diff --git a/.changeset/sixty-baboons-applaud.md b/.changeset/sixty-baboons-applaud.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8df08ad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sixty-baboons-applaud.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'electron-trpc': patch
+---
+
+Make createContext param optional.
diff --git a/src/main/createIPCHandler.ts b/src/main/createIPCHandler.ts
index 81f495ce..3c5a9a03 100644
--- a/src/main/createIPCHandler.ts
+++ b/src/main/createIPCHandler.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export function createIPCHandler<TRouter extends AnyRouter>({
   router,
   ipcMain,
 }: {
-  createContext: () => Promise<inferRouterContext<TRouter>>;
+  createContext?: () => Promise<inferRouterContext<TRouter>>;
   router: TRouter;
   ipcMain: IpcMain;
 }) {
diff --git a/src/main/resolveIPCResponse.ts b/src/main/resolveIPCResponse.ts
index 6c66b212..5fba5be9 100644
--- a/src/main/resolveIPCResponse.ts
+++ b/src/main/resolveIPCResponse.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export async function resolveIPCResponse<TRouter extends AnyRouter>({
   path,
   router,
 }: {
-  createContext: () => Promise<inferRouterContext<TRouter>>;
+  createContext?: () => inferRouterContext<TRouter> | Promise<inferRouterContext<TRouter>>;
   input?: unknown;
   type: ProcedureType;
   path: string;
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export async function resolveIPCResponse<TRouter extends AnyRouter>({
       });
     }
 
-    ctx = await createContext();
+    ctx = await createContext?.();
 
     const deserializedInput =
       typeof input !== 'undefined' ? router._def.transformer.input.deserialize(input) : input;