diff --git a/formula-android-compose/src/main/java/com/instacart/formula/android/compose/ComposeViewFactory.kt b/formula-android-compose/src/main/java/com/instacart/formula/android/compose/ComposeViewFactory.kt
index 5d8cdf94..2f0237fc 100644
--- a/formula-android-compose/src/main/java/com/instacart/formula/android/compose/ComposeViewFactory.kt
+++ b/formula-android-compose/src/main/java/com/instacart/formula/android/compose/ComposeViewFactory.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package com.instacart.formula.android.compose
 
-import android.view.LayoutInflater
-import android.view.ViewGroup
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import androidx.compose.runtime.rxjava3.subscribeAsState
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.ComposeView
@@ -10,17 +8,17 @@ import com.instacart.formula.android.FeatureView
 import com.instacart.formula.android.ViewFactory
 import com.jakewharton.rxrelay3.BehaviorRelay
 
-
 abstract class ComposeViewFactory<RenderModel : Any> : ViewFactory<RenderModel> {
 
-    override fun create(params: ViewFactory.Params): FeatureView<RenderModel> {
+    final override fun create(params: ViewFactory.Params): FeatureView<RenderModel> {
         val view = ComposeView(params.context)
         // Based-on: https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/migrate/interoperability-apis/compose-in-views#compose-in-fragments
         view.setViewCompositionStrategy(ViewCompositionStrategy.DisposeOnViewTreeLifecycleDestroyed)
 
         val outputRelay = BehaviorRelay.create<RenderModel>()
+        val initialModel = initialModel()
         view.setContent {
-            val model = outputRelay.subscribeAsState(null).value
+            val model = outputRelay.subscribeAsState(initialModel).value
             if (model != null) {
                 Content(model)
             }
@@ -32,6 +30,10 @@ abstract class ComposeViewFactory<RenderModel : Any> : ViewFactory<RenderModel>
         )
     }
 
+    open fun initialModel(): RenderModel? {
+        return null
+    }
+
     @Composable
     abstract fun Content(model: RenderModel)
 }
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