts b/packages/xstate-vue/src/useActorRef.ts
index 261f6bb606..e7daf8a6b5 100644
--- a/packages/xstate-vue/src/useActorRef.ts
+++ b/packages/xstate-vue/src/useActorRef.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { onBeforeUnmount, onMounted } from 'vue';
+import { onBeforeUnmount } from 'vue';
 import {
   Actor,
   ActorOptions,
@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ export function useActorRef<TLogic extends AnyActorLogic>(
   const actorRef = createActor(actorLogic, options);
 
   let sub: Subscription;
-  onMounted(() => {
-    if (observerOrListener) {
-      sub = actorRef.subscribe(toObserver(observerOrListener));
-    }
+
+  if (observerOrListener) {
+    sub = actorRef.subscribe(toObserver(observerOrListener));
+  }
+
+  if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && typeof document !== 'undefined') {
     actorRef.start();
-  });
+  }
 
   onBeforeUnmount(() => {
     actorRef.stop();
diff --git a/packages/xstate-vue/src/useSelector.ts b/packages/xstate-vue/src/useSelector.ts
index 2e76b61b27..85f679913f 100644
--- a/packages/xstate-vue/src/useSelector.ts
+++ b/packages/xstate-vue/src/useSelector.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ export function useSelector<
       onCleanup(() => sub.unsubscribe());
     },
     {
-      immediate: true
+      immediate: true,
+      flush: 'sync'
     }
   );