diff --git a/db/demo.tar b/db/demo.tar
deleted file mode 100644
index bc8deb825..000000000
Binary files a/db/demo.tar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/db/demo.zip b/db/demo.zip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20bcbf9ba
Binary files /dev/null and b/db/demo.zip differ
diff --git a/src/services/sql_init.js b/src/services/sql_init.js
index e93ff5ad0..572d31e83 100644
--- a/src/services/sql_init.js
+++ b/src/services/sql_init.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ async function createInitialDatabase(username, password, theme) {
     }
 
     const schema = fs.readFileSync(resourceDir.DB_INIT_DIR + '/schema.sql', 'UTF-8');
-    const demoFile = fs.readFileSync(resourceDir.DB_INIT_DIR + '/demo.tar');
+    const demoFile = fs.readFileSync(resourceDir.DB_INIT_DIR + '/demo.zip');
 
     await sql.transactional(async () => {
         await sql.executeScript(schema);
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ async function createInitialDatabase(username, password, theme) {
 
         const dummyTaskContext = new TaskContext("1", 'import', false);
 
-        const tarImportService = require("./import/tar");
-        await tarImportService.importTar(dummyTaskContext, demoFile, rootNote);
+        const zipImportService = require("./import/zip");
+        await zipImportService.importZip(dummyTaskContext, demoFile, rootNote);
 
         const startNoteId = await sql.getValue("SELECT noteId FROM branches WHERE parentNoteId = 'root' AND isDeleted = 0 ORDER BY notePosition");