diff --git a/src/components/gui/gui.jsx b/src/components/gui/gui.jsx
index ec2a75f4806..624f895f589 100644
--- a/src/components/gui/gui.jsx
+++ b/src/components/gui/gui.jsx
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ const GUIComponent = props => {
         rubyTabVisible,
         stageSizeMode,
         tipsLibraryVisible,
+        rubyCode,
         vm,
         ...componentProps
     } = omit(props, 'dispatch');
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ const GUIComponent = props => {
                                     {soundsTabVisible ? <SoundTab vm={vm} /> : null}
                                 </TabPanel>
                                 <TabPanel className={tabClassNames.tabPanel}>
-                                    {rubyTabVisible ? <RubyTab /> : null}
+                                    {rubyTabVisible ? <RubyTab rubyCode={rubyCode}/> : null}
                                 </TabPanel>
                             </Tabs>
                             {backpackOptions.visible ? (
@@ -319,6 +320,7 @@ GUIComponent.propTypes = {
     stageSizeMode: PropTypes.oneOf(Object.keys(STAGE_SIZE_MODES)),
     targetIsStage: PropTypes.bool,
     tipsLibraryVisible: PropTypes.bool,
+    rubyCode: PropTypes.string,
     vm: PropTypes.instanceOf(VM).isRequired
 };
 GUIComponent.defaultProps = {
diff --git a/src/containers/gui.jsx b/src/containers/gui.jsx
index 7b7d9471d6b..502587916fb 100644
--- a/src/containers/gui.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/gui.jsx
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ const mapStateToProps = state => ({
     ),
     soundsTabVisible: state.scratchGui.editorTab.activeTabIndex === SOUNDS_TAB_INDEX,
     rubyTabVisible: state.scratchGui.editorTab.activeTabIndex === RUBY_TAB_INDEX,
-    tipsLibraryVisible: state.scratchGui.modals.tipsLibrary
+    tipsLibraryVisible: state.scratchGui.modals.tipsLibrary,
+    rubyCode: state.scratchGui.rubyCode
 });
 
 const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => ({
diff --git a/src/containers/ruby-tab.jsx b/src/containers/ruby-tab.jsx
index 299a977fdd8..c140c3696e5 100644
--- a/src/containers/ruby-tab.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/ruby-tab.jsx
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import 'brace/mode/ruby';
 import 'brace/theme/clouds';
 
 export class RubyTab extends React.Component {
+    constructor (props) {
+        super(props);
+    }
+
     render(){
         return(
             <AceEditor
@@ -15,6 +19,7 @@ export class RubyTab extends React.Component {
                 fontSize={16}
                 width="100%"
                 height="inherit"
+                value={this.props.rubyCode.rubyCode}
                 editorProps={{ $blockScrolling: true }}
                 setOptions={{
                   tabSize: 2,
@@ -24,4 +29,4 @@ export class RubyTab extends React.Component {
             />
         )
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/reducers/gui.js b/src/reducers/gui.js
index 7d98ae2f3f7..54b3025f671 100644
--- a/src/reducers/gui.js
+++ b/src/reducers/gui.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import stageSizeReducer, {stageSizeInitialState} from './stage-size';
 import targetReducer, {targetsInitialState} from './targets';
 import toolboxReducer, {toolboxInitialState} from './toolbox';
 import vmReducer, {vmInitialState} from './vm';
+import rubyCodeReducer, {rubyCodeInitialState} from './ruby-code';
 import throttle from 'redux-throttle';
 
 const guiMiddleware = compose(applyMiddleware(throttle(300, {leading: true, trailing: true})));
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ const guiInitialState = {
     monitorLayout: monitorLayoutInitialState,
     targets: targetsInitialState,
     toolbox: toolboxInitialState,
-    vm: vmInitialState
+    vm: vmInitialState,
+    rubyCode: rubyCodeInitialState
 };
 
 const initPlayer = function (currentState) {
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ const guiReducer = combineReducers({
     monitorLayout: monitorLayoutReducer,
     targets: targetReducer,
     toolbox: toolboxReducer,
+    rubyCode: rubyCodeReducer,
     vm: vmReducer
 });
 
diff --git a/src/reducers/ruby-code.js b/src/reducers/ruby-code.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6bfbb85ea26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/reducers/ruby-code.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+const initialState = {
+    rubyCode: `p 'hello World'`
+};
+
+const reducer = function (state, action) {
+    if (typeof state === 'undefined') state = initialState;
+    return state;
+};
+
+export {
+    reducer as default,
+    initialState as rubyCodeInitialState
+};