diff --git a/packages/vue-final-modal/cypress/components/TestUseModal.spec.ts b/packages/vue-final-modal/cypress/components/TestUseModal.spec.ts
index 4bb1f722..1ab92368 100644
--- a/packages/vue-final-modal/cypress/components/TestUseModal.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/vue-final-modal/cypress/components/TestUseModal.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,42 @@
 import TestUseModal from './TestUseModal.vue'
-import { createVfm } from '~/index'
+import { createVfm, useModal } from '~/index'
 
-it('renders the VueFinalModal', () => {
-  cy.mount(TestUseModal, {
-    global: {
-      plugins: [createVfm()],
-    },
+describe('Test useModal()', () => {
+  it('Should be closed by default', () => {
+    const vfm = createVfm()
+    cy.mount(TestUseModal, {
+      props: {
+        run() {
+          useModal({
+            context: vfm,
+            slots: {
+              default: 'Hello World!',
+            },
+          })
+        },
+      },
+      global: { plugins: [vfm] },
+    })
+    cy.contains('Hello World!').should('not.exist')
+  })
+
+  it('Should be opened by given defaultModelValue: true', () => {
+    const vfm = createVfm()
+    cy.mount(TestUseModal, {
+      props: {
+        run() {
+          useModal({
+            context: vfm,
+            defaultModelValue: true,
+            slots: {
+              default: 'Hello World!',
+            },
+          })
+        },
+      },
+      global: { plugins: [vfm] },
+    })
+
+    cy.contains('Hello World!')
   })
-  cy.contains('Hello World!')
 })
diff --git a/packages/vue-final-modal/cypress/components/TestUseModal.vue b/packages/vue-final-modal/cypress/components/TestUseModal.vue
index 8d5574d4..3b26ad6e 100644
--- a/packages/vue-final-modal/cypress/components/TestUseModal.vue
+++ b/packages/vue-final-modal/cypress/components/TestUseModal.vue
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 <script lang="ts" setup>
-import { ModalsContainer, VueFinalModal, useModal } from '~/index'
+import { ModalsContainer } from '~/index'
 
-useModal({
-  defaultModelValue: true,
-  component: VueFinalModal,
-  slots: {
-    default: 'Hello World!',
-  },
-})
+const props = defineProps<{
+  run: () => void
+}>()
+
+props.run()
 </script>
 
 <template>
diff --git a/packages/vue-final-modal/src/Modal.ts b/packages/vue-final-modal/src/Modal.ts
index 2fd971f1..8065fe7f 100644
--- a/packages/vue-final-modal/src/Modal.ts
+++ b/packages/vue-final-modal/src/Modal.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { App, CSSProperties, Component, ComponentOptions, ComponentPublicInstance, ComputedRef, ConcreteComponent, Raw, Ref, VNodeProps } from 'vue'
+import type { VueFinalModal } from '.'
 
 export type ComponentProps = ComponentPublicInstance['$props']
 
@@ -12,17 +13,19 @@ type RawProps = VNodeProps & {
   [Symbol.iterator]?: never
 } & Record<string, any>
 
-type Attrs<P> = (RawProps & P) | ({} extends P ? null : never)
+type VfmAttrs<P> = (RawProps & P) | ({} extends P ? InstanceType<typeof VueFinalModal>['$props'] : never)
+interface UseModalOptionsConcreteComponent<P> { component?: ConcreteComponent<P>; attrs?: VfmAttrs<P> }
+interface UseModalOptionsComponentOptions<P> { component?: ComponentOptions<P>; attrs?: VfmAttrs<P> }
 
-interface UseModalOptionsConcreteComponent<P> { component: ConcreteComponent<P>; attrs?: Attrs<P> }
-interface UseModalOptionsComponentOptions<P> { component: ComponentOptions<P>; attrs?: Attrs<P> }
-interface UseModalOptionsBase { component: Raw<Component>; attrs?: Record<string, any> }
-interface ModalSlotOptionsConcreteComponent<P> extends UseModalOptionsConcreteComponent<P> {}
-interface ModalSlotOptionsComponentOptions<P> extends UseModalOptionsComponentOptions<P> {}
-type ModalSlot = string | Component | UseModalOptionsBase
+type SlotAttrs<P> = (RawProps & P) | ({} extends P ? null : never)
+interface ModalSlotOptionsConcreteComponent<P> { component: ConcreteComponent<P>; attrs?: SlotAttrs<P> }
+interface ModalSlotOptionsComponentOptions<P> { component: ComponentOptions<P>; attrs?: SlotAttrs<P> }
+
+export interface ModalSlotOptions { component: Raw<Component>; attrs?: Record<string, any> }
+export type ModalSlot = string | Component | ModalSlotOptions
 
