diff --git a/vmfedit/src/main/java/eu/mihosoft/vmf/vmfedit/JsonEditorAppController.java b/vmfedit/src/main/java/eu/mihosoft/vmf/vmfedit/JsonEditorAppController.java
index 0d8841b..0127d94 100644
--- a/vmfedit/src/main/java/eu/mihosoft/vmf/vmfedit/JsonEditorAppController.java
+++ b/vmfedit/src/main/java/eu/mihosoft/vmf/vmfedit/JsonEditorAppController.java
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ private void handleLoadDocument() {
                     jsonEditorControl.setSchema(null);
                 }
 
+                // remove schema from content
+
+
                 jsonEditorControl.setValue(content);
 
                 currentFile = file;
diff --git a/vmfedit/src/main/resources/eu/mihosoft/vmf/vmfedit/json-editor.html b/vmfedit/src/main/resources/eu/mihosoft/vmf/vmfedit/json-editor.html
index 8c387a6..e5f6408 100644
--- a/vmfedit/src/main/resources/eu/mihosoft/vmf/vmfedit/json-editor.html
+++ b/vmfedit/src/main/resources/eu/mihosoft/vmf/vmfedit/json-editor.html
@@ -65,19 +65,40 @@
             currentValue = editor.getValue();
             editor.destroy();
         }
+
+        const editorSchema = {
+            ...schema,
+            properties: {
+                ...(schema.properties || {}),
+                $schema: {
+                    type: 'string',
+                    options: {
+                        hidden: true
+                    },
+                    // readOnly: true
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
         editor = new JSONEditor(document.getElementById('editor_holder'), {
-            schema: schema,
+            schema: editorSchema,
             theme: 'bootstrap3',
             iconlib: 'fontawesome5',
             disable_edit_json: true,
-            no_additional_properties: true,
+            no_additional_properties: false,
             prompt_before_delete: false,
             required_by_default: true,
+            exclude_attributes: ['$schema'], // Explicitly exclude $schema
         });
 
         // Add change listener
         editor.on('change', function() {
 
+            // Preserve $schema if it exists in currentValue
+            if (currentValue.$schema) {
+                value.$schema = currentValue.$schema;
+            }
+
             // add a div to show a timestamp, keep editor in the editor_log div
             // var log = document.getElementById('editor_log');
             // var logEntry = document.createElement('div');