diff --git a/packages/react/index.tsx b/packages/react/index.tsx
index 57765efa6..b9558e575 100644
--- a/packages/react/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/index.tsx
@@ -1,83 +1,22 @@
 // eslint-disable-next-line eslint-comments/disable-enable-pair
 /* eslint-disable react/require-default-props */
-import { esModuleInterop } from '@iframe-resizer/common'
-import type { IFrameComponent } from '@iframe-resizer/core'
-import connectResizer from '@iframe-resizer/core'
-import acg from 'auto-console-group'
-import React, {
-  forwardRef,
-  type ReactElement,
-  useEffect,
-  useImperativeHandle,
-  useRef,
-} from 'react'
+import React, { forwardRef, type ReactElement } from 'react'
 
 import filterIframeAttribs from './filter-iframe-attribs'
 import type { IFrameForwardRef, IFrameResizerProps } from './types'
+import useForwardedRef from './use-forwarded-ref'
+import useResizer from './use-resizer'
 
 export type { IFrameForwardRef, IFrameResizerProps } from './types'
 
-// Deal with UMD not converting default exports to named exports
-const createAutoConsoleGroup = esModuleInterop(acg)
-
 function IframeResizer(
   props: IFrameResizerProps,
   ref: React.ForwardedRef<IFrameForwardRef>,
 ): ReactElement {
-  const { log, logExpand } = props
   const filteredProps = filterIframeAttribs(props)
-  const iframeRef = useRef<IFrameComponent>(null)
-  const consoleGroupRef =
-    useRef<ReturnType<typeof createAutoConsoleGroup>>(null)
-
-  if (!consoleGroupRef.current) {
-    consoleGroupRef.current = createAutoConsoleGroup()
-  }
-
-  const consoleGroup = consoleGroupRef.current
-
-  const onBeforeClose = (): boolean => {
-    consoleGroup.event('close')
-    consoleGroup.warn(
-      `Close event ignored, to remove the iframe update your React component.`,
-    )
-
-    return false
-  }
-
-  // This hook is only run once, as once iframe-resizer is bound, it will
-  // deal with changes to the element and does not need recalling
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const iframe = iframeRef.current
-
-    consoleGroup.label(`react(${iframe.id})`)
-    consoleGroup.event('setup')
-
-    const resizer = connectResizer({ ...props, onBeforeClose })(iframe)
-
-    consoleGroup.expand(logExpand)
-    if (log) consoleGroup.log('Created React component')
-
-    return () => {
-      consoleGroup.endAutoGroup()
-      resizer?.disconnect()
-    }
-  }, []) // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  const iframeRef = useResizer(props)
 
-  useImperativeHandle(
-    ref,
-    () => ({
-      getRef: () => iframeRef,
-      getElement: () => iframeRef.current,
-      getVersion: () => iframeRef.current.iframeResizer.getVersion(),
-      moveToAnchor: (anchor: string) =>
-        iframeRef.current.iframeResizer.moveToAnchor(anchor),
-      sendMessage: (message: any, targetOrigin?: string) => {
-        iframeRef.current.iframeResizer.sendMessage(message, targetOrigin)
-      },
-    }),
-    [],
-  )
+  useForwardedRef(ref, iframeRef)
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line jsx-a11y/iframe-has-title
   return <iframe {...filteredProps} ref={iframeRef} />
diff --git a/packages/react/use-forwarded-ref.ts b/packages/react/use-forwarded-ref.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43f07fb17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/use-forwarded-ref.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import type { IFrameComponent } from '@iframe-resizer/core'
+import { type ForwardedRef, type RefObject, useImperativeHandle } from 'react'
+
+import type { IFrameForwardRef } from './types'
+
+export default function useForwardedRef(
+  ref: ForwardedRef<IFrameForwardRef>,
+  iframeRef: RefObject<IFrameComponent>,
+) {
+  const getIframeResizer = () => {
+    const iframeResizer = iframeRef.current?.iframeResizer
+
+    if (!iframeResizer) {
+      throw new Error(
+        'iframe-resizer instance is not available yet. Make sure the iframe is mounted and initialized before calling imperative methods.',
+      )
+    }
+
+    return iframeResizer
+  }
+
+  useImperativeHandle(
+    ref,
+    () => ({
+      getRef: () => iframeRef,
+      getElement: () => iframeRef.current,
+      getVersion: () => getIframeResizer().getVersion(),
+      moveToAnchor: (anchor: string) => getIframeResizer().moveToAnchor(anchor),
+      sendMessage: (message: any, targetOrigin?: string) => {
+        getIframeResizer().sendMessage(message, targetOrigin)
+      },
+    }),
+    [iframeRef],
+  )
+}
diff --git a/packages/react/use-resizer.ts b/packages/react/use-resizer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8cc982099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/use-resizer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { esModuleInterop } from '@iframe-resizer/common'
+import type { IFrameComponent } from '@iframe-resizer/core'
+import connectResizer from '@iframe-resizer/core'
+import acg from 'auto-console-group'
+import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
+
+import type { IFrameResizerProps } from './types'
+
+// Deal with UMD not converting default exports to named exports
+const createAutoConsoleGroup = esModuleInterop(acg)
+
+export default function useResizer(props: IFrameResizerProps) {
+  const { log, logExpand } = props
+  const iframeRef = useRef<IFrameComponent>(null)
+  const consoleGroupRef =
+    useRef<ReturnType<typeof createAutoConsoleGroup>>(null)
+
+  if (!consoleGroupRef.current) {
+    consoleGroupRef.current = createAutoConsoleGroup()
+  }
+
+  const consoleGroup = consoleGroupRef.current
+
+  const onBeforeClose = (): boolean => {
+    consoleGroup.event('close')
+    consoleGroup.warn(
+      `Close event ignored, to remove the iframe update your React component.`,
+    )
+
+    return false
+  }
+
+  // This hook is only run once, as once iframe-resizer is bound, it will
+  // deal with changes to the element and does not need recalling
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const iframe = iframeRef.current
+
+    const resizer = connectResizer({ ...props, onBeforeClose })(iframe)
+
+    consoleGroup.label(`react(${iframe.id})`)
+    consoleGroup.event('setup')
+
+    consoleGroup.expand(logExpand)
+    if (log) consoleGroup.log('Created React component')
+
+    return () => {
+      consoleGroup.endAutoGroup()
+      resizer?.disconnect()
+    }
+  }, []) // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+
+  return iframeRef
+}