diff --git a/assets/Resources.qrc b/assets/Resources.qrc
index d9cef7e3..fa530d85 100644
--- a/assets/Resources.qrc
+++ b/assets/Resources.qrc
@@ -179,5 +179,6 @@
         <file>window-border/restore.svg</file>
         <file>window-border/unmaximize.svg</file>
         <file>icons/paste.svg</file>
+        <file>scripts/frame-parser.js</file>
     </qresource>
 </RCC>
diff --git a/assets/scripts/frame-parser.js b/assets/scripts/frame-parser.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..47b8fe77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/scripts/frame-parser.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* 
+ * @brief Frame parsing function, you can modify this to suit your needs.
+ * 
+ * By customizing this code, you can use a single JSON project file to 
+ * process different kinds of frames that are sent by the microcontroller 
+ * or any data source that is connected to Serial Studio. Frame parsing code
+ * is specific to every JSON project that you create.
+ *
+ * @param frame      string with the latest received frame.
+ * @param separator  data separator sequence defined by the JSON project.
+ *
+ * @note.            only data that is *inside* the data delimiters will
+ *                   be processed by the frame parser.
+ *
+ * @note             you can safely declare global variables outside the
+ *                   @c parse() function.
+ */
+function parse(frame, separator) {
+    return frame.split(separator);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Project/CodeEditor.cpp b/src/Project/CodeEditor.cpp
index dc8c7a7c..6b89fda8 100644
--- a/src/Project/CodeEditor.cpp
+++ b/src/Project/CodeEditor.cpp
@@ -28,24 +28,6 @@
 #include <Misc/Utilities.h>
 #include <Misc/ThemeManager.h>
 
-static const QString DEFAULT_CODE
-    = "/* \n"
-      " * Frame parsing function, you can modify this to suit your\n"
-      " * needs. By customizing this code, you can use a single JSON\n"
-      " * project file to process different kinds of frames that are\n"
-      " * sent by the microcontroller or device that is connected to\n"
-      " * Serial Studio.\n"
-      " *\n"
-      " * @note only data that is *inside* the data delimiters will\n"
-      " *       be processed by this function!\n"
-      " *\n"
-      " * @param frame string with the latest received frame.\n"
-      " * @param separator data sepatator sequence set by the JSON project.\n"
-      " */\n"
-      "function parse(frame, separator) {\n"
-      "    return frame.split(separator);\n"
-      "}";
-
 Project::CodeEditor::CodeEditor()
 {
     // Setup syntax highlighter
@@ -94,7 +76,7 @@ Project::CodeEditor::CodeEditor()
 #if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
     palette.setColor(QPalette::PlaceholderText, theme->consolePlaceholderText());
 #endif
-    m_textEdit.setPalette(palette);
+    setPalette(palette);
 
     // Setup layout
     auto layout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
@@ -121,7 +103,15 @@ Project::CodeEditor &Project::CodeEditor::instance()
 
 QString Project::CodeEditor::defaultCode() const
 {
-    return DEFAULT_CODE;
+    QString code;
+    QFile file(":/scripts/frame-parser.js");
+    if (file.open(QFile::ReadOnly))
+    {
+        code = QString::fromUtf8(file.readAll());
+        file.close();
+    }
+
+    return code;
 }
 
 void Project::CodeEditor::displayWindow()
@@ -143,7 +133,7 @@ void Project::CodeEditor::onNewClicked()
     }
 
     // Load default template
-    m_textEdit.setPlainText(DEFAULT_CODE);
+    m_textEdit.setPlainText(defaultCode());
     save(true);
 }