diff --git a/state-keeper/api/state-keeper.klib.api b/state-keeper/api/state-keeper.klib.api
index f2a7053..2b70f2b 100644
--- a/state-keeper/api/state-keeper.klib.api
+++ b/state-keeper/api/state-keeper.klib.api
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ final class com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/SerializableContainer { // com.ark
 final fun <#A: kotlin/Any> (com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/SerializableContainer).com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/consumeRequired(kotlinx.serialization/DeserializationStrategy<#A>): #A // com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/consumeRequired|consumeRequired@com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper.SerializableContainer(kotlinx.serialization.DeserializationStrategy<0:0>){0§<kotlin.Any>}[0]
 final fun <#A: kotlin/Any> com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/SerializableContainer(#A?, kotlinx.serialization/SerializationStrategy<#A>): com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/SerializableContainer // com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/SerializableContainer|SerializableContainer(0:0?;kotlinx.serialization.SerializationStrategy<0:0>){0§<kotlin.Any>}[0]
 final fun <#A: kotlin/Any> com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/polymorphicSerializer(kotlin.reflect/KClass<#A>, kotlinx.serialization.modules/SerializersModule): kotlinx.serialization/KSerializer<#A> // com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/polymorphicSerializer|polymorphicSerializer(kotlin.reflect.KClass<0:0>;kotlinx.serialization.modules.SerializersModule){0§<kotlin.Any>}[0]
-final fun <#A: kotlin/Any?, #B: kotlin/Any> (com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/StateKeeperOwner).com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/saveable(kotlinx.serialization/KSerializer<#B>, kotlin/Function1<#A, #B>, kotlin/String? = ..., kotlin/Function1<#B?, #A>): kotlin.properties/PropertyDelegateProvider<kotlin/Any?, kotlin.properties/ReadOnlyProperty<kotlin/Any?, #A>> // com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/saveable|saveable@com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper.StateKeeperOwner(kotlinx.serialization.KSerializer<0:1>;kotlin.Function1<0:0,0:1>;kotlin.String?;kotlin.Function1<0:1?,0:0>){0§<kotlin.Any?>;1§<kotlin.Any>}[0]
-final fun <#A: kotlin/Any?, #B: kotlin/Any?> (com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/StateKeeper).com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/saveable(kotlinx.serialization/KSerializer<#B>, kotlin/Function1<#A, #B>, kotlin/String? = ..., kotlin/Function1<#B?, #A>): kotlin.properties/PropertyDelegateProvider<kotlin/Any?, kotlin.properties/ReadOnlyProperty<kotlin/Any?, #A>> // com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/saveable|saveable@com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper.StateKeeper(kotlinx.serialization.KSerializer<0:1>;kotlin.Function1<0:0,0:1>;kotlin.String?;kotlin.Function1<0:1?,0:0>){0§<kotlin.Any?>;1§<kotlin.Any?>}[0]
-final fun <#A: kotlin/Any?> (com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/StateKeeper).com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/saveable(kotlinx.serialization/KSerializer<#A>, kotlin/String? = ..., kotlin/Function0<#A>): kotlin.properties/PropertyDelegateProvider<kotlin/Any?, kotlin.properties/ReadWriteProperty<kotlin/Any?, #A>> // com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/saveable|saveable@com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper.StateKeeper(kotlinx.serialization.KSerializer<0:0>;kotlin.String?;kotlin.Function0<0:0>){0§<kotlin.Any?>}[0]
-final fun <#A: kotlin/Any?> (com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/StateKeeperOwner).com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/saveable(kotlinx.serialization/KSerializer<#A>, kotlin/String? = ..., kotlin/Function0<#A>): kotlin.properties/PropertyDelegateProvider<kotlin/Any?, kotlin.properties/ReadWriteProperty<kotlin/Any?, #A>> // com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/saveable|saveable@com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper.StateKeeperOwner(kotlinx.serialization.KSerializer<0:0>;kotlin.String?;kotlin.Function0<0:0>){0§<kotlin.Any?>}[0]
 final fun com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/StateKeeperDispatcher(com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/SerializableContainer? = ...): com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/StateKeeperDispatcher // com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/StateKeeperDispatcher|StateKeeperDispatcher(com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper.SerializableContainer?){}[0]
+final inline fun <#A: kotlin/Any> (com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/StateKeeper).com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/saveable(kotlinx.serialization/KSerializer<#A>, kotlin/String? = ..., crossinline kotlin/Function0<#A>): kotlin.properties/PropertyDelegateProvider<kotlin/Any?, kotlin.properties/ReadWriteProperty<kotlin/Any?, #A>> // com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/saveable|saveable@com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper.StateKeeper(kotlinx.serialization.KSerializer<0:0>;kotlin.String?;kotlin.Function0<0:0>){0§<kotlin.Any>}[0]
+final inline fun <#A: kotlin/Any> (com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/StateKeeperOwner).com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/saveable(kotlinx.serialization/KSerializer<#A>, kotlin/String? = ..., crossinline kotlin/Function0<#A>): kotlin.properties/PropertyDelegateProvider<kotlin/Any?, kotlin.properties/ReadWriteProperty<kotlin/Any?, #A>> // com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/saveable|saveable@com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper.StateKeeperOwner(kotlinx.serialization.KSerializer<0:0>;kotlin.String?;kotlin.Function0<0:0>){0§<kotlin.Any>}[0]
+final inline fun <#A: kotlin/Any?, #B: kotlin/Any> (com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/StateKeeper).com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/saveable(kotlinx.serialization/KSerializer<#B>, crossinline kotlin/Function1<#A, #B>, kotlin/String? = ..., crossinline kotlin/Function1<#B?, #A>): kotlin.properties/PropertyDelegateProvider<kotlin/Any?, kotlin.properties/ReadOnlyProperty<kotlin/Any?, #A>> // com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/saveable|saveable@com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper.StateKeeper(kotlinx.serialization.KSerializer<0:1>;kotlin.Function1<0:0,0:1>;kotlin.String?;kotlin.Function1<0:1?,0:0>){0§<kotlin.Any?>;1§<kotlin.Any>}[0]
+final inline fun <#A: kotlin/Any?, #B: kotlin/Any> (com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/StateKeeperOwner).com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/saveable(kotlinx.serialization/KSerializer<#B>, crossinline kotlin/Function1<#A, #B>, kotlin/String? = ..., crossinline kotlin/Function1<#B?, #A>): kotlin.properties/PropertyDelegateProvider<kotlin/Any?, kotlin.properties/ReadOnlyProperty<kotlin/Any?, #A>> // com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/saveable|saveable@com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper.StateKeeperOwner(kotlinx.serialization.KSerializer<0:1>;kotlin.Function1<0:0,0:1>;kotlin.String?;kotlin.Function1<0:1?,0:0>){0§<kotlin.Any?>;1§<kotlin.Any>}[0]
 final inline fun <#A: reified kotlin/Any> com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/polymorphicSerializer(kotlinx.serialization.modules/SerializersModule): kotlinx.serialization/KSerializer<#A> // com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper/polymorphicSerializer|polymorphicSerializer(kotlinx.serialization.modules.SerializersModule){0§<kotlin.Any>}[0]
diff --git a/state-keeper/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/arkivanov/essenty/statekeeper/StateKeeperExt.kt b/state-keeper/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/arkivanov/essenty/statekeeper/StateKeeperExt.kt
index e93ab63..89bd3ad 100644
--- a/state-keeper/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/arkivanov/essenty/statekeeper/StateKeeperExt.kt
+++ b/state-keeper/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/arkivanov/essenty/statekeeper/StateKeeperExt.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper
 
