diff --git a/src/react-image-zoom.js b/src/react-image-zoom.js
index 73d51e3..f015aed 100644
--- a/src/react-image-zoom.js
+++ b/src/react-image-zoom.js
@@ -6,16 +6,19 @@ class ReactImageZoom extends React.Component {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
     this.container = undefined;
+    this.observer = null;
     this.getRef = this.getRef.bind(this);
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    this.rerenderImageZoom(this.props);
+    this.setupLazyLoading();
   }
 
   UNSAFE_componentWillUnmount() {
-    this.imageZoom.kill();
-    this.imageZoom = void 0;
+    this.kill();
+    if (this.observer) {
+      this.observer.disconnect();
+    }
   }
 
   UNSAFE_componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
@@ -25,8 +28,32 @@ class ReactImageZoom extends React.Component {
     }
   }
 
+  setupLazyLoading() {
+    if ('IntersectionObserver' in window) {
+      this.observer = new IntersectionObserver(
+        (entries) => {
+          entries.forEach((entry) => {
+            if (entry.isIntersecting) {
+              this.rerenderImageZoom(this.props);
+              this.observer.disconnect(); 
+            }
+          });
+        },
+        { rootMargin: '100px' } 
+      );
+
+      if (this.container) {
+        this.observer.observe(this.container);
+      }
+    } else {
+      this.rerenderImageZoom(this.props);
+    }
+  }
+
   rerenderImageZoom(props) {
-    this.imageZoom = new ImageZoom(this.container, JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(props)));
+    if (!this.imageZoom) {
+      this.imageZoom = new ImageZoom(this.container, JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(props)));
+    }
   }
 
   setup() {
@@ -34,7 +61,10 @@ class ReactImageZoom extends React.Component {
   }
 
   kill() {
-    this.imageZoom.kill();
+    if (this.imageZoom) {
+      this.imageZoom.kill();
+      this.imageZoom = void 0;
+    }
   }
 
   getRef(ref) {
@@ -42,7 +72,7 @@ class ReactImageZoom extends React.Component {
   }
 
   render() {
-    return <div ref={this.getRef}/>;
+    return <div ref={this.getRef} style={{ minHeight: '300px' }} />;
   }
 }
 
@@ -55,7 +85,7 @@ ReactImageZoom.propTypes = {
   offset: PropTypes.object,
   zoomStyle: PropTypes.string,
   zoomLensStyle: PropTypes.string,
-  zoomPosition: PropTypes.oneOf(['top', 'left', 'bottom', 'right', 'original'])
+  zoomPosition: PropTypes.oneOf(['top', 'left', 'bottom', 'right', 'original']),
 };
 
 export default ReactImageZoom;