diff --git a/factgenie/campaign.py b/factgenie/campaign.py
index 1e6fdd80..17a0c831 100644
--- a/factgenie/campaign.py
+++ b/factgenie/campaign.py
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ def __init__(self, campaign_id):
         self.db_path = os.path.join(self.dir, "db.csv")
         self.metadata_path = os.path.join(self.dir, "metadata.json")
 
-        self.load_db()
         self.load_metadata()
+        self.load_db()
 
     def get_finished_examples(self):
         # load all the JSONL files in the "files" subdirectory
@@ -63,8 +63,12 @@ def update_db(self, db):
         db.to_csv(self.db_path, index=False)
 
     def load_db(self):
-        dtype_dict = {"annotator_id": str, "start": float, "end": float}
+        # no db for external campaigns
+        if self.metadata.get("mode") == CampaignMode.EXTERNAL:
+            self.db = pd.DataFrame()
+            return
 
+        dtype_dict = {"annotator_id": str, "start": float, "end": float}
         with open(self.db_path) as f:
             self.db = pd.read_csv(f, dtype=dtype_dict)
 
diff --git a/factgenie/datasets/basic.py b/factgenie/datasets/basic.py
index f9c053e3..5634a009 100644
--- a/factgenie/datasets/basic.py
+++ b/factgenie/datasets/basic.py
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ def render(self, example):
 class JSONDataset(BasicDataset):
     def load_examples(self, split, data_path):
         examples_path = data_path / f"{split}.json"
+
         if not examples_path.exists():
+            logger.warning("No examples found for the dataset.")
             examples = []
         else:
             with open(examples_path) as f:
diff --git a/factgenie/models.py b/factgenie/models.py
index 255d3582..f0d026d6 100644
--- a/factgenie/models.py
+++ b/factgenie/models.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def __init__(self, config, **kwargs):
         # Required for  OpenAI API but make sense in general too
         # TODO make it more pydantic / Python friendly
         self._schema["additionalProperties"] = False
-        self._schema["$defs"]["Annotation"]["additionalProperties"] = False
+        self._schema["$defs"]["SpanAnnotation"]["additionalProperties"] = False
 
         logger.warning(f"The schema is set to\n{self._schema}.\n\tCheck that your prompt is compatible!!! ")
         # access the later used config keys early to log them once and test if they are present
diff --git a/factgenie/static/js/browse.js b/factgenie/static/js/browse.js
index a676c560..45050a4f 100644
--- a/factgenie/static/js/browse.js
+++ b/factgenie/static/js/browse.js
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ function getExampleLevelFields(annotations) {
     // show `outputs.flags`, `outputs.options`, and `outputs.textFields`
     var flags = annotations.flags;
     var options = annotations.options;
-    var textFields = annotations.textFields;
+    var textFields = annotations.text_fields;
 
     var html = $('<div>', { class: "p-2 extra-fields" });
 
diff --git a/factgenie/workflows.py b/factgenie/workflows.py
index ae065e86..4a91bc51 100644
--- a/factgenie/workflows.py
+++ b/factgenie/workflows.py
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@
     CROWDSOURCING_CONFIG_DIR,
 )
 
-file_handler = logging.FileHandler("error.log")
-file_handler.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)