diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 07e967fe5..f2dee1b5e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     "build": "pnpm run build:core && pnpm run build:runtime",
     "build:core": "tsup",
     "build:runtime": "tsup --config tsup-runtime.config.ts",
-    "dev": "pnpm run test",
+    "dev": "pnpm run test --ui",
     "docs": "vitepress dev docs",
     "docs:build": "vitepress build docs",
     "lint": "prettier -c '{src,examples,playground}/**/*.{ts,vue}'",
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
     "play:build": "npm -C playground run build",
     "release": "node scripts/release.mjs",
     "changelog": "conventional-changelog -p angular -i CHANGELOG.md -s -r 1",
-    "test": "vitest --typecheck --ui"
+    "test": "vitest --typecheck"
   },
   "gitHooks": {
     "pre-commit": "lint-staged",
diff --git a/src/data-loaders/defineColadaLoader.spec.ts b/src/data-loaders/defineColadaLoader.spec.ts
index a310bc051..b69acb855 100644
--- a/src/data-loaders/defineColadaLoader.spec.ts
+++ b/src/data-loaders/defineColadaLoader.spec.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { getRouter } from 'vue-router-mock'
 import { enableAutoUnmount, mount } from '@vue/test-utils'
 import RouterViewMock from '../../tests/data-loaders/RouterViewMock.vue'
 import { setActivePinia, createPinia, getActivePinia } from 'pinia'
-import { QueryPlugin, useQuery } from '@pinia/colada'
+import { useQuery, PiniaColada } from '@pinia/colada'
 import { RouteLocationNormalizedLoaded } from 'vue-router'
 
 describe(
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ describe(
           setActivePinia(pinia)
           return { pinia }
         },
-        plugins: ({ pinia }) => [pinia, QueryPlugin],
+        plugins: ({ pinia }) => [pinia, PiniaColada],
       }
     )
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ describe(
           plugins: [
             [DataLoaderPlugin, { router, ...pluginOptions }],
             createPinia(),
-            QueryPlugin,
+            PiniaColada,
           ],
         },
       })
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ describe(
         }),
         {
           global: {
-            plugins: [getActivePinia()!, QueryPlugin],
+            plugins: [getActivePinia()!, PiniaColada],
           },
         }
       )
diff --git a/src/data-loaders/defineColadaLoader.ts b/src/data-loaders/defineColadaLoader.ts
index b9bfd7d36..747b82ed8 100644
--- a/src/data-loaders/defineColadaLoader.ts
+++ b/src/data-loaders/defineColadaLoader.ts
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ export function defineColadaLoader<Data, isLazy extends boolean>(
         //   entries.delete(loader)
         // }
       })
+      // avoid double reload since calling `useQuery()` will trigger a refresh
+      // and we might also do it below for nested loaders
+      if (entry.ext.status.value === 'loading') {
+        reload = false
+      }
     }
 
     const { isLoading, data, error, ext } = entry
diff --git a/tests/data-loaders/tester.ts b/tests/data-loaders/tester.ts
index 645dfbb4a..ebc33438c 100644
--- a/tests/data-loaders/tester.ts
+++ b/tests/data-loaders/tester.ts
@@ -793,9 +793,11 @@ export function testDefineLoader<Context = void>(
   it('can nest loaders', async () => {
     const spyOne = vi
       .fn<(...args: unknown[]) => Promise<string>>()
+      .mockResolvedValue('ko')
       .mockResolvedValueOnce('one')
     const spyTwo = vi
       .fn<(...args: unknown[]) => Promise<string>>()
+      .mockResolvedValue('ko')
       .mockResolvedValueOnce('two')
     const useLoaderOne = loaderFactory({ fn: spyOne, key: 'one' })
     const useLoaderTwo = loaderFactory({