diff --git a/.changeset/wise-pumas-eat.md b/.changeset/wise-pumas-eat.md
index 9e90e329..0febc840 100644
--- a/.changeset/wise-pumas-eat.md
+++ b/.changeset/wise-pumas-eat.md
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 "@hydrofoil/shaperone-wc": minor
 ---
 
-Default resource node is now a blank node. Also fixes an issue that the form would not render when the node was `<>` (empty string URI)
+Fixes an issue that the form would not render when the node was `<>` (empty string URI)
diff --git a/demos/storybook/stories/Simple.stories.ts b/demos/storybook/stories/Simple.stories.ts
index be9bab85..ea468446 100644
--- a/demos/storybook/stories/Simple.stories.ts
+++ b/demos/storybook/stories/Simple.stories.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const meta: Meta = {
 export default meta
 
 /**
- * Without setting the data graph, the form will be empty and a blank node used for focus node.
+ * Without setting the data graph, the form will be empty and a `<>` IRI used for focus node.
  */
 export const EmptyDataGraph: Story = {
   name: 'Empty data graph',
diff --git a/packages/wc/ShaperoneForm.ts b/packages/wc/ShaperoneForm.ts
index ea805310..792b25c5 100644
--- a/packages/wc/ShaperoneForm.ts
+++ b/packages/wc/ShaperoneForm.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export class ShaperoneForm extends connect(store(), LitElement) {
     this[notify] = (detail: any) => {
       this.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('changed', { detail }))
     }
-    this.resource = this.env.clownface().blankNode()
+    this.resource = this.env.clownface().namedNode('')
   }
 
   async connectedCallback() {
diff --git a/packages/wc/test/shaperone-form.test.ts b/packages/wc/test/shaperone-form.test.ts
index a5d0dc55..380fa5b7 100644
--- a/packages/wc/test/shaperone-form.test.ts
+++ b/packages/wc/test/shaperone-form.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import { id } from '../ShaperoneForm.js'
 import { configure } from '../configure.js'
 
 describe('shaperone-form', () => {
-  before(configure)
+  before(async () => {
+    await configure()
+  })
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     setEnv(rdf)