diff --git a/components/HooksEditor.tsx b/components/HooksEditor.tsx
index ab7c7e8..2128f35 100644
--- a/components/HooksEditor.tsx
+++ b/components/HooksEditor.tsx
@@ -200,15 +200,15 @@ const HooksEditor = () => {
             defaultValue={file?.content}
             // onChange={val => (state.files[snap.active].content = val)} // Auto save?
             beforeMount={monaco => {
-              if (!snap.editorCtx) {
-                snap.files.forEach(file =>
-                  monaco.editor.createModel(
-                    file.content,
-                    file.language,
-                    monaco.Uri.parse(`file:///work/c/${file.name}`)
-                  )
-                )
-              }
+              // if (!snap.editorCtx) {
+              //   snap.files.forEach(file =>
+              //     monaco.editor.createModel(
+              //       file.content,
+              //       file.language,
+              //       monaco.Uri.parse(`file:///work/c/${file.name}`)
+              //     )
+              //   )
+              // }
 
               // create the web socket
               if (!subscriptionRef.current) {
@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ const HooksEditor = () => {
                   aliases: ['C', 'c', 'H', 'h'],
                   mimetypes: ['text/plain']
                 })
+                monaco.languages.register({
+                  id: 'text',
+                  extensions: ['.txt'],
+                  mimetypes: ['text/plain'],
+                })
                 MonacoServices.install(monaco)
                 const webSocket = createWebSocket(
                   process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_LANGUAGE_SERVER_API_ENDPOINT || ''
diff --git a/state/actions/createNewFile.ts b/state/actions/createNewFile.ts
index 761ec27..f6d048c 100644
--- a/state/actions/createNewFile.ts
+++ b/state/actions/createNewFile.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ const languageMapping: Record<string, string | undefined> = {
   js: 'javascript',
   md: 'markdown',
   c: 'c',
-  h: 'c'
+  h: 'c',
+  txt: 'text'
 }
 
 export const createNewFile = (name: string) => {
   const ext = getFileExtention(name) || ''
 
-  const emptyFile: IFile = { name, language: languageMapping[ext] || '', content: '' }
+  const emptyFile: IFile = { name, language: languageMapping[ext] || 'text', content: '' }
   state.files.push(emptyFile)
   state.active = state.files.length - 1
 }
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ export const renameFile = (oldName: string, nwName: string) => {
   if (!file) throw Error(`No file exists with name ${oldName}`)
 
   const ext = getFileExtention(nwName) || ''
-  const language = languageMapping[ext] || ''
+  const language = languageMapping[ext] || 'text'
   file.name = nwName
   file.language = language
 }