diff --git a/cmd/cuesonnet/main.go b/cmd/cuesonnet/main.go
index 190f6585488e36cc8f782f0af4c6fb69480193ac..9f740d252ae58b771327748735258edabc22df11 100644
--- a/cmd/cuesonnet/main.go
+++ b/cmd/cuesonnet/main.go
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not open data: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	var a any
-	return cuesonnet.Schema(string(schema)).Decode(bytes.NewReader(data), &a)
+	return cuesonnet.Schema(string(schema)).Decode(bytes.NewReader(data), &map[string]any{})
 }
 
 func main() {