 import kotlinx.serialization.KSerializer
-import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
-import kotlin.concurrent.Volatile
 import kotlin.properties.PropertyDelegateProvider
 import kotlin.properties.ReadOnlyProperty
 import kotlin.properties.ReadWriteProperty
@@ -23,17 +21,16 @@ import kotlin.reflect.KProperty
  * @return [PropertyDelegateProvider] of type [T], typically used to define a delegated property.
  */
 @ExperimentalStateKeeperApi
-fun <T, S> StateKeeper.saveable(
+inline fun <T, S : Any> StateKeeper.saveable(
     serializer: KSerializer<S>,
-    state: (T) -> S,
+    crossinline state: (T) -> S,
     key: String? = null,
-    init: (savedState: S?) -> T,
+    crossinline init: (savedState: S?) -> T,
 ): PropertyDelegateProvider<Any?, ReadOnlyProperty<Any?, T>> =
     PropertyDelegateProvider { _, property ->
         val stateKey = key ?: "SAVEABLE_HOLDER_${property.name}"
-        val holderSerializer = Holder.serializer(serializer)
-        val result = init(consume(key = stateKey, strategy = holderSerializer)?.value)
-        register(key = stateKey, strategy = holderSerializer) { Holder(state(result)) }
+        val result = init(consume(key = stateKey, strategy = serializer))
+        register(key = stateKey, strategy = serializer) { state(result) }
         ReadOnlyProperty { _, _ -> result }
     }
 
