diff --git a/src/Concur/React.purs b/src/Concur/React.purs
index 50f7d5c..3c9f519 100644
--- a/src/Concur/React.purs
+++ b/src/Concur/React.purs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import Concur.Core.Discharge (discharge, dischargePartialEffect)
 import Concur.Core.Types (Widget)
 import Data.Either (Either(..))
 import Data.Tuple (Tuple(..))
+import Effect (Effect)
 import Effect.Console (log)
 import React as R
 
@@ -19,22 +20,25 @@ type ComponentState
 mkComponentState :: HTML -> ComponentState
 mkComponentState v = { view: v }
 
-componentClass :: forall a. Widget HTML a -> R.ReactClass {}
-componentClass winit = R.component "Concur" component
+componentClassWithMount :: forall a. Effect Unit -> Widget HTML a -> R.ReactClass {}
+componentClassWithMount onMount winit = R.component "Concur" component
   where
-  component this = do
-    Tuple winit' v <- dischargePartialEffect winit
-    pure { state: mkComponentState v
-         , render: render <$> R.getState this
-         , componentDidMount: handler this (Right winit')
-         }
-  handler this (Right r) = do
-    v <- discharge (handler this) r
-    void $ R.writeState this (mkComponentState v)
-  handler _ (Left err) = do
-    log ("FAILED! " <> show err)
-    pure unit
-  render st = R.toElement st.view
+    component this = do
+      Tuple winit' v <- dischargePartialEffect winit
+      pure { state: mkComponentState v
+           , render: render <$> R.getState this
+           , componentDidMount: onMount *> handler this (Right winit')
+           }
+    handler this (Right r) = do
+      v <- discharge (handler this) r
+      void $ R.writeState this (mkComponentState v)
+    handler _ (Left err) = do
+      log ("FAILED! " <> show err)
+      pure unit
+    render st = R.toElement st.view
+
+componentClass :: forall a. Widget HTML a -> R.ReactClass {}
+componentClass = componentClassWithMount mempty
 
 renderComponent :: forall a. Widget HTML a -> R.ReactElement
 renderComponent init = R.createLeafElement (componentClass init) {}