diff --git a/apps/cli/src/prompts/examples.ts b/apps/cli/src/prompts/examples.ts
index 4d42424..4206af4 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/prompts/examples.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/prompts/examples.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@ export async function getExamplesChoice(
 	backend?: Backend,
 	api?: API,
 ): Promise<Examples[]> {
+	if (examples !== undefined) return examples;
+
 	if (api === "none") {
+		if (backend === "convex") {
+			return ["todo"];
+		}
 		return [];
 	}
-	if (examples !== undefined) return examples;
 
 	if (backend === "convex") {
 		return ["todo"];
diff --git a/apps/cli/test/cli.smoke.test.ts b/apps/cli/test/cli.smoke.test.ts
index dad6cdb..30903f3 100644
--- a/apps/cli/test/cli.smoke.test.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/test/cli.smoke.test.ts
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ describe("create-better-t-stack smoke", () => {
 					"--backend",
 					"none",
 					"--runtime",
-					"bun",
+					"none",
 					"--database",
 					"none",
 					"--orm",
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ describe("create-better-t-stack smoke", () => {
 					"--backend",
 					"none",
 					"--runtime",
-					"bun",
+					"none",
 					"--database",
 					"none",
 					"--orm",
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ describe("create-better-t-stack smoke", () => {
 					"--backend",
 					"none",
 					"--runtime",
-					"bun",
+					"none",
 					"--database",
 					"none",
 					"--orm",
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ describe("create-better-t-stack smoke", () => {
 					"--backend",
 					"none",
 					"--runtime",
-					"bun",
+					"none",
 					"--database",
 					"none",
 					"--orm",
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ describe("create-better-t-stack smoke", () => {
 					"--backend",
 					"none",
 					"--runtime",
-					"bun",
+					"none",
 					"--database",
 					"none",
 					"--orm",
@@ -3697,7 +3697,7 @@ describe("create-better-t-stack smoke", () => {
 					"--backend",
 					"none",
 					"--runtime",
-					"bun",
+					"none",
 					"--web-deploy",
 					"wrangler",
 					"--server-deploy",