diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6afa7bc..597ecd8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@
 * **core:** xstate v5 support ([4c7a57a](https://github.com/koordinates/xstate-tree/commit/4c7a57ad5842a76aa2a33360f3a81c04eb66ca72)), closes [#58](https://github.com/koordinates/xstate-tree/issues/58)
 
 
+## [4.6.1](https://github.com/koordinates/xstate-tree/compare/v4.6.0...v4.6.1) (2024-01-25)
+
+
+### fix
+
+* **routing:** flakey onloadEvent detection ([43f17c6](https://github.com/koordinates/xstate-tree/commit/43f17c67c60f566164ba7dcaa010719139183973))
+
 # [4.6.0](https://github.com/koordinates/xstate-tree/compare/v4.5.0...v4.6.0) (2024-01-23)
 
 
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 4727eea..ea5512a 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -51,16 +51,6 @@ export function assert(value: unknown, msg?: string): asserts value {
   }
 }
 
-export function isLikelyPageLoad(): boolean {
-  // without performance API, we can't tell if this is a page load
-  if (typeof performance === "undefined") {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  // if it's been < 5 seconds since the page was loaded, it's probably a page load
-  return performance.now() < 5000;
-}
-
 export function difference(a: any, b: any) {
   const result: Record<any, any> = {};
 
diff --git a/src/xstateTree.tsx b/src/xstateTree.tsx
index e1f710d..a6ad4ef 100644
--- a/src/xstateTree.tsx
+++ b/src/xstateTree.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { GetSlotNames, Slot } from "./slots";
 import { GlobalEvents, AnyXstateTreeMachine, XstateTreeHistory } from "./types";
 import { useConstant } from "./useConstant";
 import { useService } from "./useService";
-import { assertIsDefined, isLikelyPageLoad, mergeMeta, toJSON } from "./utils";
+import { assertIsDefined, mergeMeta, toJSON } from "./utils";
 
 export const emitter = new TinyEmitter();
 
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ export function buildRootComponent(
         } = routing;
         const initialMeta = {
           ...(routing.history.location.state?.meta ?? {}),
-          onloadEvent: isLikelyPageLoad(),
+          onloadEvent: true,
         } as SharedMeta;
 
         const queryString = getQueryString();