diff --git a/docs/getting-started/react.md b/docs/getting-started/react.md
index c7d22e9a..b16e5dde 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started/react.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started/react.md
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Another alternative is to create a React context for the app to make it globally
    import * as React from "react";
    import { App } from 'obsidian';
 
-   export const AppContext = React.createContext<App>(undefined);
+   export const AppContext = React.createContext<App>({} as App);
    ```
 
 1. Wrap the `ReactView` with a context provider and pass the app as the value.