@@ -52,11 +49,11 @@ fun <T, S> StateKeeper.saveable(
  * @return [PropertyDelegateProvider] of type [T], typically used to define a delegated property.
  */
 @ExperimentalStateKeeperApi
-fun <T, S : Any> StateKeeperOwner.saveable(
+inline fun <T, S : Any> StateKeeperOwner.saveable(
     serializer: KSerializer<S>,
-    state: (T) -> S,
+    crossinline state: (T) -> S,
     key: String? = null,
-    init: (savedState: S?) -> T,
+    crossinline init: (savedState: S?) -> T,
 ): PropertyDelegateProvider<Any?, ReadOnlyProperty<Any?, T>> =
     stateKeeper.saveable(
         serializer = serializer,
@@ -77,28 +74,25 @@ fun <T, S : Any> StateKeeperOwner.saveable(
  * @return [PropertyDelegateProvider] of type [T], typically used to define a delegated property.
  */
 @ExperimentalStateKeeperApi
-fun <T> StateKeeper.saveable(
+inline fun <T : Any> StateKeeper.saveable(
     serializer: KSerializer<T>,
     key: String? = null,
-    init: () -> T,
+    crossinline init: () -> T,
 ): PropertyDelegateProvider<Any?, ReadWriteProperty<Any?, T>> =
     PropertyDelegateProvider { _, property ->
         val stateKey = key ?: "SAVEABLE_${property.name}"
-        val holderSerializer = Holder.serializer(serializer)
-        val holder = consume(key = stateKey, strategy = holderSerializer) ?: Holder(init())
-        register(key = stateKey, strategy = holderSerializer) { Holder(holder.value) }
-        holder
-    }
+        var saveable = consume(key = stateKey, strategy = serializer) ?: init()
+        register(key = stateKey, strategy = serializer) { saveable }
 
-@Serializable
-private class Holder<T>(@Volatile var value: T) : ReadWriteProperty<Any?, T> {
-    override fun getValue(thisRef: Any?, property: KProperty<*>): T =
-        this.value
+        object : ReadWriteProperty<Any?, T> {
+            override fun getValue(thisRef: Any?, property: KProperty<*>): T =
+                saveable
 
-    override fun setValue(thisRef: Any?, property: KProperty<*>, value: T) {
-        this.value = value
+            override fun setValue(thisRef: Any?, property: KProperty<*>, value: T) {
+                saveable = value
+            }
+        }
     }
-}
 
