diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/prompts.py b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/prompts.py
index 830623a7e..7d7b1cde2 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/prompts.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/prompts.py
@@ -89,18 +89,18 @@ class ZeroShotPromptNode(BasePromptFrontendNode):
                 is_list=False,
                 show=True,
                 multiline=True,
-                value=prompt.SUFFIX,
-                name="suffix",
+                value=prompt.FORMAT_INSTRUCTIONS,
+                name="format_instructions",
             ),
             TemplateField(
                 field_type="str",
-                required=False,
+                required=True,
                 placeholder="",
                 is_list=False,
                 show=True,
                 multiline=True,
-                value=prompt.FORMAT_INSTRUCTIONS,
-                name="format_instructions",
+                value=prompt.SUFFIX,
+                name="suffix",
             ),
         ],
     )
@@ -109,3 +109,7 @@ class ZeroShotPromptNode(BasePromptFrontendNode):
 
     def to_dict(self):
         return super().to_dict()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def format_field(field: TemplateField, name: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
+        PromptFrontendNode.format_field(field, name)
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/utils/util.py b/src/backend/langflow/utils/util.py
index af49856d7..0c9a18335 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/utils/util.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/utils/util.py
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ def format_dict(d, name: Optional[str] = None):
             "examples",
             "code",
             "headers",
+            "format_instructions",
         ]
 
         # Replace dict type with str