diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/AppPreview/CurrentItemPreview.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/AppPreview/CurrentItemPreview.svelte
index abf226048b..239cebdd0a 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/AppPreview/CurrentItemPreview.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/AppPreview/CurrentItemPreview.svelte
@@ -25,16 +25,10 @@
     name: "Screen Placeholder",
     route: "*",
     props: {
-      "_id": "49c3d0a2-7028-46f0-b004-7eddf62ad01c",
+      "_id": "screenslot-placeholder",
       "_component": "@budibase/standard-components/container",
       "_styles": {
-        "normal": {
-          "padding": "0px",
-          "font-family": "Roboto",
-          "border-width": "0",
-          "border-style": "None",
-          "text-align": "center"
-        },
+        "normal": {},
         "hover": {},
         "active": {},
         "selected": {}
@@ -45,47 +39,87 @@
       "type": "div",
       "_children": [
         {
-          "_id": "335428f7-f9ca-4acd-9e76-71bc8ad27324",
-          "_component": "@budibase/standard-components/container",
-          "_styles": {
-            "normal": {
-              "padding": "16px",
-              "border-style": "Dashed",
-              "border-width": "2px",
-              "border-color": "#8a8989fa"
-            },
-            "hover": {},
-            "active": {},
-            "selected": {}
+        "_id": "51a1b494-0fa4-49c3-90cc-c2a6c7a3f888",
+        "_component": "@budibase/standard-components/container",
+        "_styles": {
+          "normal": {
+            "display": "flex",
+            "flex-direction": "column",
+            "align-items": "center"
           },
-          "_code": "",
-          "className": "",
-          "onLoad": [],
-          "type": "div",
-          "_instanceId": "inst_b3b4e95_ab0df02dda3f4d8eb4b35eea2968bad3",
-          "_instanceName": "Container",
-          "_children": [
-            {
-              "_id": "ddb6a225-33ba-4ba8-91da-bc6a2697ebf9",
-              "_component": "@budibase/standard-components/heading",
-              "_styles": {
-                "normal": {
-                  "font-family": "Roboto"
-                },
-                "hover": {},
-                "active": {},
-                "selected": {}
+          "hover": {},
+          "active": {},
+          "selected": {}
+        },
+        "_code": "",
+        "className": "",
+        "onLoad": [],
+        "type": "div",
+        "_instanceId": "inst_40d9036_4c81114e2bf145ab8721978c66e09a10",
+        "_instanceName": "Container",
+        "_children": [
+          {
+            "_id": "90a52cd0-f215-46c1-b29b-e28f9e7edf72",
+            "_component": "@budibase/standard-components/heading",
+            "_styles": {
+              "normal": {
+                "width": "500px",
+                "padding": "8px"
               },
-              "_code": "",
-              "className": "",
-              "text": "Your screens go here",
-              "type": "h1",
-              "_instanceId": "inst_b3b4e95_ab0df02dda3f4d8eb4b35eea2968bad3",
-              "_instanceName": "Heading",
-              "_children": []
-            }
-          ]
-        }
+              "hover": {},
+              "active": {},
+              "selected": {}
+            },
+            "_code": "",
+            "className": "",
+            "text": "Screenslot",
+            "type": "h1",
+            "_instanceId": "inst_40d9036_4c81114e2bf145ab8721978c66e09a10",
+            "_instanceName": "Heading",
+            "_children": []
+          },
+          {
+            "_id": "71a3da65-72c6-4c43-8c6a-49871c07b77d",
+            "_component": "@budibase/standard-components/text",
+            "_styles": {
+              "normal": {
+                "max-width": "",
+                "text-align": "left",
+                "width": "500px",
+                "padding": "8px"
+              },
+              "hover": {},
+              "active": {},
+              "selected": {}
+            },
+            "_code": "",
+            "text": "The screens that you create will be displayed inside this box.",
+            "type": "none",
+            "_instanceId": "inst_40d9036_4c81114e2bf145ab8721978c66e09a10",
+            "_instanceName": "Text"
+          },
+          {
+            "_id": "8af80374-460d-497b-a5d8-7dd2ec4a7bbc",
+            "_component": "@budibase/standard-components/text",
+            "_styles": {
+              "normal": {
+                "max-width": "",
+                "text-align": "left",
+                "width": "500px",
+                "padding": "8px"
+              },
+              "hover": {},
+              "active": {},
+              "selected": {}
+            },
+            "_code": "",
+            "text": "This box is just a placeholder, to show you the position of screens.",
+            "type": "none",
+            "_instanceId": "inst_40d9036_4c81114e2bf145ab8721978c66e09a10",
+            "_instanceName": "Text"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
       ],
       "_instanceName": "Content Placeholder"
     },
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/AppPreview/iframeTemplate.js b/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/AppPreview/iframeTemplate.js
index b78f882fe1..e269e3166e 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/AppPreview/iframeTemplate.js
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/AppPreview/iframeTemplate.js
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ export default `<html>
           text-transform: uppercase;
           font-weight: bold;
         }
+
+        .container-screenslot-placeholder {
+          padding: 20px;
+          text-align: center;
+          border-style: dashed !important;
+          border-width: 1px;
+          color: #806fde;
+          background: #e9e6ff44;
+          height: 100%;
+        }
     </style>
     <script src='/assets/budibase-client.js'></script>
     <script>
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/pages/[application]/backend/model/[selectedModel]/index.svelte b/packages/builder/src/pages/[application]/backend/model/[selectedModel]/index.svelte
index 3b2c43a178..6da373bcca 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/pages/[application]/backend/model/[selectedModel]/index.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/pages/[application]/backend/model/[selectedModel]/index.svelte
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@
   }
 </script>
 