 /**
  * Helper function for creating a mutable
@@ -112,10 +106,10 @@ private class Holder<T>(@Volatile var value: T) : ReadWriteProperty<Any?, T> {
  * @return [PropertyDelegateProvider] of type [T], typically used to define a delegated property.
  */
 @ExperimentalStateKeeperApi
-fun <T> StateKeeperOwner.saveable(
+inline fun <T : Any> StateKeeperOwner.saveable(
     serializer: KSerializer<T>,
     key: String? = null,
-    init: () -> T,
+    crossinline init: () -> T,
 ): PropertyDelegateProvider<Any?, ReadWriteProperty<Any?, T>> =
     stateKeeper.saveable(
         serializer = serializer,
diff --git a/state-keeper/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/arkivanov/essenty/statekeeper/StateKeeperExtTest.kt b/state-keeper/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/arkivanov/essenty/statekeeper/StateKeeperExtTest.kt
index a35d87c..429df48 100644
--- a/state-keeper/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/arkivanov/essenty/statekeeper/StateKeeperExtTest.kt
+++ b/state-keeper/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/arkivanov/essenty/statekeeper/StateKeeperExtTest.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 package com.arkivanov.essenty.statekeeper
 
-import kotlinx.serialization.builtins.nullable
 import kotlinx.serialization.builtins.serializer
 import kotlin.test.Test
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
-import kotlin.test.assertNull
 
 @OptIn(ExperimentalStateKeeperApi::class)
 class StateKeeperExtTest {
@@ -23,20 +21,6 @@ class StateKeeperExtTest {
         assertEquals(1, newComponent.holder.state)
     }
 
-    @Test
-    fun saveable_holder_saves_and_restores_nullable_state() {
-        val oldStateKeeper = StateKeeperDispatcher()
-        val oldComponent = ComponentWithStateHolder(oldStateKeeper)
-
-        oldComponent.nullableHolder.state = 1
-
-        val savedState = oldStateKeeper.save().serializeAndDeserialize()
-        val newStateKeeper = StateKeeperDispatcher(savedState = savedState)
-        val newComponent = ComponentWithStateHolder(newStateKeeper)
-
-        assertEquals(1, newComponent.nullableHolder.state)
-    }
-
     @Test
     fun saveable_property_saves_and_restores_state() {
         val oldStateKeeper = StateKeeperDispatcher()
@@ -51,50 +35,15 @@ class StateKeeperExtTest {
         assertEquals(1, newComponent.state)
     }
 
-    @Test
-    fun saveable_property_saves_and_restores_nullable_state_1() {
-        val oldStateKeeper = StateKeeperDispatcher()
-        val oldComponent = ComponentWithState(oldStateKeeper)
-
-        oldComponent.nullableState1 = null
-
-        val savedState = oldStateKeeper.save().serializeAndDeserialize()
-        val newStateKeeper = StateKeeperDispatcher(savedState = savedState)
-        val newComponent = ComponentWithState(newStateKeeper)
-
-        assertNull(newComponent.nullableState1)
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    fun saveable_property_saves_and_restores_nullable_state_2() {
-        val oldStateKeeper = StateKeeperDispatcher()
-        val oldComponent = ComponentWithState(oldStateKeeper)
-
-        oldComponent.nullableState2 = 1
-
-        val savedState = oldStateKeeper.save().serializeAndDeserialize()
-        val newStateKeeper = StateKeeperDispatcher(savedState = savedState)
-        val newComponent = ComponentWithState(newStateKeeper)
-
-        assertEquals(1, newComponent.nullableState2)
-    }
-
     private class ComponentWithStateHolder(stateKeeper: StateKeeper) {
         val holder by stateKeeper.saveable(serializer = Int.serializer(), state = Holder::state) {
             Holder(state = it ?: 0)
         }
-
-        val nullableHolder by stateKeeper.saveable(serializer = Int.serializer().nullable, state = NullableHolder::state) {
-            NullableHolder(state = it)
-        }
     }
 
     private class ComponentWithState(stateKeeper: StateKeeper) {
-        var state: Int by stateKeeper.saveable(serializer = Int.serializer()) { 0 }
-        var nullableState1: Int? by stateKeeper.saveable(serializer = Int.serializer().nullable) { 0 }
-        var nullableState2: Int? by stateKeeper.saveable(serializer = Int.serializer().nullable) { null }
+        var state by stateKeeper.saveable(serializer = Int.serializer()) { 0 }
     }
 
     private class Holder(var state: Int)
-    private class NullableHolder(var state: Int?)
 }