From a450dcd0c2c3ab903c6e88e7667093dbc0d26a76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anton Franzluebbers <anton@uga.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 18:46:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix compiler error

---
 unity_package/Runtime/VELConnectManager.cs | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/unity_package/Runtime/VELConnectManager.cs b/unity_package/Runtime/VELConnectManager.cs
index c479da5..dfa319a 100644
--- a/unity_package/Runtime/VELConnectManager.cs
+++ b/unity_package/Runtime/VELConnectManager.cs
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ namespace VELConnect
 				/// </summary>
 				public string TryGetData(string key)
 				{
-					return deviceData.data?.TryGetValue(key, out string val) == true ? val : null;
+					string val = null;
+					return deviceData.data?.TryGetValue(key, out val) == true ? val : null;
 				}
 			}