diff --git a/packages/transactional-adapters/transactional-adapter-knex/test/transactional-adapter-knex.spec.ts b/packages/transactional-adapters/transactional-adapter-knex/test/transactional-adapter-knex.spec.ts
index cad4ec8..17d6b71 100644
--- a/packages/transactional-adapters/transactional-adapter-knex/test/transactional-adapter-knex.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/transactional-adapters/transactional-adapter-knex/test/transactional-adapter-knex.spec.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 import { Inject, Injectable, Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { Test, TestingModule } from '@nestjs/testing';
 import Knex from 'knex';
-import { ClsModule } from 'nestjs-cls';
+import { ClsModule, UseCls } from 'nestjs-cls';
 import { TransactionalAdapterKnex } from '../src';
 
 const KNEX = 'KNEX';
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ class UserService {
         private readonly knex: Knex.Knex,
     ) {}
 
+    @UseCls()
+    async withoutTransaction() {
+        const r1 = await this.userRepository.createUser('Jim');
+        const r2 = await this.userRepository.getUserById(r1.id);
+        return { r1, r2 };
+    }
+
     @Transactional()
     async transactionWithDecorator() {
         const r1 = await this.userRepository.createUser('John');
@@ -147,6 +154,13 @@ describe('Transactional', () => {
     });
 
     describe('TransactionalAdapterKnex', () => {
+        it('should work without an active transaction', async () => {
+            const { r1, r2 } = await callingService.withoutTransaction();
+            expect(r1).toEqual(r2);
+            const users = await knex('user');
+            expect(users).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining([r1]));
+        });
+
         it('should run a transaction with the default options with a decorator', async () => {
             const { r1, r2 } = await callingService.transactionWithDecorator();
             expect(r1).toEqual(r2);
diff --git a/packages/transactional-adapters/transactional-adapter-kysely/test/transactional-adapter-kysely.spec.ts b/packages/transactional-adapters/transactional-adapter-kysely/test/transactional-adapter-kysely.spec.ts
index c249d1b..7e03473 100644
--- a/packages/transactional-adapters/transactional-adapter-kysely/test/transactional-adapter-kysely.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/transactional-adapters/transactional-adapter-kysely/test/transactional-adapter-kysely.spec.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { Inject, Injectable, Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { Test, TestingModule } from '@nestjs/testing';
 import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 import { Generated, Kysely, PostgresDialect } from 'kysely';
-import { ClsModule } from 'nestjs-cls';
+import { ClsModule, UseCls } from 'nestjs-cls';
 import { Pool } from 'pg';
 import { TransactionalAdapterKysely } from '../src';
 
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ class UserService {
         private readonly kysely: Kysely<Database>,
     ) {}
 
+    @UseCls()
+    async withoutTransaction() {
+        const r1 = await this.userRepository.createUser('Jim');
+        const r2 = await this.userRepository.getUserById(r1.id);
+        return { r1, r2 };
+    }
+
     @Transactional()
     async transactionWithDecorator() {
         const r1 = await this.userRepository.createUser('John');
@@ -186,6 +193,16 @@ describe('Transactional', () => {
     }, 60_000);
 
     describe('TransactionalAdapterKysely', () => {
+        it('should work without an active transaction', async () => {
+            const { r1, r2 } = await callingService.withoutTransaction();
+            expect(r1).toEqual(r2);
+            const users = await kyselyDb
+                .selectFrom('user')
+                .selectAll()
+                .execute();
+            expect(users).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining([r1]));
+        });
+
         it('should run a transaction with the default options with a decorator', async () => {
             const { r1, r2 } = await callingService.transactionWithDecorator();
             expect(r1).toEqual(r2);
diff --git a/packages/transactional-adapters/transactional-adapter-pg-promise/test/transactional-adapter-pg-promise.spec.ts b/packages/transactional-adapters/transactional-adapter-pg-promise/test/transactional-adapter-pg-promise.spec.ts
index ca3c49b..dca255d 100644
--- a/packages/transactional-adapters/transactional-adapter-pg-promise/test/transactional-adapter-pg-promise.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/transactional-adapters/transactional-adapter-pg-promise/test/transactional-adapter-pg-promise.spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
 } from '@nestjs-cls/transactional';
 import { Inject, Injectable, Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { Test, TestingModule } from '@nestjs/testing';
-import { ClsModule } from 'nestjs-cls';
+import { ClsModule, UseCls } from 'nestjs-cls';
 import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
 import pgPromise from 'pg-promise';
 import { Database, TransactionalAdapterPgPromise } from '../src';
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ class UserService {
         private readonly db: Database,
     ) {}
 
