diff --git a/packages/create-vite-app/template/index.html b/packages/create-vite-app/template/index.html
index e0d1c8408..b6932173c 100644
--- a/packages/create-vite-app/template/index.html
+++ b/packages/create-vite-app/template/index.html
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
+<!doctype html>
 <html lang="en">
-  <head>
-    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
-    <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="/vite.svg" />
-    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
-    <title>Vite + React + TS</title>
-  </head>
-  <body>
-    <div id="root"></div>
-    <script type="module" src="/src/main.tsx"></script>
-  </body>
+
+<head>
+  <meta charset="UTF-8" />
+  <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="/vite.svg" />
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
+  <title>Meet Automerge</title>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+  <div id="root"></div>
+  <script type="module" src="/src/main.tsx"></script>
+</body>
+
 </html>
diff --git a/packages/create-vite-app/template/public/vite.svg b/packages/create-vite-app/template/public/vite.svg
deleted file mode 100644
index e7b8dfb1b..000000000
--- a/packages/create-vite-app/template/public/vite.svg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/packages/create-vite-app/template/src/App.tsx b/packages/create-vite-app/template/src/App.tsx
index de17af897..4ed916d90 100644
--- a/packages/create-vite-app/template/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/create-vite-app/template/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import reactLogo from "./assets/react.svg"
-import viteLogo from "/vite.svg"
 import automergeLogo from "./assets/automerge.png"
 import "./App.css"
 import { AutomergeUrl } from "@automerge/automerge-repo"
@@ -16,27 +14,21 @@ function App({ docUrl }: { docUrl: AutomergeUrl }) {
   return (
     <>
       <div>
-        <a href="automerge.org" target="_blank">
-          <img src={automergeLogo} className="logo" alt="Automerge logo" />
-        </a>
-        <a href="https://vitejs.dev" target="_blank">
-          <img src={viteLogo} className="logo" alt="Vite logo" />
-        </a>
-        <a href="https://react.dev" target="_blank">
-          <img src={reactLogo} className="logo react" alt="React logo" />
+        <a href="https://automerge.org" target="_blank">
+          <img src={automergeLogo} className="logo" alt="Vite logo" />
         </a>
       </div>
-      <h1>Automerge + Vite + React</h1>
+      <h1>Meet Automerge</h1>
       <div className="card">
-        <button onClick={() => changeDoc(d => d.counter.increment(1))}>
+        <button onClick={() => changeDoc((d) => d.counter.increment(1))}>
           count is {doc && doc.counter.value}
         </button>
         <p>
-          Edit <code>src/App.tsx</code> and save to test HMR
+          Open this page in another tab to watch the updates synchronize
         </p>
       </div>
       <p className="read-the-docs">
-        Click on the Vite and React logos to learn more
+        Built with Automerge, Vite, React, and TypeScript
       </p>
     </>
   )
diff --git a/packages/create-vite-app/template/src/index.css b/packages/create-vite-app/template/src/index.css
index 6119ad9a8..2c3fac689 100644
--- a/packages/create-vite-app/template/src/index.css
+++ b/packages/create-vite-app/template/src/index.css
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
   -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
   -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
+  -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
 }
 
 a {
diff --git a/packages/create-vite-app/template/vite.config.ts b/packages/create-vite-app/template/vite.config.ts
index 5ca59062c..1d3f901f0 100644
--- a/packages/create-vite-app/template/vite.config.ts
+++ b/packages/create-vite-app/template/vite.config.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,18 @@ import react from "@vitejs/plugin-react"
 import wasm from "vite-plugin-wasm"
 import topLevelAwait from "vite-plugin-top-level-await"
 
-// https://vitejs.dev/config/
 export default defineConfig({
-  plugins: [wasm(), topLevelAwait(), react()],
+  // customize this to your repo name for github pages deploy
+  base: "/",
+
+  build: {
+    target: "esnext",
+  },
+
+  plugins: [wasm(), react()],
+
+  worker: {
+    format: "es",
+    plugins: () => [wasm()],
+  },
 })
