diff --git a/examples/new_project_templates/lightning_module_template.py b/examples/new_project_templates/lightning_module_template.py
index c3ecaff51c..91fe8c3e03 100644
--- a/examples/new_project_templates/lightning_module_template.py
+++ b/examples/new_project_templates/lightning_module_template.py
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ class LightningTemplateModel(LightningModule):
         :param outputs: list of individual outputs of each validation step
         :return:
         """
+        return outputs.mean()
+
         val_loss_mean = 0
         val_acc_mean = 0
         for output in outputs: