From 9bef17d9c82ef52bf5f1f81bd770fea803ff03dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Perkins <sean@ionic.io>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2023 16:12:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: IonRouter defaultHref assignment

---
 packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/IonRouter.tsx | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/IonRouter.tsx b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/IonRouter.tsx
index 0c1beec010..5dc802dcc4 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/IonRouter.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/IonRouter.tsx
@@ -209,7 +209,11 @@ function IonRouterInner(props: PropsWithChildren<any>) {
   const handleNavigateBack = (defaultHref: string | RouteInfo = '/', routeAnimation?: AnimationBuilder) => {
     const config = getConfig();
 
-    defaultHref = defaultHref ? defaultHref : config && config.get('backButtonDefaultHref' as any);
+    if (!defaultHref && config) {
+      // If the defaultHref wasn't passed in, then we should use the configured defaultHref.
+      // Developers can set this on their IonicConfig.
+      defaultHref = config.get('backButtonDefaultHref');
+    }
 
     const routeInfo = locationHistory.current.current();
     if (routeInfo && routeInfo.pushedByRoute) {