diff --git a/apps/client/src/common/stores/runtime.ts b/apps/client/src/common/stores/runtime.ts
index 849a646ac..6bbb68c0b 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/common/stores/runtime.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/common/stores/runtime.ts
@@ -1,58 +1,7 @@
 import isEqual from 'react-fast-compare';
-import { Playback, RuntimeStore, SimpleDirection, SimplePlayback, TimerPhase } from 'ontime-types';
+import { RuntimeStore, runtimeStorePlaceholder } from 'ontime-types';
 import { createWithEqualityFn, useStoreWithEqualityFn } from 'zustand/traditional';
 
-export const runtimeStorePlaceholder: RuntimeStore = {
-  clock: 0,
-  timer: {
-    addedTime: 0,
-    current: null,
-    duration: null,
-    elapsed: null,
-    expectedFinish: null,
-    finishedAt: null,
-    phase: TimerPhase.None,
-    playback: Playback.Stop,
-    secondaryTimer: null,
-    startedAt: null,
-  },
-  onAir: false,
-  message: {
-    timer: {
-      text: '',
-      visible: false,
-      blink: false,
-      blackout: false,
-      secondarySource: null,
-    },
-    external: '',
-  },
-  runtime: {
-    selectedEventIndex: null,
-    numEvents: 0,
-    offset: 0,
-    plannedStart: 0,
-    plannedEnd: 0,
-    actualStart: null,
-    expectedEnd: null,
-  },
-  currentBlock: {
-    block: null,
-    startedAt: null,
-  },
-  eventNow: null,
-  eventNext: null,
-  publicEventNow: null,
-  publicEventNext: null,
-  auxtimer1: {
-    current: 0,
-    direction: SimpleDirection.CountUp,
-    duration: 0,
-    playback: SimplePlayback.Stop,
-  },
-  frozen: false,
-};
-
 const deepCompare = <T>(a: T, b: T) => isEqual(a, b);
 
 export const runtimeStore = createWithEqualityFn<RuntimeStore>(
diff --git a/packages/types/src/definitions/runtime/RuntimeStore.ts b/packages/types/src/definitions/runtime/RuntimeStore.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2634a7125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types/src/definitions/runtime/RuntimeStore.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { SimpleDirection, SimplePlayback } from './AuxTimer.type.js';
+import { Playback } from './Playback.type.js';
+import type { RuntimeStore } from './RuntimeStore.type.js';
+import { TimerPhase } from './TimerState.type.js';
+
+export const runtimeStorePlaceholder: RuntimeStore = {
+  clock: 0,
+  timer: {
+    addedTime: 0,
+    current: null,
+    duration: null,
+    elapsed: null,
+    expectedFinish: null,
+    finishedAt: null,
+    phase: TimerPhase.None,
+    playback: Playback.Stop,
+    secondaryTimer: null,
+    startedAt: null,
+  },
+  onAir: false,
+  message: {
+    timer: {
+      text: '',
+      visible: false,
+      blink: false,
+      blackout: false,
+      secondarySource: null,
+    },
+    external: '',
+  },
+  runtime: {
+    selectedEventIndex: null,
+    numEvents: 0,
+    offset: 0,
+    plannedStart: 0,
+    plannedEnd: 0,
+    actualStart: null,
+    expectedEnd: null,
+  },
+  currentBlock: {
+    block: null,
+    startedAt: null,
+  },
+  eventNow: null,
+  eventNext: null,
+  publicEventNow: null,
+  publicEventNext: null,
+  auxtimer1: {
+    current: 0,
+    direction: SimpleDirection.CountUp,
+    duration: 0,
+    playback: SimplePlayback.Stop,
+  },
+  frozen: false,
+};
diff --git a/packages/types/src/index.ts b/packages/types/src/index.ts
index bb2cb0ed3..da93286bf 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/index.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ export type { TimerMessage, MessageState } from './definitions/runtime/MessageCo
 
 export type { Runtime } from './definitions/runtime/Runtime.type.js';
 export type { RuntimeStore } from './definitions/runtime/RuntimeStore.type.js';
+export { runtimeStorePlaceholder } from './definitions/runtime/RuntimeStore.js';
 export { type TimerState, TimerPhase } from './definitions/runtime/TimerState.type.js';
 export type { CurrentBlockState } from './definitions/runtime/CurrentBlockState.type.js';