From e055cee1edd0309dea2be313a23af15b30814a1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arvind Rk <arvindsuna10@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:43:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] updates

---
 src/hooks/useVapiChat.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/hooks/useVapiChat.ts b/src/hooks/useVapiChat.ts
index ca5e329..e5d0e0d 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useVapiChat.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useVapiChat.ts
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ export const handleStreamChunk = (
 
     // Since we pre-allocated, we know the index is always valid
     if (assistantMessageIndexRef.current !== null) {
+      const targetIndex = assistantMessageIndexRef.current!;
       setMessages((prev) => {
         const newMessages = [...prev];
-        const targetIndex = assistantMessageIndexRef.current!;
 
         if (targetIndex < newMessages.length) {
           newMessages[targetIndex] = {