diff --git a/cmd/init.go b/cmd/init.go
index aeed2bf..d986d49 100644
--- a/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/init.go
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ Copyright © 2023 Dave Savic
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"github.com/davesavic/ploy/ploy"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"log"
+	"os"
 )
 
 // initCmd represents the init command
@@ -13,7 +17,40 @@ var initCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "Initialise a ploy script",
 	Long:  `Initialise a ploy script`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		cfg := ploy.Config{
+			Params: map[string]string{
+				"message": "hello, world!",
+			},
+			Servers: map[string]ploy.Server{
+				"staging": {
+					Host:       "111.111.111.111",
+					Port:       22,
+					User:       "ploy",
+					PrivateKey: "/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa",
+				},
+			},
+			Tasks: map[string][]string{
+				"print-message": {
+					"echo '{{message}}'",
+				},
+			},
+			Pipelines: map[string]ploy.Pipeline{
+				"say-hello": {
+					Tasks: []string{
+						"print-message",
+					},
+					Servers: []string{
+						"staging",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
 
+		jsCfg, _ := json.MarshalIndent(cfg, "", "	")
+		err := os.WriteFile("configuration.json", jsCfg, 0666)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/run.go b/cmd/run.go
index 81f85c1..b7079ed 100644
--- a/cmd/run.go
+++ b/cmd/run.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // runCmd represents the run command
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ var runCmd = &cobra.Command{
 				log.Fatal(err)
 			}
 
-			fmt.Println(out)
+			fmt.Printf("%s\n"+out, time.Now().UTC().Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05"))
 		}
 	},
 }
diff --git a/ploy/ploy.go b/ploy/ploy.go
index 0e5d7b8..4b3e144 100644
--- a/ploy/ploy.go
+++ b/ploy/ploy.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 )
 
 type Params map[string]string
@@ -38,16 +37,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	Pipelines Pipelines `json:"pipelines"`
 }
 
-func (c *Config) HasTask(task string) bool {
-	_, exists := c.Tasks[task]
-	return exists
-}
-
-func (c *Config) HasRollbackTask(task string) bool {
-	_, exists := c.Tasks[fmt.Sprintf("rollback-%s", task)]
-	return exists
-}
-
 type PipelineExecutor interface {
 	Execute(pipeline string) (string, error)
 }
@@ -88,7 +77,7 @@ func (r *RemotePipelineExecutor) Execute(pipeline string) (string, error) {
 			Auth: []ssh.AuthMethod{
 				ssh.PublicKeys(signer),
 			},
-			HostKeyCallback: ssh.InsecureIgnoreHostKey(), // Change for production
+			HostKeyCallback: ssh.InsecureIgnoreHostKey(), //Update for production
 		}
 
 		client, err := ssh.Dial("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", server.Host, server.Port), &sshCfg)
@@ -103,6 +92,7 @@ func (r *RemotePipelineExecutor) Execute(pipeline string) (string, error) {
 			}
 
 			for _, c := range commands {
+				populatePlaceholders(&c, r.Config.Params)
 				session, err := client.NewSession()
 				if err != nil {
 					return "", fmt.Errorf("error creating SSH session: %v", err)
@@ -129,6 +119,12 @@ func (r *RemotePipelineExecutor) Execute(pipeline string) (string, error) {
 	return out.String(), nil
 }
 
+func populatePlaceholders(s *string, params Params) {
+	for k, v := range params {
+		*s = strings.ReplaceAll(*s, fmt.Sprintf("{{%s}}", k), v)
+	}
+}
+
 type LocalPipelineExecutor struct {
 	Config Config
 }
@@ -136,12 +132,11 @@ type LocalPipelineExecutor struct {
 func (l *LocalPipelineExecutor) Execute(pipeline string) (string, error) {
 	var out bytes.Buffer
 
-	now := time.Now()
 	pl := l.Config.Pipelines[pipeline]
 
 	for _, t := range pl.Tasks {
 		for _, c := range l.Config.Tasks[t] {
-			c = strings.ReplaceAll(c, "{{timestamp}}", now.Format("20060102150405"))
+			populatePlaceholders(&c, l.Config.Params)
 			cmd := exec.Command("sh", "-c", c)
 			cmd.Stdout = &out
 			cmd.Stderr = &out