diff --git a/examples/indexeddb/index.html b/examples/indexeddb/index.html
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+  <head>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <div id="codeMirrorContainer"></div>
+    <script src="../bower_components/codemirror/lib/codemirror.js"></script>
+    <script src="../bower_components/codemirror/mode/javascript/javascript.js"></script>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../bower_components/codemirror/lib/codemirror.css">
+    <style>
+      .CodeMirror {
+        position: fixed;
+        top: 0;
+        left: 0;
+        height: 100%;
+        width: 100%;
+      }
+    </style>
+    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/examples/indexeddb/index.js b/examples/indexeddb/index.js
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+/* global Y, CodeMirror */
+
+// initialize a shared object. This function call returns a promise!
+Y({
+  db: {
+    name: 'memory'
+  },
+  connector: {
+    name: 'websockets-client',
+    room: 'codemirror-example'
+  },
+  sourceDir: '/bower_components',
+  share: {
+    codemirror: 'Text' // y.share.codemirror is of type Y.Text
+  }
+}).then(function (y) {
+  window.yCodeMirror = y
+
+  var editor = CodeMirror(document.querySelector('#codeMirrorContainer'), {
+    mode: 'javascript',
+    lineNumbers: true
+  })
+  y.share.codemirror.bindCodeMirror(editor)
+})
