diff --git a/website/src/repl/useReplContext.jsx b/website/src/repl/useReplContext.jsx
index 708506cc5..36e8099cb 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/useReplContext.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/useReplContext.jsx
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ async function getModule(name) {
   return modules.find((m) => m.packageName === name);
 }
 
-const initialCode = `$: s("[bd <hh oh>]*2").bank("tr909").dec(.4)`;
+const initialCode = `// LOADING`;
 
 export function useReplContext() {
   const { isSyncEnabled, audioEngineTarget } = useSettings();
@@ -135,9 +135,10 @@ export function useReplContext() {
         code = latestCode;
         msg = `Your last session has been loaded!`;
       } else {
-        const { code: randomTune, name } = await getRandomTune();
-        code = randomTune;
-        msg = `A random code snippet named "${name}" has been loaded!`;
+        /* const { code: randomTune, name } = await getRandomTune();
+        code = randomTune; */
+        code = '$: s("[bd <hh oh>]*2").bank("tr909").dec(.4)';
+        msg = `Default code has been loaded`;
       }
       editor.setCode(code);
       setDocumentTitle(code);