diff --git a/examples/api/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/examples/api/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 26698cdd..701f6731 100644
--- a/examples/api/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/examples/api/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,11 +37,7 @@ pub fn run() {
         .plugin(tauri_plugin_os::init())
         .plugin(tauri_plugin_process::init())
         .plugin(tauri_plugin_shell::init())
-        .plugin(
-            tauri_plugin_store::Builder::default()
-                .register_serialize_fn("pretty-json".to_owned(), pretty_json)
-                .build(),
-        )
+        .plugin(tauri_plugin_store::Builder::default().build())
         .setup(move |app| {
             #[cfg(desktop)]
             {
@@ -163,9 +159,3 @@ pub fn run() {
         }
     })
 }
-
-fn pretty_json(
-    cache: &std::collections::HashMap<String, serde_json::Value>,
-) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
-    Ok(serde_json::to_vec_pretty(&cache)?)
-}
diff --git a/examples/api/src/views/Store.svelte b/examples/api/src/views/Store.svelte
index 82614038..7407e3b0 100644
--- a/examples/api/src/views/Store.svelte
+++ b/examples/api/src/views/Store.svelte
@@ -7,14 +7,9 @@
   let key;
   let value;
 
-  let store;
+  let store = new LazyStore("cache.json");
   let cache = {};
 
-  function newStore() {
-    store = new LazyStore("cache.json", { serializeFnName: "pretty-json" });
-  }
-  newStore()
-
   async function refreshEntries() {
     try {
       const values = await store.entries();
@@ -33,7 +28,11 @@
 
   async function write(key, value) {
     try {
-      await store.set(key, value);
+      if (value) {
+        await store.set(key, value);
+      } else {
+        await store.delete(key);
+      }
       const v = await store.get(key);
       cache[key] = v;
     } catch (error) {
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@
   }
 
   function reopen() {
-    newStore()
+    store = new LazyStore("cache.json");
     onMessage("We made a new `LazyStore` instance, operations will now work");
   }
 </script>
diff --git a/plugins/store/src/lib.rs b/plugins/store/src/lib.rs
index 48c6c6e4..d075d01c 100644
--- a/plugins/store/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/store/src/lib.rs
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ impl<R: Runtime, T: Manager<R>> StoreExt<R> for T {
 fn default_serialize(
     cache: &HashMap<String, JsonValue>,
 ) -> std::result::Result<Vec<u8>, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
-    Ok(serde_json::to_vec(&cache)?)
+    Ok(serde_json::to_vec_pretty(&cache)?)
 }
 
 fn default_deserialize(
@@ -277,16 +277,16 @@ impl<R: Runtime> Builder<R> {
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// fn pretty_json(
+    /// fn no_pretty_json(
     ///     cache: &std::collections::HashMap<String, serde_json::Value>,
     /// ) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
-    ///     Ok(serde_json::to_vec_pretty(&cache)?)
+    ///     Ok(serde_json::to_vec(&cache)?)
     /// }
     ///
     /// tauri::Builder::default()
     ///     .plugin(
     ///         tauri_plugin_store::Builder::default()
-    ///             .register_serialize_fn("pretty-json".to_owned(), pretty_json)
+    ///             .register_serialize_fn("no-pretty-json".to_owned(), no_pretty_json)
     ///             .build(),
     ///     )
     /// ```
@@ -302,6 +302,23 @@ impl<R: Runtime> Builder<R> {
     }
 
     /// Use this serialize function for stores by default
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// fn no_pretty_json(
+    ///     cache: &std::collections::HashMap<String, serde_json::Value>,
+    /// ) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    ///     Ok(serde_json::to_vec(&cache)?)
+    /// }
+    ///
+    /// tauri::Builder::default()
+    ///     .plugin(
+    ///         tauri_plugin_store::Builder::default()
+    ///             .default_serialize_fn(no_pretty_json)
+    ///             .build(),
+    ///     )
+    /// ```
     pub fn default_serialize_fn(mut self, serialize_fn: SerializeFn) -> Self {
         self.default_serialize = serialize_fn;
         self