From 2d1052766d7b8196b734e62965ce8974b6230a7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mouse Reeve <mousereeve@riseup.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:32:38 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes undefined variable error

---
 bookwyrm/views/status.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/status.py b/bookwyrm/views/status.py
index f1abeda1..d1f2fd1e 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/status.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/status.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class CreateStatus(View):
 
     def post(self, request, status_type, existing_status_id=None):
         """create status of whatever type"""
+        existing_status = None
         if existing_status_id:
             existing_status = get_object_or_404(
                 models.Status.objects.select_subclasses(), id=existing_status_id