diff --git a/e2e/pages/form-builder-page.ts b/e2e/pages/form-builder-page.ts
index 9fad386..59dfff6 100644
--- a/e2e/pages/form-builder-page.ts
+++ b/e2e/pages/form-builder-page.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ export class FormBuilderPage {
     this.page.getByRole("button", { name: /start building/i });
   readonly interactiveFormNameInput = () =>
     this.page.getByRole("textbox", { name: /form name/i });
+  readonly interactiveFormDescriptionInput = () =>
+    this.page.getByRole("textbox", { name: /form description/i });
   readonly createFormButton = () =>
     this.page.getByRole("button", { name: /create form/i });
   readonly addPageButton = () =>
@@ -91,6 +93,9 @@ export class FormBuilderPage {
     await this.interactiveBuilderTab().click();
     await this.startBuildingButton().click();
     await this.interactiveFormNameInput().fill("Covid-19 Screening");
+    await this.interactiveFormDescriptionInput().fill(
+      "A test form for recording COVID-19 screening information"
+    );
     await this.createFormButton().click();
     await expect(this.page.getByText(/form created/i)).toBeVisible();
 
@@ -129,13 +134,11 @@ export class FormBuilderPage {
     await this.formNameInput().fill(formName);
     await this.formVersionInput().click();
     await this.formVersionInput().fill("1.0");
-    await this.formDescriptionInput().click();
-    await this.formDescriptionInput().fill("this is test form description");
     await this.formEncounterType().selectOption("Admission");
     await this.formSaveButton().click();
   }
 
   async searchForm(formName: string) {
-    await this.page.getByRole('searchbox').fill(formName);
+    await this.page.getByRole("searchbox").fill(formName);
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 77ace9f..50212b7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "test-e2e": "playwright test",
     "verify": "turbo lint typescript coverage",
     "coverage": "yarn test --coverage --passWithNoTests",
-    "prepare": "husky install",
+    "postinstall": "husky install",
     "extract-translations": "i18next 'src/**/*.component.tsx' --config ./i18next-parser.config.js",
     "ci:bump-form-engine-lib": "yarn up @openmrs/openmrs-form-engine-lib@next"
   },
diff --git a/src/components/action-buttons/action-buttons.component.tsx b/src/components/action-buttons/action-buttons.component.tsx
index 3ed5c50..57ac4f9 100644
--- a/src/components/action-buttons/action-buttons.component.tsx
+++ b/src/components/action-buttons/action-buttons.component.tsx
@@ -14,9 +14,14 @@ import type { TFunction } from "react-i18next";
 import type { RouteParams, Schema } from "../../types";
 import { publishForm, unpublishForm } from "../../forms.resource";
 import { useForm } from "../../hooks/useForm";
-import SaveFormModal from "../modals/save-form.component";
+import SaveFormModal from "../modals/save-form-modal.component";
 import styles from "./action-buttons.scss";
 
+type ActionButtonsProps = {
+  schema: Schema;
+  t: TFunction;
+};
+
 type Status =
   | "idle"
   | "publishing"
@@ -25,11 +30,6 @@ type Status =
   | "unpublished"
   | "error";
 