-{#if selectedModel.schema && Object.keys(selectedModel.schema).length === 0}
-  <EmptyModel />
-{:else if $backendUiStore.selectedDatabase._id && selectedModel.name}
+{#if $backendUiStore.selectedDatabase._id && selectedModel.name}
   <ModelDataTable />
 {:else}
   <i style="color: var(--grey-4)">create your first table to start building</i>
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/appDirectoryTemplate/pages/main/page.json b/packages/server/src/utilities/appDirectoryTemplate/pages/main/page.json
index a86d485fe5..032848e68e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/appDirectoryTemplate/pages/main/page.json
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/appDirectoryTemplate/pages/main/page.json
@@ -5,13 +5,58 @@
 	"componentLibraries": ["@budibase/standard-components", "@budibase/materialdesign-components"],
 	"props" : {
 		"_id": "private-master-root",
-		"_component": "@budibase/standard-components/container",
-		"_children": [
+    "_component": "@budibase/standard-components/container",
+    "_children": [
+      {
+        "_id": "c32dd256-a61c-4c41-876e-95e91c5e3a43",
+        "_component": "@budibase/standard-components/container",
+        "_styles": {
+          "normal": {
+            "background": "#e8e8ef",
+            "padding": "8px",
+            "color": "#393C44",
+            "display": "N/A",
+            "flex-direction": "column"
+          },
+          "hover": {},
+          "active": {},
+          "selected": {}
+        },
+        "_code": "",
+        "className": "",
+        "onLoad": [],
+        "type": "div",
+        "_instanceId": "inst_1808f0d_e1277174d255421784ef2467d470abc8",
+        "_instanceName": "Container",
+        "_children": [
+          {
+            "_id": "fbd9520f-6b34-4e3e-828d-0197144568a1",
+            "_component": "@budibase/standard-components/heading",
+            "_styles": {
+              "normal": {},
+              "hover": {},
+              "active": {},
+              "selected": {}
+            },
+            "_code": "",
+            "className": "",
+            "text": "{{ name }}",
+            "type": "h1",
+            "_instanceId": "inst_1808f0d_e1277174d255421784ef2467d470abc8",
+            "_instanceName": "Heading",
+            "_children": []
+          }
+        ]
+      },
       {
         "_id": "7fcf11e4-6f5b-4085-8e0d-9f3d44c98967",
         "_component": "##builtin/screenslot",
         "_styles": {
-          "normal": {},
+          "normal": {
+            "padding": "8px",
+            "align-items": "flex-start",
+            "height": "100vh"
+          },
           "hover": {},
           "active": {},
           "selected": {}
@@ -20,14 +65,22 @@
         "_children": []
       }
     ],
-		"type": "div",
-		"_styles": {
-			"active": {},
-			"hover": {},
-			"normal": {},
-			"selected": {}
-		},
-		"_code": ""
+    "type": "div",
+    "_styles": {
+      "active": {},
+      "hover": {},
+      "normal": {
+        "display": "flex",
+        "flex-direction": "column",
+        "align-items": "stretch",
+        "justify-content": "flex-start",
+        "height": "100vh"
+      },
+      "selected": {}
+    },
+    "_code": "",
+    "className": "",
+    "onLoad": []
 	},
 	"_css": "",
 	"uiFunctions": ""
diff --git a/packages/standard-components/src/DataTable.svelte b/packages/standard-components/src/DataTable.svelte
index e6f097314c..6782a9925c 100644
--- a/packages/standard-components/src/DataTable.svelte
+++ b/packages/standard-components/src/DataTable.svelte
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@
   let headers = []
   let store = _bb.store
 
+  const shouldDisplayField = name => {
+    if (name.startsWith("_")) return false
+    // always 'record'
+    if (name === "type") return false
+    // tables are always tied to a single modelId, this is irrelevant
+    if (name === "modelId") return false
+
+    return true
+  }
+
   async function fetchData() {
     const FETCH_RECORDS_URL = `/api/views/all_${model}`
 
@@ -20,7 +30,7 @@
         return state
       })
 
-      headers = Object.keys(json[0]).filter(key => !key.startsWith("_"))
+      headers = Object.keys(json[0]).filter(shouldDisplayField)
     } else {
       throw new Error("Failed to fetch records.", response)
     }