# Initialized App variable at initial screen not able to be changed after

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**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [August 3, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/initialized-app-variable-at-initial-screen-not-able-to-be-changed-after/718616 "2020-08-03T23:51:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 8:07am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/initialized-app-variable-at-initial-screen-not-able-to-be-changed-after/718616/2 "2020-08-04T08:07:19Z")

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The problem is that app variables don’t work right now. Use other components or blocks instead.

I would do this

![изображение](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/c/6/c685a8f0177cd6e3f851c530cf736d83b264bbec.png)

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