diff --git a/lib/entities/PizzaRecipe/pizza_recipe.dart b/lib/entities/PizzaRecipe/pizza_recipe.dart
index 1392c89..60a43a7 100644
--- a/lib/entities/PizzaRecipe/pizza_recipe.dart
+++ b/lib/entities/PizzaRecipe/pizza_recipe.dart
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ class PizzaRecipe extends HiveObject {
   }
   
   static Future<PizzaRecipe> fromParsedYaml(YamlMap recipe) async {
+    if (recipe.containsKey("recipe")){
+      recipe = recipe["recipe"] as YamlMap;
+    }
     final String name = recipe["name"] as String;
     final String? image = recipe.containsKey("image") ? recipe["image"] as String : null;
     final String description = recipe["description"] as String;
diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index c935319..a0417f2 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -45,9 +45,12 @@ Future<void> main() async {
 
   await Hive.openBox<PizzaEvent>(PizzaEvent.hiveName);
   final pizzaRecipesBox = await Hive.openBox<PizzaRecipe>(PizzaRecipe.hiveName);
-
+  
   if (pizzaRecipesBox.isEmpty){
-    pizzaRecipesBox.addAll(await getRecipes());
+    pizzaRecipesBox.addAll(await getRecipesFromGithub());
+  }
+  if (pizzaRecipesBox.isEmpty){
+    pizzaRecipesBox.addAll(await getLocalRecipes());
   }
 
   // notification init
diff --git a/lib/util.dart b/lib/util.dart
index 8ef05d2..edfdc55 100644
--- a/lib/util.dart
+++ b/lib/util.dart
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import 'dart:convert';
 
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart' show rootBundle;
+
+import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
 import 'package:intl/intl.dart';
 import 'package:pizzaplanner/entities/PizzaRecipe/pizza_recipe.dart';
+import 'package:yaml/yaml.dart';
 
-Future<List<PizzaRecipe>> getRecipes() async {
+Future<List<PizzaRecipe>> getLocalRecipes() async {
   final manifestContent = await rootBundle.loadString('AssetManifest.json');
   final Map<String, dynamic> manifestMap = json.decode(manifestContent) as Map<String, dynamic>;
   final List<String> fileList = manifestMap.keys.toList();
@@ -18,6 +21,32 @@ Future<List<PizzaRecipe>> getRecipes() async {
   return pizzaRecipes;
 }
 
+Future<List<PizzaRecipe>> getRecipesFromGithub() async {
+  const String initialRecipeListUrl = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/broodjeaap/PizzaRecipes/master/app_init/recipes.yaml";
+
+  final uri = Uri.parse(initialRecipeListUrl);
+  if (!uri.isAbsolute){
+    return const [];
+  }
+    final response = await http.get(uri);
+    if (response.statusCode != 200) {
+      return const [];
+    }
+
+    final yamlBody = response.body;
+    if (!yamlBody.startsWith("recipes:")){
+      return const [];
+    }
+    final rootYaml = loadYaml(yamlBody) as YamlMap;
+    final recipeList = rootYaml["recipes"] as YamlList;
+    final returnRecipeList = <PizzaRecipe>[];
+    for (final recipe in recipeList){
+        returnRecipeList.add(await PizzaRecipe.fromParsedYaml(recipe as YamlMap));
+    }
+    return returnRecipeList;
+  return const [];
+}
+
 Future<String> loadAsset(String path) async {
   return rootBundle.loadString(path);
 }