diff --git a/src/config/types.ts b/src/config/types.ts
index 9b4034478b..afbe5a1033 100644
--- a/src/config/types.ts
+++ b/src/config/types.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export type InitOptions = {
   /**
    * A function that is called immediately following startup that receives the Payload instance as it's only argument.
    */
-  onInit?: (payload: Payload) => Promise<Payload>;
+  onInit?: (payload: Payload) => Promise<void> | void;
 
   /**
    * Specify options for the built-in Pino logger that Payload uses for internal logging.