diff --git a/src/Dispatchers/WordpressDispatcher.php b/src/Dispatchers/WordpressDispatcher.php
index 008062b..fc86d23 100644
--- a/src/Dispatchers/WordpressDispatcher.php
+++ b/src/Dispatchers/WordpressDispatcher.php
@@ -215,20 +215,38 @@ public function dispatch( $event, ...$payload ) {
 			if ( ! $this->hasListeners( $event ) ) {
 				
 				
-				if ( is_callable( [ $payload, 'default' ] ) ) {
-					return $payload->default();
-				}
-				
-				return is_object( $payload ) ? $payload : $payload[0];
+				return $this->determineDefault($payload);
 				
 				
 			}
-			
-			return $this->hook_api->applyFilter( $event, $payload );
+
+
+
+			$filtered = $this->hook_api->applyFilter( $event, $payload );
+
+			if ( $filtered === $payload ) {
+
+			    return $this->determineDefault($payload);
+
+            }
+
+			return $filtered;
 			
 			
 		}
-		
+
+		private function determineDefault( $payload) {
+
+            if ( is_callable( [ $payload, 'default' ] ) ) {
+
+                return $payload->default();
+
+            }
+
+            return is_object( $payload ) ? $payload : $payload[0];
+
+        }
+
 		/**
 		 * Parse the given event and payload and prepare them for dispatching.
 		 * If the event that got dispatched is an object we will use the classname as the event and
@@ -252,8 +270,7 @@ private function parseEventAndPayload( $event, $payload ): array {
 			
 			
 		}
-		
-		
+
 		/**
 		 *
 		 * Searches the first registered listener that implements
@@ -400,8 +417,7 @@ private function resolveAlias( $event, $callable ) {
 			return $this->aliases[ $event ][ $key ] ?? classNameIfClassExists( $callable );
 			
 		}
-		
-		
+
 		/**
 		 * Uses the alias of the listener to find and return
 		 * the object hash of the listener callable
@@ -471,8 +487,7 @@ public function forgetOne( string $event, $listener ) {
 			}
 			
 		}
-		
-		
+
 		/**
 		 *
 		 * Checks if a registered closure is marked as unremovable
diff --git a/tests/Unit/WordpressDispatcherTest.php b/tests/Unit/WordpressDispatcherTest.php
index 3ce0b01..9764b90 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/WordpressDispatcherTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/WordpressDispatcherTest.php
@@ -803,8 +803,7 @@ public function a_listener_can_handle_an_event_conditionally_based_on_runtime_de
 			
 			
 		}
-		
-		
+
 		/** @test */
 		public function the_payload_is_not_changed_when_a_listener_does_not_listen_at_runtime() {
 			
@@ -1043,7 +1042,38 @@ public function if_no_return_value_can_be_created_from_the_dispatched_object_the
 			
 			
 		}
-		
+
+		/** @test */
+        public function if_listeners_are_present_but_none_of_them_handles_the_event_conditionally_the_default_value_is_returned_for_object_events()
+        {
+
+            // Class Listener
+            $_SERVER['should_handle'] = FALSE;
+
+            $this->dispatcher->listen( FilterableEvent::class, ConditionalListener::class . '@foobar' );
+
+            $result = $this->dispatcher->dispatch( new FilterableEvent( 'foobar' ) );
+
+            $this->assertSame( 'foobar', $result );
+
+
+        }
+
+        /** @test */
+        public function if_listeners_are_present_but_none_of_them_handles_the_event_conditionally_the_default_value_is_returned_for_non_object_events()
+        {
+
+            // Class Listener
+            $_SERVER['should_handle'] = FALSE;
+
+            $this->dispatcher->listen( 'event', ConditionalListener::class . '@foobar' );
+
+            $value1 = $this->dispatcher->dispatch( 'event', 'foo', 'bar', 'baz' );
+
+            $this->assertEquals( 'foo', $value1 );
+
+
+        }
 		
 		private function reset(): void {