diff --git a/bsb_yaml/templates/skeleton.yaml b/bsb_yaml/templates/skeleton.yaml
index a468610..032fc54 100644
--- a/bsb_yaml/templates/skeleton.yaml
+++ b/bsb_yaml/templates/skeleton.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ network:
   x: 100
   y: 100
   z: 100
+morphologies: []
 regions: {}
 partitions: {}
 cell_types: {}
diff --git a/bsb_yaml/templates/starting_example.yaml b/bsb_yaml/templates/starting_example.yaml
index 219d888..b393132 100644
--- a/bsb_yaml/templates/starting_example.yaml
+++ b/bsb_yaml/templates/starting_example.yaml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ storage:
   engine: hdf5
   root: network.hdf5
 network:
-  x: 400
-  y: 600
-  z: 400
+  x: 200.0
+  y: 200.0
+  z: 200.0
 partitions:
   base_layer:
     type: layer
@@ -14,14 +14,10 @@ cell_types:
   base_type:
     spatial:
       radius: 2.5
-      density: 0.00039
-    plotting:
-      display_name: Template cell
-      color: "#E62314"
-      opacity: 0.5
+      density: 3.9e-4
 placement:
   example_placement:
-    strategy: bsb.placement.ParticlePlacement
+    strategy: bsb.placement.RandomPlacement
     cell_types:
     - base_type
     partitions: