diff --git a/site/content/tutorial/06-bindings/14-component-this/text.md b/site/content/tutorial/06-bindings/14-component-this/text.md
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--- a/site/content/tutorial/06-bindings/14-component-this/text.md
+++ b/site/content/tutorial/06-bindings/14-component-this/text.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ title: Binding to component instances
 Just as you can bind to DOM elements, you can bind to component instances themselves. For example, we can bind the instance of `<InputField>` to a prop named `field` in the same way we did when binding DOM Elements
 
 ```html
+<script>
+	let field;
+</script>
+
 <InputField bind:this={field} />
 ```
 
@@ -16,4 +20,4 @@ Now we can programmatically interact with this component using `field`.
 </button>
 ```
 
-> Note that we can't do `{field.focus}` since field is undefined when the button is first rendered and throws an error.
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+> Note that we can't do `{field.focus}` since field is undefined when the button is first rendered and throws an error.