 export type UseModalOptionsSlots = {
-  slots?: string | Component | {
+  slots?: {
     default: ModalSlot
     [key: string]: ModalSlot
   }
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ export type UseModalOptionsSlots = {
 export type UseModalOptions = {
   defaultModelValue?: boolean
   context?: Vfm
-  component: Raw<Component>
+  component?: Raw<Component>
   attrs?: Record<string, any>
 } & UseModalOptionsSlots
 
diff --git a/packages/vue-final-modal/src/useApi.ts b/packages/vue-final-modal/src/useApi.ts
index d1bb6bfe..250f4f13 100644
--- a/packages/vue-final-modal/src/useApi.ts
+++ b/packages/vue-final-modal/src/useApi.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { isString, tryOnUnmounted } from '@vueuse/core'
 import { computed, inject, markRaw, reactive, useAttrs } from 'vue'
+import type { Component, Raw } from 'vue'
 import VueFinalModal from './components/VueFinalModal/VueFinalModal.vue'
 import type CoreModal from './components/CoreModal/CoreModal.vue'
 import { internalVfmSymbol, vfmSymbol } from './injectionSymbols'
-import type { ComponentProps, IOverloadedUseModalFn, InternalVfm, UseModalOptions, UseModalOptionsPrivate, UseModalOptionsSlots, UseModalReturnType, Vfm } from './Modal'
+
+import type { ComponentProps, IOverloadedUseModalFn, InternalVfm, ModalSlot, ModalSlotOptions, UseModalOptions, UseModalOptionsPrivate, UseModalReturnType, Vfm } from './Modal'
 
 /**
  * Returns the vfm instance. Equivalent to using `$vfm` inside
@@ -20,12 +22,12 @@ export function useInternalVfm(): InternalVfm {
   return inject(internalVfmSymbol)!
 }
 
-function withMarkRaw(options: Partial<UseModalOptions>) {
+function withMarkRaw(options: Partial<UseModalOptions>, DefaultComponent: Component = VueFinalModal) {
   const { component, slots: innerSlots, ...rest } = options
 
   const slots = typeof innerSlots === 'undefined'
     ? {}
-    : Object.fromEntries<UseModalOptionsSlots['slots']>(Object.entries(innerSlots).map(([name, maybeComponent]) => {
+    : Object.fromEntries<ModalSlot>(Object.entries(innerSlots).map(([name, maybeComponent]) => {
       if (isString(maybeComponent))
         return [name, maybeComponent] as const
 
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ function withMarkRaw(options: Partial<UseModalOptions>) {
 
   return {
     ...rest,
-    component: markRaw(component || VueFinalModal),
+    component: markRaw(component || DefaultComponent),
     slots,
   }
 }
@@ -83,13 +85,21 @@ export const useModal: IOverloadedUseModalFn = function (_options: UseModalOptio
   }
 
   function patchOptions(_options: Partial<UseModalOptions>) {
-    const _patchOptions = withMarkRaw(_options)
-    if (_patchOptions?.attrs)
-      Object.assign(options.attrs || {}, _patchOptions.attrs)
-    if (_patchOptions?.component)
-      Object.assign(options.component || {}, _patchOptions.component)
-    if (_patchOptions?.slots)
-      Object.assign(options.slots || {}, _patchOptions.slots)
+    const { slots, ...rest } = withMarkRaw(_options, options.component)
+
+    // patch options.component and options.attrs
+    patchComponentOptions(options, rest)
+
+    // patch options.slots
+    if (slots) {
+      Object.entries(slots).forEach(([name, slot]) => {
+        const originSlot = options.slots![name]
+        if (isModalSlotOptions(originSlot) && isModalSlotOptions(slot))
+          patchComponentOptions(originSlot, slot)
+        else
+          options.slots![name] = slot
+      })
+    }
   }
 
   function destroy(): void {
@@ -115,6 +125,31 @@ export const useModal: IOverloadedUseModalFn = function (_options: UseModalOptio
   return modal
 }
 
+function patchAttrs<T extends Record<string, any>>(attrs: T, newAttrs: Partial<T>): T {
+  Object.entries(newAttrs).forEach(([key, value]) => {
+    attrs[key as keyof T] = value
+  })
+
+  return attrs
+}
+
+type ComponentOptions = {
+  component?: Raw<Component>
+  attrs?: Record<string, any>
+}
+
+function patchComponentOptions(options: ComponentOptions, newOptions: ComponentOptions) {
+  if (newOptions.component)
+    options.component = newOptions.component
+
+  if (newOptions.attrs)
+    patchAttrs(options.attrs!, newOptions.attrs)
+}
+
+function isModalSlotOptions(value: any): value is ModalSlotOptions {
+  return 'component' in value || 'attrs' in value
+}
+
 export function pickModalProps(props: any, modalProps: any) {
   return Object.keys(modalProps).reduce((acc, propName) => {
     acc[propName] = props[propName]