diff --git a/cypress/component/advanced/timers/README.md b/cypress/component/advanced/timers/README.md
index 6dd03da2..350f7c69 100644
--- a/cypress/component/advanced/timers/README.md
+++ b/cypress/component/advanced/timers/README.md
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 example from https://reactjs.org/docs/testing-recipes.html#timers
+
+Your code might use timer-based functions like setTimeout to schedule more work in the future. In this example, a multiple choice panel waits for a selection and advances, timing out if a selection isn’t made in 5 seconds.
diff --git a/cypress/component/advanced/timers/card-spec.js b/cypress/component/advanced/timers/card-spec.js
index 23f75c93..d439e17f 100644
--- a/cypress/component/advanced/timers/card-spec.js
+++ b/cypress/component/advanced/timers/card-spec.js
@@ -3,19 +3,51 @@ import Card from './card.jsx'
 import React from 'react'
 import { mount } from 'cypress-react-unit-test'
 
-// NOTE: seems our clock control does not work with effect hooks
-it.skip('should select null after timing out', () => {
+// looking at the clock control from component's hook
+// https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-react-unit-test/issues/200
+it('should select null after timing out (fast)', () => {
   const onSelect = cy.stub()
+  // https://on.cypress.io/clock
   cy.clock()
+
   mount(<Card onSelect={onSelect} />)
+  cy.get('button').should('have.length', 4)
+
+  // component calls "onSelect" stub after 5 seconds of inactivity
   cy.tick(100).then(() => {
+    // not yet
+    expect(onSelect).to.not.have.been.called
+  })
+  cy.tick(1000).then(() => {
+    // not yet
     expect(onSelect).to.not.have.been.called
   })
-  cy.tick(5000).then(() => {
+  cy.tick(1000).then(() => {
+    // not yet
+    expect(onSelect).to.not.have.been.called
+  })
+  cy.tick(1000).then(() => {
+    // not yet
+    expect(onSelect).to.not.have.been.called
+  })
+  cy.tick(1000).then(() => {
+    // not yet
+    expect(onSelect).to.not.have.been.called
+  })
+  cy.log('5 seconds passed')
+  cy.tick(1000).then(() => {
+    // NOW
     expect(onSelect).to.have.been.calledWith(null)
   })
 })
 
+it('should select null after timing out (slow)', () => {
+  // without synthetic clock we must wait for the real delay
+  const onSelect = cy.stub().as('selected')
+  mount(<Card onSelect={onSelect} />)
+  cy.get('@selected', { timeout: 5100 }).should('have.been.calledWith', null)
+})
+
 it('should accept selections', () => {
   const onSelect = cy.stub()
   mount(<Card onSelect={onSelect} />)
diff --git a/cypress/component/advanced/timers/card-without-effect-spec.js b/cypress/component/advanced/timers/card-without-effect-spec.js
index b74e6251..e98556ef 100644
--- a/cypress/component/advanced/timers/card-without-effect-spec.js
+++ b/cypress/component/advanced/timers/card-without-effect-spec.js
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ import { unmountComponentAtNode } from 'react-dom'
 
 it('should select null after timing out', () => {
   const onSelect = cy.stub()
+  // https://on.cypress.io/clock
   cy.clock()
   mount(<Card onSelect={onSelect} />)
+
   cy.tick(100).then(() => {
     expect(onSelect).to.not.have.been.called
   })
diff --git a/cypress/component/advanced/timers/card.jsx b/cypress/component/advanced/timers/card.jsx
index d1b4b66f..82bd9ba7 100644
--- a/cypress/component/advanced/timers/card.jsx
+++ b/cypress/component/advanced/timers/card.jsx
@@ -3,13 +3,17 @@ import React, { useEffect } from 'react'
 export default function Card(props) {
   useEffect(() => {
     const timeoutID = setTimeout(() => {
+      console.log('after timeout')
       props.onSelect(null)
     }, 5000)
+
     return () => {
+      console.log('clearing timeout')
       clearTimeout(timeoutID)
     }
   }, [props.onSelect])
 
+  console.log('inside Card')
   return [1, 2, 3, 4].map(choice => (
     <button
       key={choice}
diff --git a/lib/index.ts b/lib/index.ts
index 9db7eaf5..746fe138 100644
--- a/lib/index.ts
+++ b/lib/index.ts
@@ -100,17 +100,24 @@ export const mount = (jsx: React.ReactElement, options: MountOptions = {}) => {
         }
       }
 
-      return cy
-        .wrap(CypressTestComponent, { log: false })
-        .as(options.alias || displayName)
-        .then(() => {
-          if (logInstance) {
-            logInstance.snapshot('mounted')
-            logInstance.end()
-          }
-
-          return undefined
-        })
+      return (
+        cy
+          .wrap(CypressTestComponent, { log: false })
+          .as(options.alias || displayName)
+          // by waiting, we give the component's hook a chance to run
+          // https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-react-unit-test/issues/200
+          .wait(1, { log: false })
+          .then(() => {
+            if (logInstance) {
+              logInstance.snapshot('mounted')
+              logInstance.end()
+            }
+
+            // by returning undefined we keep the previous subject
+            // which is the mounted component
+            return undefined
+          })
+      )
     })
 }