diff --git a/app/templates/EnrollmentFlows/start.php b/app/templates/EnrollmentFlows/start.php
index 3c7066083..b3ead8908 100644
--- a/app/templates/EnrollmentFlows/start.php
+++ b/app/templates/EnrollmentFlows/start.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 declare(strict_types = 1);
 
 // Enrollment Flow Start has its own file of fields
+$fields = [];
 $modelsName = $this->getName();
 $templatePath = $vv_template_path ?? ROOT . DS . "templates" . DS . $modelsName;
 include($templatePath . DS . 'start.inc');