diff --git a/src/internal/webawesome-element.ts b/src/internal/webawesome-element.ts
index a3f3d2384..7bbaf4773 100644
--- a/src/internal/webawesome-element.ts
+++ b/src/internal/webawesome-element.ts
@@ -10,35 +10,24 @@ export default class WebAwesomeElement extends LitElement {
 
   @property({ type: Boolean, reflect: true, attribute: 'did-ssr' }) didSSR = isServer || Boolean(this.shadowRoot);
 
+  #hasRecordedInitialProperties = true
+
   // Store the constructor value of all `static properties = {}`
-  constructorProperties: Map<string, unknown> = new Map();
+  initialReflectedProperties: Map<string, unknown> = new Map();
 
-  constructor() {
-    super();
-
-    // queueMicrotask so that we wait until any subclasses finish their constructors and *then* we record the initial properties.
-    queueMicrotask(() => {
-      (this.constructor as typeof WebAwesomeElement).elementProperties.forEach((obj, prop) => {
-        // @ts-expect-error Leave me alone.
+  attributeChangedCallback (name: string, oldValue: string | null, newValue: string | null) {
+    if (!this.#hasRecordedInitialProperties) {
+      (this.constructor as typeof WebAwesomeElement).elementProperties.forEach((obj, prop: keyof typeof this & string) => {
         // eslint-disable-next-line
         if (obj.reflect && this[prop] != null) {
-          // @ts-expect-error Leave me alone.
-          this.constructorProperties.set(prop, this[prop]);
+          this.initialReflectedProperties.set(prop, this[prop]);
         }
-      });
-    });
-  }
-  protected willUpdate(changedProperties: Parameters<LitElement["willUpdate"]>[0]) {
-    super.willUpdate(changedProperties);
-    this.constructorProperties.forEach((value, prop) => {
-      // If a prop changes to `null`, we assume this happens via an attribute changing to `null`.
-      // @ts-expect-error leave me alone
-      // eslint-disable-next-line
-      if (changedProperties.has(prop) && this[prop] == null) {
-        // @ts-expect-error leave me alone
-        this[prop] = value;
-      }
-    });
+      })
+
+      this.#hasRecordedInitialProperties = true
+    }
+
+    super.attributeChangedCallback(name, oldValue, newValue)
   }
 
   protected firstUpdated(changedProperties: Parameters<LitElement['firstUpdated']>[0]): void {