diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9a4191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+target/
+boot/
+lib_managed/
+src_managed/
+project/plugins/project/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08577d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+giter8Settings
+
+resolvers += Resolver.url("typesafe", url("http://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/ivy-releases/"))(Resolver.ivyStylePatterns)
+
+G8Keys.g8TestBufferLog := false
+
+scriptedLaunchOpts ++= sys.process.javaVmArguments.filter(
+  a => Seq("-Xmx", "-Xms", "-XX", "-Dsbt.log.noformat").exists(a.startsWith)
+)
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ac605a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sbt.version=0.13.2
diff --git a/project/plugin.sbt b/project/plugin.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb06966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project/plugin.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+addSbtPlugin("net.databinder.giter8" %% "giter8-plugin" % "0.6.4")
diff --git a/src/main/g8/build.sbt b/src/main/g8/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9abd2bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/g8/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// give the user a nice default project!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/g8/default.properties b/src/main/g8/default.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a757d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/g8/default.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+name=My Something Project
+description=Say something about this template.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/g8/src/main/scala/Stub.scala b/src/main/g8/src/main/scala/Stub.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5cb2f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/g8/src/main/scala/Stub.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class Stub {
+  // got any helpful boilerplate for your users?
+}