diff --git a/internal/pkg/afrouter/arproxy.go b/internal/pkg/afrouter/arproxy.go
index 72641de..4265584 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/afrouter/arproxy.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/afrouter/arproxy.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 )
 
 // String names for display in error messages.
-var arProxy *ArouterProxy = nil
+var arProxy *ArouterProxy
 
 type ArouterProxy struct {
 	servers map[string]*server // Defined in handler.go