-type ActionButtonsProps = {
-  schema: Schema;
-  t: TFunction;
-};
-
 function ActionButtons({ schema, t }: ActionButtonsProps) {
   const { formUuid } = useParams<RouteParams>();
   const { form, mutate } = useForm(formUuid);
diff --git a/src/components/form-editor/form-editor.component.tsx b/src/components/form-editor/form-editor.component.tsx
index 2cf08b3..794fa70 100644
--- a/src/components/form-editor/form-editor.component.tsx
+++ b/src/components/form-editor/form-editor.component.tsx
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ const FormEditor: React.FC = () => {
           </Column>
           <Column lg={8} md={8} className={styles.column}>
             <Tabs>
-              <TabList aria-label="Form preview">
+              <TabList aria-label="Form previews">
                 <Tab>{t("preview", "Preview")}</Tab>
                 <Tab>{t("interactiveBuilder", "Interactive Builder")}</Tab>
               </TabList>
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ const FormEditor: React.FC = () => {
                 <TabPanel>
                   <FormRenderer
                     schema={schema}
-                    onSchemaChange={updateSchema}
                     isLoading={isLoadingFormOrSchema}
                   />
                 </TabPanel>
diff --git a/src/components/interactive-builder/new-form-modal.component.tsx b/src/components/interactive-builder/new-form-modal.component.tsx
index 2a5ad78..60b6555 100644
--- a/src/components/interactive-builder/new-form-modal.component.tsx
+++ b/src/components/interactive-builder/new-form-modal.component.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   ModalBody,
   ModalFooter,
   ModalHeader,
+  Stack,
   TextInput,
 } from "@carbon/react";
 import { showToast, showNotification } from "@openmrs/esm-framework";
@@ -16,8 +17,8 @@ import type { Schema } from "../../types";
 type NewFormModalProps = {
   schema: Schema;
   onSchemaChange: (schema: Schema) => void;
-  showModal: boolean;
   onModalChange: (showModal: boolean) => void;
+  showModal: boolean;
 };
 
 const NewFormModal: React.FC<NewFormModalProps> = ({
@@ -28,11 +29,12 @@ const NewFormModal: React.FC<NewFormModalProps> = ({
 }) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const [formName, setFormName] = useState("");
+  const [formDescription, setFormDescription] = useState("");
 
-  const updateFormName = () => {
+  const updateSchema = (updates: Partial<Schema>) => {
     try {
-      schema.name = formName;
-      onSchemaChange({ ...schema });
+      const updatedSchema = { ...schema, ...updates };
+      onSchemaChange(updatedSchema);
 
       showToast({
         title: t("success", "Success!"),
@@ -50,6 +52,17 @@ const NewFormModal: React.FC<NewFormModalProps> = ({
     }
   };
 
+  const handleCreateForm = () => {
+    if (formName) {
+      updateSchema({
+        name: formName,
+        description: formDescription,
+      });
+
+      onModalChange(false);
+    }
+  };
+
   return (
     <ComposedModal
       open={showModal}
@@ -59,27 +72,43 @@ const NewFormModal: React.FC<NewFormModalProps> = ({
       <ModalHeader title={t("createNewForm", "Create a new form")} />
       <Form onSubmit={(event) => event.preventDefault()}>
         <ModalBody>
-          <FormGroup legendText={""}>
-            <TextInput
-              id="formName"
-              labelText={t("formName", "Form name")}
-              value={formName}
-              onChange={(event) => setFormName(event.target.value)}
-            />
-          </FormGroup>
+          <Stack gap={5}>
+            <FormGroup legendText={""}>
+              <TextInput
+                id="formName"
+                labelText={t("formName", "Form name")}
+                placeholder={t(
+                  "formNamePlaceholder",
+                  "What the form is called in the system"
+                )}
+                value={formName}
+                onChange={(event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) =>
+                  setFormName(event.target.value)
+                }
+              />
+            </FormGroup>
+            <FormGroup legendText={""}>
+              <TextInput
+                id="formDescription"
+                labelText={t("formDescription", "Form description")}
+                placeholder={t(
+                  "formDescriptionPlaceholder",
+                  "A short description of the form e.g. A form for collecting COVID-19 symptoms"
+                )}
+                value={formDescription}
+                onChange={(event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) =>
+                  setFormDescription(event.target.value)
+                }
+              />
+            </FormGroup>
+          </Stack>
         </ModalBody>
       </Form>
       <ModalFooter>
         <Button kind="secondary" onClick={() => onModalChange(false)}>
           {t("cancel", "Cancel")}
         </Button>
-        <Button
-          disabled={!formName}
-          onClick={() => {
-            updateFormName();
-            onModalChange(false);
-          }}
-        >
+        <Button disabled={!formName} onClick={handleCreateForm}>
           <span>{t("createForm", "Create Form")}</span>
         </Button>
       </ModalFooter>
diff --git a/src/components/modals/save-form.component.tsx b/src/components/modals/save-form-modal.component.tsx
similarity index 89%
rename from src/components/modals/save-form.component.tsx
rename to src/components/modals/save-form-modal.component.tsx
index 21d8129..2c9751f 100644
--- a/src/components/modals/save-form.component.tsx
+++ b/src/components/modals/save-form-modal.component.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { SyntheticEvent, useCallback, useState } from "react";
+import React, { SyntheticEvent, useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { useParams } from "react-router-dom";
 import {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import {
 import type { EncounterType, Resource, RouteParams, Schema } from "../../types";
 import { useEncounterTypes } from "../../hooks/useEncounterTypes";
 import { useForm } from "../../hooks/useForm";
-import styles from "./save-form.scss";
+import styles from "./save-form-modal.scss";
 
