diff --git a/blank_project/assembly/main.ts b/blank_project/assembly/main.ts
index abdfeb83..1033bd21 100755
--- a/blank_project/assembly/main.ts
+++ b/blank_project/assembly/main.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { Greeter } from "./model.near";
 // using `export` keyword.
 
 export function hello(): string {
-  let greeter = new Greeter("Hello");
+  let greeter = new Greeter("hello");
   return greeter.greet("world");
 }
 // << hello-snippet
diff --git a/gulp-utils.js b/gulp-utils.js
index b1018e23..bbe50429 100644
--- a/gulp-utils.js
+++ b/gulp-utils.js
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ function compile(inputFile, outputFile, callback) {
     "--baseDir", "assembly",
     "--binaryFile", outputFile,
     "--sourceMap",
-    "--measure"
+    "--measure",
+    "--runtime", "stub"
   ], callback);
 }