diff --git a/packages/schema/src/cli/actions/init.ts b/packages/schema/src/cli/actions/init.ts
index 1016d61a9..3345c745d 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/cli/actions/init.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/cli/actions/init.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export async function init(projectPath: string, options: Options) {
             fs.copyFileSync(prismaSchema, zmodelFile);
         } else {
             // create a new model
-            const starterContent = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '../../res/starter.zmodel'), 'utf-8');
+            const starterContent = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '../../res/starter.txt'), 'utf-8');
             fs.writeFileSync(zmodelFile, starterContent);
             sampleModelGenerated = true;
         }
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/res/starter.zmodel b/packages/schema/src/res/starter.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/schema/src/res/starter.zmodel
rename to packages/schema/src/res/starter.txt