diff --git a/util/CallableNode.gd b/util/CallableNode.gd
index fc3a16c..6620031 100644
--- a/util/CallableNode.gd
+++ b/util/CallableNode.gd
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ var result: Variant = null
 ##	2.	the CallableNode is passed the given args and opts;
 ##	3.	the CallableNode is requested to call _ready,
 ##		and then added as a child to the parent;
-##	4.	if the CallableNode's process_mode is PROCESS_MODE_INHERIT,
-##		the inherited process mode of the CallableNode is resolved,
-##		and its process_mode is set directly to that;
+##	4.	if the CallableNode's process_mode is PROCESS_MODE_INHERIT
+##		or PROCESS_MODE_DISABLED, the most descended process_mode
+##		in its ancestry not to equal either of those values
+##		is applied directly to the CallableNode instead
+##		(falling back to PROCESS_MODE_PAUSABLE if none is found);
 ##	5.	the parent's process mode is set to PROCESS_MODE_DISABLED;
 ##	6.	the function yields until the CallableNode is exiting the tree;
 ##	7.	steps 2-5 are undone;
@@ -42,9 +44,9 @@ func invoke_existing(
 	parent.add_child(self)
 	# step 4
 	var process_mode_resolve := self
-	while (
-		process_mode_resolve and
-		process_mode_resolve.process_mode == Node.PROCESS_MODE_INHERIT
+	while process_mode_resolve and (
+		process_mode_resolve.process_mode == Node.PROCESS_MODE_INHERIT or
+		process_mode_resolve.process_mode == Node.PROCESS_MODE_DISABLED
 	):
 		process_mode_resolve = process_mode_resolve.get_parent()
 	if process_mode_resolve: