diff --git a/src/EventIndexing.js b/src/EventIndexing.js
index 92a3a5a1f8..ebd2ffe983 100644
--- a/src/EventIndexing.js
+++ b/src/EventIndexing.js
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ export default class EventIndexer {
     }
 
     async deleteEventIndex() {
+        const platform = PlatformPeg.get();
         if (platform.supportsEventIndexing()) {
             console.log("Seshat: Deleting event index.");
             this.crawlerRef.cancel();