diff --git a/nlp/app/routes.py b/nlp/app/routes.py
index 8cba44b..c255fc2 100644
--- a/nlp/app/routes.py
+++ b/nlp/app/routes.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 lr, lr_vectorizer = pickle.load(open(lr_path, 'rb'))
 cnn = pickle.load(open(lr_path, 'rb'))
 
-
+prediction = None
 @app.route('/', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 @app.route('/index', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 def index():