 type FormGroupData = {
   name: string;
@@ -56,18 +56,25 @@ const SaveFormModal: React.FC<SaveFormModalProps> = ({ form, schema }) => {
   const [saveState, setSaveState] = useState("");
   const [isSavingForm, setIsSavingForm] = useState(false);
   const [isInvalidVersion, setIsInvalidVersion] = useState(false);
-  const [name, setName] = useState(form?.name);
-  const [description, setDescription] = useState(form?.description);
-  const [encounterType, setEncounterType] = useState(
-    form?.encounterType?.uuid || ""
-  );
-  const [version, setVersion] = useState(form?.version);
+  const [name, setName] = useState("");
+  const [description, setDescription] = useState("");
+  const [encounterType, setEncounterType] = useState("");
+  const [version, setVersion] = useState("");
 
   const clearDraftFormSchema = useCallback(
     () => localStorage.removeItem("formSchema"),
     []
   );
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (schema) {
+      setName(schema.name);
+      setDescription(schema.description);
+      setEncounterType(schema.encounterType);
+      setVersion(schema.version);
+    }
+  }, [schema]);
+
   const checkVersionValidity = (version: string) => {
     if (!version) return setIsInvalidVersion(false);
 
@@ -297,27 +304,28 @@ const SaveFormModal: React.FC<SaveFormModalProps> = ({ form, schema }) => {
             <FormGroup legendText={""}>
               <Stack gap={5}>
                 <TextInput
-                  defaultValue={schema?.name || form?.name}
                   id="name"
                   labelText={t("formName", "Form name")}
                   onChange={(event) => setName(event.target.value)}
-                  placeholder="e.g. OHRI Express Care Patient Encounter Form"
+                  placeholder={t(
+                    "formNamePlaceholder",
+                    "e.g. OHRI Express Care Patient Encounter Form"
+                  )}
                   required
+                  value={name}
                 />
                 {saveState === "update" ? (
                   <TextInput
                     id="uuid"
-                    labelText="UUID (auto-generated)"
+                    labelText={t("autogeneratedUuid", "UUID (auto-generated")}
                     disabled
-                    value={schema?.uuid || form?.uuid}
+                    value={form?.uuid}
                   />
                 ) : null}
                 <TextInput
-                  defaultValue={schema?.version || form?.version}
                   id="version"
-                  labelText="Version"
+                  labelText={t("version", "Version")}
                   placeholder="e.g. 1.0"
-                  required
                   onChange={(event) => {
                     checkVersionValidity(event.target.value);
 
