diff --git a/assets/index.d.ts b/assets/index.d.ts
index 1fcb0eb..740a197 100644
--- a/assets/index.d.ts
+++ b/assets/index.d.ts
@@ -2,4 +2,10 @@ import type { ViewHook } from '../deps/phoenix_live_view'
 
 declare const createLiveToastHook: () => ViewHook
 
+declare global {
+  interface Window {
+    addToast: (kind: string, msg: string, options?: Options) => void
+  }
+}
+
 export { createLiveToastHook }
diff --git a/assets/js/live_toast/live_toast.ts b/assets/js/live_toast/live_toast.ts
index 87efa09..e3f6041 100644
--- a/assets/js/live_toast/live_toast.ts
+++ b/assets/js/live_toast/live_toast.ts
@@ -198,14 +198,35 @@ async function animateOut(this: ViewHook) {
 export function createLiveToastHook(duration = 6000, maxItems = 3) {
   return {
     destroyed(this: ViewHook) {
+      if (this.el.dataset.part === 'toast-group') {
+        return
+      }
+
       doAnimations.bind(this)(duration, maxItems)
     },
     updated(this: ViewHook) {
+      if (this.el.dataset.part === 'toast-group') {
+        return
+      }
+
       // animate to targetDestination in 0ms
       const keyframes = { y: [this.el.targetDestination] }
       animate(this.el, keyframes, { duration: 0 })
     },
     mounted(this: ViewHook) {
+      if (this.el.dataset.part === 'toast-group') {
+        window.addToast = (kind: string, msg: string, options = {}) => {
+          const payload = {
+            kind,
+            msg,
+            options
+          }
+          this.pushEventTo(this.el, 'add_toast', payload)
+        }
+
+        return
+      }
+
       // for the special flashes, check if they are visible, and if not, return early out of here.
       if (['server-error', 'client-error'].includes(this.el.id)) {
         if (isHidden(document.getElementById(this.el.id))) {
diff --git a/demo/assets/js/app.js b/demo/assets/js/app.js
index 1338286..c93a5c5 100644
--- a/demo/assets/js/app.js
+++ b/demo/assets/js/app.js
@@ -1,26 +1,31 @@
-import 'phoenix_html'
-import { Socket } from 'phoenix'
-import { LiveSocket } from 'phoenix_live_view'
-import { createLiveToastHook } from '../../../assets/js/live_toast/live_toast.ts'
+import "phoenix_html"
+import { Socket } from "phoenix"
+import { LiveSocket } from "phoenix_live_view"
+import { createLiveToastHook } from "../../../assets/js/live_toast/live_toast.ts"
 
 let csrfToken = document
   .querySelector("meta[name='csrf-token']")
-  .getAttribute('content')
-let liveSocket = new LiveSocket('/live', Socket, {
+  .getAttribute("content")
+
+let liveSocket = new LiveSocket("/live", Socket, {
   longPollFallbackMs: 2500,
   params: { _csrf_token: csrfToken },
-  hooks: { LiveToast: createLiveToastHook() },
+  hooks: {
+    LiveToast: createLiveToastHook()
+  }
 })
 
+console.log(liveSocket)
+
 // connect if there are any LiveViews on the page
 liveSocket.connect()
 
-window.addEventListener('phx:close-menu', (e) => {
-  const menu = document.querySelector('aside#main-navigation')
-  menu.classList.remove('max-md:block')
+window.addEventListener("phx:close-menu", e => {
+  const menu = document.querySelector("aside#main-navigation")
+  menu.classList.remove("max-md:block")
 
-  const backdrop = document.querySelector('#backdrop')
-  backdrop.classList.remove('max-md:block')
+  const backdrop = document.querySelector("#backdrop")
+  backdrop.classList.remove("max-md:block")
 })
 
 // expose liveSocket on window for web console debug logs and latency simulation:
diff --git a/lib/live_toast/live_component.ex b/lib/live_toast/live_component.ex
index c85290b..269fec8 100644
--- a/lib/live_toast/live_component.ex
+++ b/lib/live_toast/live_component.ex
@@ -80,7 +80,12 @@ defmodule LiveToast.LiveComponent do
   @impl Phoenix.LiveComponent
   def render(assigns) do
     ~H"""
-    <div id={assigns[:id] || "toast-group"} class={@group_class_fn.(assigns)}>
+    <div
+      id={assigns[:id] || "toast-group"}
+      phx-hook="LiveToast"
+      data-part="toast-group"
+      class={@group_class_fn.(assigns)}
+    >
       <div class="contents" id="toast-group-stream" phx-update="stream">
         <Components.toast
           :for={
@@ -132,4 +137,19 @@ defmodule LiveToast.LiveComponent do
     # have dismissed the toast before the animation ended.
     {:noreply, socket}
   end
+
+  @impl Phoenix.LiveComponent
+  def handle_event("add_toast", %{"kind" => kind, "msg" => msg} = payload, socket) do
+    options = map_to_keyword(payload["options"] || %{})
+
+    LiveToast.send_toast(kind, msg, options)
+
+    {:noreply, socket}
+  end
+
+  defp map_to_keyword(map) when is_map(map) do
+    map
+    |> Map.to_list()
+    |> Enum.map(fn {key, value} -> {String.to_atom("#{key}"), value} end)
+  end
 end