diff --git a/src/MonacoJSONEditor.tsx b/src/MonacoJSONEditor.tsx
index f4a6f2de..7423f947 100644
--- a/src/MonacoJSONEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/MonacoJSONEditor.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import _ from "lodash";
 import { JSONSchema4 } from "json-schema";
 import schema from "@open-rpc/meta-schema";
 import { IUISchema } from "./UISchema";
+import examplesList from "./examplesList";
 
 interface IProps {
   defaultValue?: string;
@@ -46,16 +47,14 @@ export default class MonacoJSONEditor extends React.Component<IProps> {
       this.metaSchema = schema as JSONSchema4;
       const defaultV = _.isEmpty(this.props.defaultValue) ? null
         : JSON.stringify(this.props.defaultValue, undefined, "  ");
-      const emptySchema = JSON.stringify({
-        openrpc: "1.0.0-rc1",
-        info: {
-          title: "",
-          version: "",
-        },
-        methods: [],
-      }, undefined, "\t");
+      const ex = examplesList.find((e) => e.name! === "petstore");
+      const defaultSchema = await fetch(ex!.url).then((res) => res.text());
       const localStorageSchema = window.localStorage.getItem("schema");
-      const defaultValue = defaultV || localStorageSchema || emptySchema;
+      let defaultValue = (defaultV || localStorageSchema || defaultSchema).trim();
+
+      if (defaultValue === "{}" || defaultValue === "") {
+        defaultValue = defaultSchema;
+      }
 
       model = monaco.editor.createModel(defaultValue, "json", modelUri);
       monaco.languages.json.jsonDefaults.setDiagnosticsOptions({
diff --git a/src/SearchBar/SearchBar.tsx b/src/SearchBar/SearchBar.tsx
index 9425ed46..1e1082d6 100644
--- a/src/SearchBar/SearchBar.tsx
+++ b/src/SearchBar/SearchBar.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   Grid,
 } from "@material-ui/core";
 import { IUISchema } from "../UISchema";
+import suggestions from "../examplesList";
 
 const styles = (theme: Theme) => ({
   title: {
@@ -31,33 +32,8 @@ interface IProps extends WithStyles<typeof styles> {
   onSplitViewChange?: any;
 }
 
+
 function getSuggestion(query: string | null) {
-  const suggestions = [
-    {
-      name: "api-with-examples",
-      url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-rpc/examples/master/service-descriptions/api-with-examples-openrpc.json", //tslint:disable-line
-    },
-    {
-      name: "link-example",
-      url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-rpc/examples/master/service-descriptions/link-example-openrpc.json", //tslint:disable-line
-    },
-    {
-      name: "params-by-name-petstore",
-      url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-rpc/examples/master/service-descriptions/params-by-name-petstore-openrpc.json", //tslint:disable-line
-    },
-    {
-      name: "petstore-expanded",
-      url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-rpc/examples/master/service-descriptions/petstore-expanded-openrpc.json", //tslint:disable-line
-    },
-    {
-      name: "petstore",
-      url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-rpc/examples/master/service-descriptions/petstore-openrpc.json", //tslint:disable-line
-    },
-    {
-      name: "simple-math",
-      url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-rpc/examples/master/service-descriptions/simple-math-openrpc.json", //tslint:disable-line
-    },
-  ];
   if (!query) {
     return suggestions;
   }
diff --git a/src/examplesList.tsx b/src/examplesList.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a4898a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/examplesList.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+export default [
+  {
+    name: "api-with-examples",
+    url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-rpc/examples/master/service-descriptions/api-with-examples-openrpc.json", //tslint:disable-line
+  },
+  {
+    name: "link-example",
+    url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-rpc/examples/master/service-descriptions/link-example-openrpc.json", //tslint:disable-line
+  },
+  {
+    name: "params-by-name-petstore",
+    url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-rpc/examples/master/service-descriptions/params-by-name-petstore-openrpc.json", //tslint:disable-line
+  },
+  {
+    name: "petstore-expanded",
+    url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-rpc/examples/master/service-descriptions/petstore-expanded-openrpc.json", //tslint:disable-line
+  },
+  {
+    name: "petstore",
+    url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-rpc/examples/master/service-descriptions/petstore-openrpc.json", //tslint:disable-line
+  },
+  {
+    name: "simple-math",
+    url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-rpc/examples/master/service-descriptions/simple-math-openrpc.json", //tslint:disable-line
+  },
+];