+    @UseCls()
+    async withoutTransaction() {
+        const r1 = await this.userRepository.createUser('Jim');
+        const r2 = await this.userRepository.getUserById(r1.id);
+        return { r1, r2 };
+    }
+
     @Transactional()
     async transactionWithDecorator() {
         const r1 = await this.userRepository.createUser('John');
@@ -169,6 +176,15 @@ describe('Transactional', () => {
     }, 60_000);
 
     describe('TransactionalAdapterPgPromise', () => {
+        it('should work without an active transaction', async () => {
+            const { r1, r2 } = await callingService.withoutTransaction();
+            expect(r1).toEqual(r2);
+            const users = await db.many<UserRecord>(
+                'SELECT * FROM public.user',
+            );
+            expect(users).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining([r1]));
+        });
+
         it('should run a transaction with the default options with a decorator', async () => {
             const { r1, r2 } = await callingService.transactionWithDecorator();
             expect(r1).toEqual(r2);
diff --git a/packages/transactional-adapters/transactional-adapter-prisma/test/transactional-adapter-prisma.spec.ts b/packages/transactional-adapters/transactional-adapter-prisma/test/transactional-adapter-prisma.spec.ts
index 1de480e..a03d54f 100644
--- a/packages/transactional-adapters/transactional-adapter-prisma/test/transactional-adapter-prisma.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/transactional-adapters/transactional-adapter-prisma/test/transactional-adapter-prisma.spec.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { Injectable, Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { Test, TestingModule } from '@nestjs/testing';
 import { Prisma, PrismaClient } from '@prisma/client';
 import { execSync } from 'child_process';
-import { ClsModule } from 'nestjs-cls';
+import { ClsModule, UseCls } from 'nestjs-cls';
 import { TransactionalAdapterPrisma } from '../src';
 
 process.env.DATA_SOURCE_URL = 'file:../tmp/test.db';
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ class UserService {
         private readonly prisma: PrismaClient,
     ) {}
 
+    @UseCls()
+    async withoutTransaction() {
+        const r1 = await this.userRepository.createUser('Jim');
+        const r2 = await this.userRepository.getUserById(r1.id);
+        return { r1, r2 };
+    }
+
     @Transactional()
     async transactionWithDecorator() {
         const r1 = await this.userRepository.createUser('John');
@@ -126,6 +133,13 @@ describe('Transactional', () => {
     });
 
     describe('TransactionalAdapterPrisma', () => {
+        it('should work without an active transaction', async () => {
+            const { r1, r2 } = await callingService.withoutTransaction();
+            expect(r1).toEqual(r2);
+            const users = await prisma.user.findMany();
+            expect(users).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining([r1]));
+        });
+
         it('should run a transaction with the default options with a decorator', async () => {
             const { r1, r2 } = await callingService.transactionWithDecorator();
             expect(r1).toEqual(r2);
diff --git a/packages/transactional-adapters/transactional-adapter-typeorm/test/transactional-adapter-typeorm.spec.ts b/packages/transactional-adapters/transactional-adapter-typeorm/test/transactional-adapter-typeorm.spec.ts
index e92c4c5..1aa4654 100644
--- a/packages/transactional-adapters/transactional-adapter-typeorm/test/transactional-adapter-typeorm.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/transactional-adapters/transactional-adapter-typeorm/test/transactional-adapter-typeorm.spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
 } from '@nestjs-cls/transactional';
 import { Injectable, Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { Test, TestingModule } from '@nestjs/testing';
-import { ClsModule } from 'nestjs-cls';
+import { ClsModule, UseCls } from 'nestjs-cls';
 import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
 import { Column, DataSource, Entity, PrimaryGeneratedColumn } from 'typeorm';
 import { TransactionalAdapterTypeOrm } from '../src';
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ class UserService {
         private readonly dataSource: DataSource,
     ) {}
 
+    @UseCls()
+    async withoutTransaction() {
+        const r1 = await this.userRepository.createUser('Jim');
+        const r2 = await this.userRepository.getUserById(r1.id);
+        return { r1, r2 };
+    }
+
     @Transactional()
     async transactionWithDecorator() {
         const r1 = await this.userRepository.createUser('John');
@@ -172,6 +179,13 @@ describe('Transactional', () => {
     }, 60_000);
 
     describe('TransactionalAdapterTypeOrmPromise', () => {
+        it('should work without an active transaction', async () => {
+            const { r1, r2 } = await callingService.withoutTransaction();
+            expect(r1).toEqual(r2);
+            const users = await dataSource.manager.find(User);
+            expect(users).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining([r1]));
+        });
+
         it('should run a transaction with the default options with a decorator', async () => {
             const { r1, r2 } = await callingService.transactionWithDecorator();
             expect(r1).toEqual(r2);