diff --git a/src/renderer/State.zig b/src/renderer/State.zig
index 727fece4c..8693458f1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/State.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/State.zig
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! This is the render state that is given to a renderer.
 
+const State = @This();
+
 const std = @import("std");
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
@@ -8,8 +10,6 @@ const terminalpkg = @import("../terminal/main.zig");
 const inputpkg = @import("../input.zig");
 const renderer = @import("../renderer.zig");
 
-const State = @This();
-
 /// The mutex that must be held while reading any of the data in the
 /// members of this state. Note that the state itself is NOT protected
 /// by the mutex and is NOT thread-safe, only the members values of the