@@ -330,33 +338,38 @@ const SaveFormModal: React.FC<SaveFormModalProps> = ({ form, schema }) => {
                     "invalidVersionWarning",
                     "Version can only start with with a number"
                   )}
+                  required
+                  value={version}
                 />
                 <Select
                   id="encounterType"
-                  defaultValue={encounterType}
-                  onChange={(event) => setEncounterType(event.target.value)}
                   labelText={t("encounterType", "Encounter Type")}
+                  onChange={(event) => setEncounterType(event.target.value)}
                   required
+                  value={encounterType}
                 >
-                  {!form?.encounterType ? (
+                  {!encounterType ? (
                     <SelectItem
                       text={t(
                         "chooseEncounterType",
                         "Choose an encounter type to link your form to"
                       )}
+                      value=""
                     />
                   ) : null}
-                  {encounterTypes?.map((encounterType, key) => (
-                    <SelectItem
-                      key={key}
-                      value={encounterType.uuid}
-                      text={encounterType.name}
-                    />
-                  ))}
+                  {encounterTypes?.length > 0 &&
+                    encounterTypes.map((encounterType) => (
+                      <SelectItem
+                        key={encounterType.uuid}
+                        value={encounterType.uuid}
+                        text={encounterType.name}
+                      >
+                        {encounterType.name}
+                      </SelectItem>
+                    ))}
                 </Select>
                 <TextArea
                   labelText={t("description", "Description")}
-                  defaultValue={saveState === "update" ? form?.description : ""}
                   onChange={(event) => setDescription(event.target.value)}
                   cols={6}
                   rows={3}
@@ -366,6 +379,7 @@ const SaveFormModal: React.FC<SaveFormModalProps> = ({ form, schema }) => {
                     "e.g. A form used to collect encounter data for clients in the Express Care program."
                   )}
                   required
+                  value={description}
                 />
               </Stack>
             </FormGroup>
diff --git a/src/components/modals/save-form.scss b/src/components/modals/save-form-modal.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/components/modals/save-form.scss
rename to src/components/modals/save-form-modal.scss
diff --git a/src/components/schema-editor/schema-editor.component.tsx b/src/components/schema-editor/schema-editor.component.tsx
index 7c2ee38..afa5c0b 100644
--- a/src/components/schema-editor/schema-editor.component.tsx
+++ b/src/components/schema-editor/schema-editor.component.tsx
@@ -135,26 +135,28 @@ const SchemaEditor: React.FC<SchemaEditorProps> = ({
           />
         ) : null}
 
-        {isNewSchema ? (
+        {isNewSchema && !stringifiedSchema ? (
           <Button kind="secondary" onClick={inputDummySchema}>
             {t("inputDummySchema", "Input dummy schema")}
           </Button>
         ) : null}
 
-        <Button
-          disabled={isRendering}
-          kind="primary"
-          onClick={renderSchemaChanges}
-        >
-          {isRendering ? (
-            <InlineLoading
-              className={styles.spinner}
-              description={t("rendering", "Rendering") + "..."}
-            />
-          ) : (
-            <span>{t("renderChanges", "Render changes")}</span>
-          )}
-        </Button>
+        {schema ? (
+          <Button
+            disabled={isRendering}
+            kind="primary"
+            onClick={renderSchemaChanges}
+          >
+            {isRendering ? (
+              <InlineLoading
+                className={styles.spinner}
+                description={t("render", "Render" + "...")}
+              />
+            ) : (
+              <span>{t("renderChanges", "Render changes")}</span>
+            )}
+          </Button>
+        ) : null}
       </div>
 
       {invalidJsonErrorMessage ? (
diff --git a/src/hooks/useEncounterTypes.ts b/src/hooks/useEncounterTypes.ts
index b022201..a9d943b 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useEncounterTypes.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useEncounterTypes.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type { EncounterType } from "../types";
 export const useEncounterTypes = () => {
   const url = `/ws/rest/v1/encountertype?v=custom:(uuid,name)`;
 
-  const { data, error } = useSWRImmutable<
+  const { data, error, isLoading } = useSWRImmutable<
     { data: { results: Array<EncounterType> } },
     Error
   >(url, openmrsFetch);
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ export const useEncounterTypes = () => {
   return {
     encounterTypes: data?.data?.results ?? [],
     encounterTypesError: error || null,
-    isEncounterTypesLoading: (!data && !error) || false,
+    isEncounterTypesLoading: isLoading,
   };
 };
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index e27c45a..43fd75c 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export interface Schema {
   encounterType: string;
   referencedForms: [];
   version?: string;
+  description?: string;
 }
 
 export interface SchemaContextType {