From 9f3c65ed39604d7c6a1c4899c4397af2c1ad7825 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Kauzmann <michael.kauzmann@colorado.edu>
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2022 12:20:37 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] minor update, https://github.com/phetsims/chipper/issues/1240

---
 js/preferences/PreferencesModel.ts | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/js/preferences/PreferencesModel.ts b/js/preferences/PreferencesModel.ts
index 4609c051..9f8549fa 100644
--- a/js/preferences/PreferencesModel.ts
+++ b/js/preferences/PreferencesModel.ts
@@ -172,8 +172,7 @@ export default class PreferencesModel extends PhetioObject {
   public readonly inputModel: InputModel;
   public readonly localizationModel: LocalizationModel;
 
-  public constructor( providedOptions?: PreferencesModelOptions ) {
-    providedOptions = providedOptions || {};
+  public constructor( providedOptions: PreferencesModelOptions = {} ) {
 
     // initialize-globals uses package.json to determine defaults for features enabled by the sim and those defaults
     // can be overwritten by query parameter.  So phet.chipper.queryParameters contains an accurate representation of