diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
index ac3616346..36c8120be 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ public class Base {
     if (!newbieFile.createNewFile()) {
       throw new IOException();
     }
-    FileUtils.copyFile(new File(System.getProperty("user.dir"), "TemplateSketch.ino"), newbieFile);
+    FileUtils.copyFile(new File(System.getProperty("user.dir"), "examples/01.Basics/BareMinimum/BareMinimum.ino"), newbieFile);
     return newbieFile.getAbsolutePath();
   }
 
diff --git a/build/build.xml b/build/build.xml
index 8ac613b3e..dfff2e7ef 100644
--- a/build/build.xml
+++ b/build/build.xml
@@ -97,9 +97,6 @@
       <fileset dir="shared/examples" />
     </copy>
     
-    <!-- copy shared template -->
-    <copy file="shared/TemplateSketch.ino" todir="${target.path}/" />
-    
     <!-- Unzip documentation -->
     <unzip dest="${target.path}" src="shared/reference.zip" overwrite="false"/>
     
diff --git a/build/shared/TemplateSketch.ino b/build/shared/TemplateSketch.ino
deleted file mode 100644
index c9c84ceca..000000000
--- a/build/shared/TemplateSketch.ino
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-void setup() {
-  // put your setup code here, to run once:
-
-}
-
-void loop() {
-  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly: 
-  
-}