diff --git a/src/PusherProvider.tsx b/src/PusherProvider.tsx
index 9875b84..fb0434c 100644
--- a/src/PusherProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/PusherProvider.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
-import PusherClass, { Pusher, Config } from "pusher-js";
-import invariant from "invariant";
+import React, { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+import PusherClass, { Pusher, Config } from 'pusher-js';
+import invariant from 'invariant';
 // import { useDeepCompareMemoize } from "./helpers";
-import { PusherContextValues, PusherProviderProps } from "./types";
-import dequal from "dequal";
+import { PusherContextValues, PusherProviderProps } from './types';
+import dequal from 'dequal';
 
 // context setup
 const PusherContext = React.createContext<PusherContextValues>({});
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ export function PusherProvider({
   ...props
 }: PusherProviderProps) {
   // errors when required props are not passed.
-  invariant(clientKey, "A client key is required for pusher");
-  invariant(cluster, "A cluster is required for pusher");
+  invariant(clientKey, 'A client key is required for pusher');
+  invariant(cluster, 'A cluster is required for pusher');
   const { children, ...additionalConfig } = props;
   const config: Config = { cluster, ...additionalConfig };
   if (authEndpoint) config.authEndpoint = authEndpoint;
@@ -33,10 +33,7 @@ export function PusherProvider({
   const pusherClientRef = useRef<Pusher>();
   useEffect(() => {
     // if client exists and options are the same, skip.
-    if (
-      dequal(previousConfig.current, config) &&
-      pusherClientRef.current !== undefined
-    ) {
+    if (dequal(previousConfig.current, config) && pusherClientRef.current !== undefined) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -47,8 +44,7 @@ export function PusherProvider({
       pusherClientRef.current = new PusherClass(clientKey, config);
     }
 
-    return () =>
-      pusherClientRef.current && pusherClientRef.current.disconnect();
+    return () => pusherClientRef.current && pusherClientRef.current.disconnect();
   }, [clientKey, config, defer, pusherClientRef]);
 
   // track config for comparison
@@ -57,11 +53,13 @@ export function PusherProvider({
     previousConfig.current = config;
   });
 
+  console.log('shouldnt be run');
+
   return (
     <PusherContext.Provider
       value={{
         client: pusherClientRef,
-        triggerEndpoint
+        triggerEndpoint,
       }}
       children={children}
       {...props}
diff --git a/src/__tests__/useClientTrigger.tsx b/src/__tests__/useClientTrigger.tsx
index 3ec28fe..c4195a3 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/useClientTrigger.tsx
+++ b/src/__tests__/useClientTrigger.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-import { renderHook } from "@testing-library/react-hooks";
-import { PusherPresenceChannelMock } from "../mocks";
-import { useClientTrigger } from "../useClientTrigger";
-import { PresenceChannel } from "pusher-js";
+import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react-hooks';
+import { PusherPresenceChannelMock } from '../mocks';
+import { useClientTrigger } from '../useClientTrigger';
+import { PresenceChannel } from 'pusher-js';
 
-describe("<useClientTrigger />", () => {
-  test("should ", () => {
-    const mockChannel = (new PusherPresenceChannelMock() as unknown) as PresenceChannel<
-      any
-    >;
+describe('<useClientTrigger />', () => {
+  test('should ', () => {
+    const mockChannel = (new PusherPresenceChannelMock() as unknown) as PresenceChannel<unknown>;
     renderHook(() => useClientTrigger(mockChannel));
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/__tests__/usePusher.ts b/src/__tests__/usePusher.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7474e8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/usePusher.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react-hooks';
+import { usePusher, NOT_IN_CONTEXT_WARNING } from '../usePusher';
+
+describe('usePusher hook', () => {
+  test('should warn when not inside a pusher context', () => {
+    const spy = jest.spyOn(global.console, 'warn');
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => usePusher());
+    // expect(result.current).toBeUndefined();
+    // expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(NOT_IN_CONTEXT_WARNING);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/useChannel.ts b/src/useChannel.ts
index 1e168f0..d2d09ab 100644
--- a/src/useChannel.ts
+++ b/src/useChannel.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import invariant from "invariant";
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import invariant from 'invariant';
 
-import { usePusher } from "./usePusher";
+import { usePusher } from './usePusher';
 
 /**
  * Subscribe to channel
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ import { usePusher } from "./usePusher";
 
 export function useChannel(channelName: string) {
   // errors for missing arguments
-  invariant(channelName, "channelName required to subscribe to a channel");
+  invariant(channelName, 'channelName required to subscribe to a channel');
 
   const { client } = usePusher();
-  const pusherClient = client.current;
+  const pusherClient = client && client.current;
 
   const [channel, setChannel] = useState<any>();
 
diff --git a/src/useClientTrigger.ts b/src/useClientTrigger.ts
index d491a7c..8f60237 100644
--- a/src/useClientTrigger.ts
+++ b/src/useClientTrigger.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-import { useCallback } from "react";
-import invariant from "invariant";
-import { Channel, PresenceChannel } from "pusher-js";
+import { useCallback } from 'react';
+import invariant from 'invariant';
+import { Channel, PresenceChannel } from 'pusher-js';
 
 export function useClientTrigger<T>(channel: Channel | PresenceChannel<T>) {
   channel &&
     invariant(
       channel.name.match(/(private-|presence-)/gi),
-      "Channel pass wasn't private or presence channel. Client events only work on these types of channels."
+      "Channel provided to useClientTrigger wasn't private or presence channel. Client events only work on these types of channels."
     );
 
   // memoize trigger so it's not being created every render
   const trigger = useCallback(
     (eventName: string, data: any = {}) => {
-      invariant(eventName, "Must pass event name to trigger a client event.");
+      invariant(eventName, 'Must pass event name to trigger a client event.');
       channel && channel.trigger(eventName, data);
     },
     [channel]
diff --git a/src/usePusher.ts b/src/usePusher.ts
index 5655b35..43175a5 100644
--- a/src/usePusher.ts
+++ b/src/usePusher.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
-import { useContext } from "react";
-import { __PusherContext } from "./PusherProvider";
-import { PusherContextValues } from "./types";
+import { useContext, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { __PusherContext } from './PusherProvider';
+import { PusherContextValues } from './types';
 
 /**
  * Provides access to the pusher client
  *
  * @example
  * const {client} = usePusher();
- * client.subscribe('my-channel');
+ * client.current.subscribe('my-channel');
  */
 export function usePusher() {
-  return useContext<PusherContextValues>(__PusherContext);
+  const context = useContext<PusherContextValues>(__PusherContext);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!context) console.warn(NOT_IN_CONTEXT_WARNING);
+  }, [context]);
+  return context;
 }
+
+export const NOT_IN_CONTEXT_WARNING =
+  'No Pusher context. Did you forget to wrap your app in a <PusherProvider />?';