diff --git a/example/public/page-data/index/page-data.json b/example/public/page-data/index/page-data.json
index 0573361..ecb9e41 100644
--- a/example/public/page-data/index/page-data.json
+++ b/example/public/page-data/index/page-data.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
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diff --git a/example/src/pages/index.md b/example/src/pages/index.md
index 8a8758e..b6a8a18 100644
--- a/example/src/pages/index.md
+++ b/example/src/pages/index.md
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 title: tinacms-fields
 slug: /
 showContent: true
-file: ''
 ---
 # tinacms-fields
 
diff --git a/example/src/templates/page.js b/example/src/templates/page.js
index 0e1b975..15dbe7e 100644
--- a/example/src/templates/page.js
+++ b/example/src/templates/page.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const editPageForm = {
       description: 'This is a pdf upload field',
       label: 'PDF',
       accept: 'application/pdf',
+      parse: (file) => `../uploads/${file}`,
       uploadDir: () => 'src/uploads',
     },
     {
diff --git a/packages/tinacms-file-field/README.md b/packages/tinacms-file-field/README.md
index f75a667..d505f24 100644
--- a/packages/tinacms-file-field/README.md
+++ b/packages/tinacms-file-field/README.md
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ You can also specify to accept only specific MIME types, change the default uplo
   label: 'PDF',
   accept: 'application/pdf',
   clearable: true,
+  parse: (file) => `../uploads/${file}`,
   uploadDir: () => 'src/uploads',
 },
 ```