diff --git a/packages/pinball_components/lib/src/components/slingshot.dart b/packages/pinball_components/lib/src/components/slingshot.dart
index ae95f64c..b460565b 100644
--- a/packages/pinball_components/lib/src/components/slingshot.dart
+++ b/packages/pinball_components/lib/src/components/slingshot.dart
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ class Slingshot extends BodyComponent with InitialPosition {
         super(
           priority: 1,
           children: [_SlinghsotSpriteComponent(spritePath, angle: angle)],
-        );
+        ) {
+    renderBody = false;
+  }
 
   final double _length;
 
@@ -111,7 +113,10 @@ class _SlinghsotSpriteComponent extends SpriteComponent with HasGameRef {
     String path, {
     required double angle,
   })  : _path = path,
-        super(angle: -angle);
+        super(
+          angle: -angle,
+          anchor: Anchor.center,
+        );
 
   final String _path;
 
diff --git a/packages/pinball_components/test/src/components/boundaries_test.dart b/packages/pinball_components/test/src/components/boundaries_test.dart
index 7911026d..e62d63e3 100644
--- a/packages/pinball_components/test/src/components/boundaries_test.dart
+++ b/packages/pinball_components/test/src/components/boundaries_test.dart
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ void main() {
         await game.addFromBlueprint(Boundaries());
         game.camera.followVector2(Vector2.zero());
         game.camera.zoom = 3.9;
+        await game.ready();
       },
       verify: (game, tester) async {
         await expectLater(
diff --git a/packages/pinball_components/test/src/components/dino_walls_test.dart b/packages/pinball_components/test/src/components/dino_walls_test.dart
index f124f26e..b3a58264 100644
--- a/packages/pinball_components/test/src/components/dino_walls_test.dart
+++ b/packages/pinball_components/test/src/components/dino_walls_test.dart
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ void main() {
         await game.addFromBlueprint(DinoWalls());
         game.camera.followVector2(Vector2.zero());
         game.camera.zoom = 6.5;
+        await game.ready();
       },
       verify: (game, tester) async {
         await expectLater(
diff --git a/packages/pinball_components/test/src/components/slingshot_test.dart b/packages/pinball_components/test/src/components/slingshot_test.dart
index 9a0be664..a5535750 100644
--- a/packages/pinball_components/test/src/components/slingshot_test.dart
+++ b/packages/pinball_components/test/src/components/slingshot_test.dart
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ void main() {
       setUp: (game, tester) async {
         await game.addFromBlueprint(Slingshots());
         game.camera.followVector2(Vector2.zero());
+        await game.ready();
       },
       verify: (game, tester) async {
         await expectLater(
diff --git a/packages/pinball_components/test/src/components/spaceship_ramp_test.dart b/packages/pinball_components/test/src/components/spaceship_ramp_test.dart
index da97ea68..8b623461 100644
--- a/packages/pinball_components/test/src/components/spaceship_ramp_test.dart
+++ b/packages/pinball_components/test/src/components/spaceship_ramp_test.dart
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ void main() {
       setUp: (game, tester) async {
         await game.addFromBlueprint(SpaceshipRamp());
         game.camera.followVector2(Vector2(-13, -50));
+        await game.ready();
       },
       verify: (game, tester) async {
         await expectLater(
diff --git a/packages/pinball_components/test/src/components/spaceship_test.dart b/packages/pinball_components/test/src/components/spaceship_test.dart
index d5c6b491..e6c38476 100644
--- a/packages/pinball_components/test/src/components/spaceship_test.dart
+++ b/packages/pinball_components/test/src/components/spaceship_test.dart
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ void main() {
           final position = Vector2(30, -30);
           await game.addFromBlueprint(Spaceship(position: position));
           game.camera.followVector2(position);
+          await game.ready();
         },
         verify: (game, tester) async {
           await expectLater(