From 967a040d5b4dfeacdfea65af1af3704dc3a74d89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fraser <tomatoesneverlie@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 20:09:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix typescript error

---
 web/src/searchbox.tsx | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/web/src/searchbox.tsx b/web/src/searchbox.tsx
index ba7a073..26fc7e6 100644
--- a/web/src/searchbox.tsx
+++ b/web/src/searchbox.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export type Followup = {
 }
 
 // initial questions to fill the search box with.
-export const initialQuestions = [
+export const initialQuestions: string[] = [
     "What is an AI arms race?",
     "What is AI safety and alignment?",
     "I'm not convinced, why is this important?",
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export const SearchBox: React.FC<{search: (
     ) => void,
 }> = ({search}) => {
 
-    const initial_query = initialQuestions[Math.floor(Math.random() * initialQuestions.length)];
+    const initial_query = initialQuestions[Math.floor(Math.random() * initialQuestions.length)] || "";
 
     const [ query, setQuery ] = useState(initial_query);
     const [ loading, setLoading ] = useState(false);