diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/components/new_dropdown/modal.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/components/new_dropdown/modal.vue
index 51f74b06bae..ff13b3072bb 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/components/new_dropdown/modal.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/components/new_dropdown/modal.vue
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     },
     data() {
       return {
-        entryName: '',
+        entryName: RepoStore.path !== '' ? `${RepoStore.path}/` : '',
       };
     },
     components: {
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
           const dirNames = this.entryName.split('/');
 
           dirNames.forEach((dirName) => {
+            if (dirName === '') return;
+
             tree = RepoHelper.findOrCreateEntry('tree', tree, dirName).entry;
           });
         }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/components/repo_editor.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/components/repo_editor.vue
index 9f567d4e94d..df4caba51d8 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/components/repo_editor.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/components/repo_editor.vue
@@ -16,35 +16,28 @@ const RepoEditor = {
   },
 
   mounted() {
-    if (!this.activeFile.tempFile) {
-      Service.getRaw(this.activeFile.raw_path)
-        .then((rawResponse) => {
-          Store.blobRaw = rawResponse.data;
-          Store.activeFile.plain = rawResponse.data;
+    Service.getRaw(this.activeFile)
+      .then((rawResponse) => {
+        Store.blobRaw = rawResponse.data;
+        Store.activeFile.plain = rawResponse.data;
 
-          this.createMonacoInstance();
-        })
-        .catch(Helper.loadingError);
-    } else {
-      this.createMonacoInstance();
-    }
+        const monacoInstance = Helper.monaco.editor.create(this.$el, {
+          model: null,
+          readOnly: false,
+          contextmenu: true,
+          scrollBeyondLastLine: false,
+        });
+
+        Helper.monacoInstance = monacoInstance;
+
+        this.addMonacoEvents();
+
+        this.setupEditor();
+      })
+      .catch(Helper.loadingError);
   },
 
   methods: {
-    createMonacoInstance() {
-      const monacoInstance = Helper.monaco.editor.create(this.$el, {
-        model: null,
-        readOnly: false,
-        contextmenu: true,
-        scrollBeyondLastLine: false,
-      });
-
-      Helper.monacoInstance = monacoInstance;
-
-      this.addMonacoEvents();
-
-      this.setupEditor();
-    },
     setupEditor() {
       this.showHide();
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/helpers/repo_helper.js b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/helpers/repo_helper.js
index cc9bab2bb6a..09573e6e707 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/helpers/repo_helper.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/helpers/repo_helper.js
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ const RepoHelper = {
           RepoHelper.setBinaryDataAsBase64(data);
           Store.setViewToPreview();
         } else if (!Store.isPreviewView() && !data.render_error) {
-          Service.getRaw(data.raw_path)
+          Service.getRaw(data)
           .then((rawResponse) => {
             Store.blobRaw = rawResponse.data;
             data.plain = rawResponse.data;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/services/repo_service.js b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/services/repo_service.js
index d68d71a4629..de8a2ecaa1d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/services/repo_service.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/services/repo_service.js
@@ -12,8 +12,14 @@ const RepoService = {
   },
   richExtensionRegExp: /md/,
 
-  getRaw(url) {
-    return axios.get(url, {
+  getRaw(file) {
+    if (file.tempFile) {
+      return Promise.resolve({
+        data: '',
+      });
+    }
+
+    return axios.get(file.raw_path, {
       // Stop Axios from parsing a JSON file into a JS object
       transformResponse: [res => res],
     });
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/stores/repo_store.js b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/stores/repo_store.js
index 530c725ceb6..4978af07067 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/stores/repo_store.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/stores/repo_store.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ const RepoStore = {
     } else if (file.newContent || file.plain) {
       RepoStore.blobRaw = file.newContent || file.plain;
     } else if (!file.tempFile) {
-      Service.getRaw(file.raw_path)
+      Service.getRaw(file)
         .then((rawResponse) => {
           RepoStore.blobRaw = rawResponse.data;
           Helper.findOpenedFileFromActive().plain = rawResponse.data;
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/repo/components/repo_file_buttons_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/repo/components/repo_file_buttons_spec.js
index 701c260224f..bc5cb5b8f38 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/repo/components/repo_file_buttons_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/repo/components/repo_file_buttons_spec.js
@@ -2,7 +2,16 @@ import Vue from 'vue';
 import repoFileButtons from '~/repo/components/repo_file_buttons.vue';
 import RepoStore from '~/repo/stores/repo_store';
 
-describe('RepoFileButtons', () => {
+fdescribe('RepoFileButtons', () => {
+  const activeFile = {
+    extension: 'md',
+    url: 'url',
+    raw_path: 'raw_path',
+    blame_path: 'blame_path',
+    commits_path: 'commits_path',
+    permalink: 'permalink',
+  };
+
   function createComponent() {
     const RepoFileButtons = Vue.extend(repoFileButtons);
 
@@ -14,14 +23,6 @@ describe('RepoFileButtons', () => {
   });
 
   it('renders Raw, Blame, History, Permalink and Preview toggle', () => {
-    const activeFile = {
-      extension: 'md',
-      url: 'url',
-      raw_path: 'raw_path',
-      blame_path: 'blame_path',
-      commits_path: 'commits_path',
-      permalink: 'permalink',
-    };
     const activeFileLabel = 'activeFileLabel';
     RepoStore.openedFiles = new Array(1);
     RepoStore.activeFile = activeFile;
@@ -46,10 +47,6 @@ describe('RepoFileButtons', () => {
   });
 
   it('triggers rawPreviewToggle on preview click', () => {
-    const activeFile = {
-      extension: 'md',
-      url: 'url',
-    };
     RepoStore.openedFiles = new Array(1);
     RepoStore.activeFile = activeFile;
     RepoStore.editMode = true;
@@ -65,10 +62,7 @@ describe('RepoFileButtons', () => {
   });
 
   it('does not render preview toggle if not canPreview', () => {
-    const activeFile = {
-      extension: 'abcd',
-      url: 'url',
-    };
+    activeFile.extension = 'js';
     RepoStore.openedFiles = new Array(1);
     RepoStore.activeFile = activeFile;