diff --git a/src/components/widgets/filesystem/FileEditorWidget.vue b/src/components/widgets/filesystem/FileEditorWidget.vue
index 74897beb90..274522a553 100644
--- a/src/components/widgets/filesystem/FileEditorWidget.vue
+++ b/src/components/widgets/filesystem/FileEditorWidget.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <template>
   <prism-editor
-    v-if="code && code.length"
     class="file-editor"
     v-model="code"
     @input="emitChange($event)"
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ export default class FileEditorWidget extends Vue {
     this.code = val
   }
 
-  code: string | null = null
+  code = ''
 
   langMap: {[key: string]: string} = {
     md: 'markdown',
diff --git a/src/components/widgets/filesystem/FileSystemBrowser.vue b/src/components/widgets/filesystem/FileSystemBrowser.vue
index 49e6c3c1ed..099d89a2fa 100644
--- a/src/components/widgets/filesystem/FileSystemBrowser.vue
+++ b/src/components/widgets/filesystem/FileSystemBrowser.vue
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ export default class FileSystemBrowser extends Mixins(UtilsMixin) {
   }
 
   createFile (name: string) {
-    const file = new File([`# ${name}\n`], name)
+    const file = new File([], name)
     this.$emit('upload-file', file, false)
   }