diff --git a/examples/with-react-intl/pages/_app.tsx b/examples/with-react-intl/pages/_app.tsx
index 6bc246d015496264095a24724418608e05fe5ca1..d8ea69b8d942cff8e3d973440a39779ad78dfe16 100644
--- a/examples/with-react-intl/pages/_app.tsx
+++ b/examples/with-react-intl/pages/_app.tsx
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ const getInitialProps: typeof App.getInitialProps = async appContext => {
     App.getInitialProps(appContext),
   ]);
 
-  return {...(appProps as any), locale: supportedLocale, messages};
+  return {
+    ...(appProps as any),
+    locale: supportedLocale,
+    messages: messages.default,
+  };
 };
 
 MyApp.getInitialProps = getInitialProps;