diff --git a/Hawk/internal/functions/Initialize-HawkGlobalObject.ps1 b/Hawk/internal/functions/Initialize-HawkGlobalObject.ps1
index e0da699..5b9fe4a 100644
--- a/Hawk/internal/functions/Initialize-HawkGlobalObject.ps1
+++ b/Hawk/internal/functions/Initialize-HawkGlobalObject.ps1
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@
                 # Validate the date
                 if ($StartDate -gt (Get-Date).ToUniversalTime()) {
                     Out-LogFile -string "Start date cannot be in the future." -isError
-                    $StartDate = $null
+                    Remove-Variable -Name StartDate -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
                     continue
                 }