diff --git a/identify-layer-features/src/main/java/com/esri/arcgismaps/sample/identifylayerfeatures/components/MapViewModel.kt b/identify-layer-features/src/main/java/com/esri/arcgismaps/sample/identifylayerfeatures/components/MapViewModel.kt
index 19a39a87a..3a61de538 100644
--- a/identify-layer-features/src/main/java/com/esri/arcgismaps/sample/identifylayerfeatures/components/MapViewModel.kt
+++ b/identify-layer-features/src/main/java/com/esri/arcgismaps/sample/identifylayerfeatures/components/MapViewModel.kt
@@ -20,11 +20,8 @@ import android.app.Application
 import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
 import androidx.lifecycle.AndroidViewModel
 import com.arcgismaps.data.ServiceFeatureTable
-import com.arcgismaps.geometry.Point
-import com.arcgismaps.geometry.SpatialReference
 import com.arcgismaps.mapping.ArcGISMap
 import com.arcgismaps.mapping.BasemapStyle
-import com.arcgismaps.mapping.Viewpoint
 import com.arcgismaps.mapping.layers.ArcGISMapImageLayer
 import com.arcgismaps.mapping.layers.FeatureLayer.Companion.createWithFeatureTable
 import com.arcgismaps.mapping.view.IdentifyLayerResult
@@ -38,16 +35,8 @@ class MapViewModel(
     private val sampleCoroutineScope: CoroutineScope
 ) : AndroidViewModel(application) {
 
-    // create an ArcGISMap and Viewpoint
+    // create an ArcGISMap
     var arcGISMap: ArcGISMap = ArcGISMap(BasemapStyle.ArcGISNavigationNight)
-    var viewpoint: Viewpoint = Viewpoint(
-        center = Point(
-            x = -10977012.785807,
-            y = 4514257.550369,
-            spatialReference = SpatialReference(wkid = 3857)
-        ),
-        scale = 68015210.0
-    )
 
     // create a ViewModel to handle dialog interactions
     val messageDialogVM: MessageDialogViewModel = MessageDialogViewModel()
diff --git a/identify-layer-features/src/main/java/com/esri/arcgismaps/sample/identifylayerfeatures/screens/MainScreen.kt b/identify-layer-features/src/main/java/com/esri/arcgismaps/sample/identifylayerfeatures/screens/MainScreen.kt
index 8200b54c8..095fd1c7c 100644
--- a/identify-layer-features/src/main/java/com/esri/arcgismaps/sample/identifylayerfeatures/screens/MainScreen.kt
+++ b/identify-layer-features/src/main/java/com/esri/arcgismaps/sample/identifylayerfeatures/screens/MainScreen.kt
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.rememberCoroutineScope
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
+import com.arcgismaps.geometry.Point
+import com.arcgismaps.geometry.SpatialReference
+import com.arcgismaps.mapping.Viewpoint
 import com.arcgismaps.toolkit.geocompose.MapView
 import com.arcgismaps.toolkit.geocompose.MapViewProxy
 import com.arcgismaps.toolkit.geocompose.MapViewpointOperation
@@ -53,6 +56,15 @@ fun MainScreen(sampleName: String) {
     // create a mapViewProxy that will be used to identify features in the MapView
     // should also be passed to the MapView composable this mapViewProxy is associated with
     val mapViewProxy = MapViewProxy()
+    // create a Viewpoint
+    val viewpoint = Viewpoint(
+        center = Point(
+            x = -10977012.785807,
+            y = 4514257.550369,
+            spatialReference = SpatialReference(wkid = 3857)
+        ),
+        scale = 68015210.0
+    )
 
     Scaffold(
         topBar = { SampleTopAppBar(title = sampleName) },
@@ -68,7 +80,7 @@ fun MainScreen(sampleName: String) {
                         .weight(1f)
                         .animateContentSize(),
                     arcGISMap = mapViewModel.arcGISMap,
-                    viewpointOperation = MapViewpointOperation.Set(viewpoint = mapViewModel.viewpoint),
+                    viewpointOperation = MapViewpointOperation.Set(viewpoint = viewpoint),
                     mapViewProxy = mapViewProxy,
                     onSingleTapConfirmed = { singleTapConfirmedEvent ->
                         sampleCoroutineScope.launch {