diff --git a/ios/quadpay-merchant-sdk-react-native/quadpay-merchant-sdk-react-native/QuadPayBridge.m b/ios/quadpay-merchant-sdk-react-native/quadpay-merchant-sdk-react-native/QuadPayBridge.m
index 93a5de8..42613cf 100644
--- a/ios/quadpay-merchant-sdk-react-native/quadpay-merchant-sdk-react-native/QuadPayBridge.m
+++ b/ios/quadpay-merchant-sdk-react-native/quadpay-merchant-sdk-react-native/QuadPayBridge.m
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ @interface QuadPayBridge () <RCTBridgeModule, QuadPayVirtualCheckoutDelegate, Qu
 @implementation QuadPayBridge
 RCT_EXPORT_MODULE();
 
-bool hasListeners;
+static bool hasListeners = NO;
 
 -(void)startObserving {
     hasListeners = YES;