diff --git a/examples/firebase/functions/src/index.ts b/examples/firebase/functions/src/index.ts
index a7cffb3..e5e0d81 100644
--- a/examples/firebase/functions/src/index.ts
+++ b/examples/firebase/functions/src/index.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,19 @@
 import * as functions from "firebase-functions";
-import admin from "firebase-admin";
+import { initializeApp } from "firebase-admin/app";
+import { getStorage } from "firebase-admin/storage";
 import passkit from "passkit-generator";
 import type { Barcode, TransitType } from "passkit-generator";
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
 import os from "node:os";
 
+// Please note this is experimental in NodeJS as
+// it is marked as Stage 3 in TC39
+// Should probably not be used in production
+import startData from "./startData.json" assert { "type": "json" };
+
 const PKPass = passkit.PKPass;
 
-// Firebase init
-admin
-	.initializeApp
-	// {
-	// 	credential: admin.credential.cert(require("CERTIFICATE_PATH")),
-	// 	storageBucket: "STORAGE_BUCKET_URL",
-	// }
-	();
-
-const storageRef = admin.storage().bucket();
-
 interface RequestWithBody extends functions.Request {
 	body: {
 		passModel: string;
@@ -56,6 +51,13 @@ declare global {
 	}
 }
 
+// Firebase init
+initializeApp({
+	storageBucket: startData.FIREBASE_BUCKET_ADDR,
+});
+
+const storageRef = getStorage().bucket();
+
 export const pass = functions.https.onRequest(
 	async (request: RequestWithBody, response) => {
 		try {
@@ -283,28 +285,6 @@ export const pass = functions.https.onRequest(
 
 			response.set("Content-Type", newPass.mimeType);
 			response.status(200).send(bufferData);
-
-			// Delete thumbnail file in Firebase Storage
-			storageRef
-				.file(`thumbnails/${request.body.thumbnailFile}`)
-				.delete()
-				.then(() => {
-					console.log("Thumbnail file deleted successfully");
-				})
-				.catch((error) => {
-					console.error(error);
-				});
-
-			// Delete logo file in Firebase Storage
-			storageRef
-				.file(`logos/${logoFile}`)
-				.delete()
-				.then(() => {
-					console.log("Logo file deleted successfully");
-				})
-				.catch((error) => {
-					console.error(error);
-				});
 		} catch (error) {
 			console.log("Error Uploading pass " + error);
 
diff --git a/examples/firebase/functions/src/startData.json b/examples/firebase/functions/src/startData.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fe0c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/firebase/functions/src/startData.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+	"FIREBASE_BUCKET_ADDR": "<insert your firebase storage bucket address (the part right after 'gs://...')"
+}
diff --git a/examples/firebase/functions/tsconfig.json b/examples/firebase/functions/tsconfig.json
index 01135cc..c1838b1 100644
--- a/examples/firebase/functions/tsconfig.json
+++ b/examples/firebase/functions/tsconfig.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 		"noImplicitOverride": true,
 		"noPropertyAccessFromIndexSignature": true,
 		"allowUnusedLabels": false,
-		"allowUnreachableCode": false
+		"allowUnreachableCode": false,
+		"resolveJsonModule": true
 	}
 }