diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ViewController.swift b/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ViewController.swift
index 0872b0e6..a10e0767 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ViewController.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ViewController.swift
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import UIKit
     public var manager: (UIViewController & MVMCoreViewManagerProtocol)?
     
     /// A temporary iVar backer for delegateObject() until we change the protocol
-    public let delegateObjectIVar: MVMCoreUIDelegateObject = {
+    public lazy var delegateObjectIVar: MVMCoreUIDelegateObject = {
         return MVMCoreUIDelegateObject.create(withDelegateForAll: self)
     }()