diff --git a/src/app/editor/example-contracts.js b/src/app/editor/example-contracts.js
index 517fa1db69..880b29b741 100644
--- a/src/app/editor/example-contracts.js
+++ b/src/app/editor/example-contracts.js
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ contract Ballot {
 `
 
 var ballotTest = `
+pragma solidity >=0.4.22 <0.6.0;
 import "remix_tests.sol"; // this import is automatically injected by Remix.
 import "./ballot.sol";