diff --git a/.changeset/floppy-pandas-poke.md b/.changeset/floppy-pandas-poke.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25c40e11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/floppy-pandas-poke.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@asgardeo/react': patch
+---
+
+Refactor AsgardeoReactClient initialization to fix the type issue
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/.eslintrc.cjs b/packages/nextjs/.eslintrc.cjs
index 71ced706..9ec2bc21 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/.eslintrc.cjs
+++ b/packages/nextjs/.eslintrc.cjs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * Copyright (c) 2025, WSO2 LLC. (https://www.wso2.com).
+ * Copyright (c) 2025-2026, WSO2 LLC. (https://www.wso2.com).
  *
  * WSO2 LLC. licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
  * Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ module.exports = {
     project: [path.resolve(__dirname, 'tsconfig.eslint.json')],
   },
   plugins: ['@wso2'],
+  rules: {
+    '@typescript-eslint/return-await': 'off',
+  },
   settings: {
     'import/resolver': {
       node: {
diff --git a/packages/react/src/AsgardeoReactClient.ts b/packages/react/src/AsgardeoReactClient.ts
index d7aa30c4..c423e214 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/AsgardeoReactClient.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/AsgardeoReactClient.ts
@@ -126,14 +126,13 @@ class AsgardeoReactClient<T extends AsgardeoReactConfig = AsgardeoReactConfig> e
     }
 
     return this.withLoading(async () => {
-      this.initializeConfig = {
-        ...config,
-        organizationHandle: resolvedOrganizationHandle,
-        periodicTokenRefresh: config?.tokenLifecycle?.refreshToken?.autoRefresh 
-          ?? (config as any)?.periodicTokenRefresh,
-      };
-
-      return this.asgardeo.init(this.initializeConfig as any);
+      this.initializeConfig = {...config, organizationHandle: resolvedOrganizationHandle};
+
+      return this.asgardeo.init({
+        ...this.initializeConfig,
+        periodicTokenRefresh:
+          config?.tokenLifecycle?.refreshToken?.autoRefresh ?? (config as any)?.periodicTokenRefresh,
+      } as any);
     });
   }