diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b4f5dd1..c3ad2e6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@eppo/js-client-sdk-common",
-  "version": "4.13.0",
+  "version": "4.13.1",
   "description": "Common library for Eppo JavaScript SDKs (web, react native, and node)",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "files": [
diff --git a/src/client/eppo-precomputed-client.ts b/src/client/eppo-precomputed-client.ts
index 7db1436..4ca3990 100644
--- a/src/client/eppo-precomputed-client.ts
+++ b/src/client/eppo-precomputed-client.ts
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ export default class EppoPrecomputedClient {
 
     if (banditEvaluation == null) {
       logger.warn(`${loggerPrefix} No assigned variation. Bandit not found: ${flagKey}`);
-      return { variation: defaultValue, action: null };
+      return { variation: this.getStringAssignment(flagKey, defaultValue), action: null };
     }
 
     const assignedVariation = this.getStringAssignment(flagKey, defaultValue);