diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8d84000..0426de2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     "commander": "^2.9.0",
     "copy": "^0.1.3",
     "fresca": "~0.3.0",
+    "fresh-resume-empty": "^0.1.0",
     "fresh-themes": "~0.11.0-beta",
     "fs-extra": "^0.24.0",
     "handlebars": "^4.0.5",
diff --git a/src/core/empty-fresh.json b/src/core/empty-fresh.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 356ea50..0000000
--- a/src/core/empty-fresh.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,184 +0,0 @@
-{
-
-  "name": "",
-
-  "meta": {
-    "format": "FRESH@0.1.0",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
-  },
-
-  "info": {
-    "label": "",
-    "characterClass": "",
-    "brief": "",
-    "image": ""
-  },
-
-  "contact": {
-    "website": "",
-    "phone": "",
-    "email": "",
-    "other": []
-  },
-
-  "location": {
-    "address": "",
-    "city": "",
-    "region": "",
-    "code": "",
-    "country": ""
-  },
-
-  "social": [
-    {
-      "label": "",
-      "network": "",
-      "user": "",
-      "url": ""
-    }
-  ],
-
-  "employment": {
-    "summary": "",
-    "history": [
-      {
-        "employer": "",
-        "url": "",
-        "position": "",
-        "summary": "",
-        "start": "",
-        "end": "",
-        "keywords": [],
-        "highlights": []
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-
-  "education": {
-    "summary": "",
-    "level": "",
-    "degree": "",
-    "history": [
-      {
-        "institution": "",
-        "url": "",
-        "start": "",
-        "end": "",
-        "grade": "",
-        "summary": "",
-        "curriculum": []
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-
-  "service": {
-    "summary": "",
-    "history": [
-      {
-        "flavor": "",
-        "position": "",
-        "organization": "",
-        "url": "",
-        "start": "",
-        "end": "",
-        "summary": "",
-        "highlights": []
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-
-  "skills": {
-
-    "sets": [
-      {
-        "name": "",
-        "level": "",
-        "skills": []
-      }
-    ],
-
-    "list": [ ]
-  },
-
-  "samples": [
-    {
-      "title": "",
-      "summary": "",
-      "url": "",
-      "date": ""
-    }
-  ],
-
-  "writing": [
-    {
-      "title": "",
-      "flavor": "",
-      "date": "",
-      "publisher": {
-        "name": "",
-        "url": ""
-      },
-      "url": ""
-    }
-  ],
-
-  "reading": [
-    {
-      "title": "",
-      "flavor": "",
-      "url": "",
-      "author": ""
-    }
-  ],
-
-  "recognition": [
-    {
-      "flavor": "",
-      "from": "",
-      "title": "",
-      "event": "",
-      "date": "",
-      "summary": ""
-    }
-  ],
-
-  "references": [
-    {
-      "name": "",
-      "flavor": "",
-      "private": true,
-      "contact": [
-        {
-          "label": "",
-          "flavor": "",
-          "value": ""
-        }
-      ]
-    }
-  ],
-
-  "testimonials": [
-    {
-      "name": "",
-      "flavor": "",
-      "quote": ""
-    }
-  ],
-
-  "languages": [
-    {
-      "language": "",
-      "level": "",
-      "years": 0
-    }
-  ],
-
-  "interests": [
-    {
-      "name": "",
-      "summary": "",
-      "keywords": []
-    }
-  ]
-
-}
diff --git a/src/core/fresh-resume.js b/src/core/fresh-resume.js
index dcc20cd..4162872 100644
--- a/src/core/fresh-resume.js
+++ b/src/core/fresh-resume.js
@@ -274,8 +274,7 @@ Definition of the FRESHResume class.
   Get the default (empty) sheet.
   */
   FreshResume.default = function() {
-    return new FreshResume().open(
-      PATH.join( __dirname, 'empty-fresh.json'), 'Empty' );
+    return new FreshResume().parseJSON( require('fresh-resume-empty')  );
   };
 
   /**