diff --git a/.fixme-new/config b/.fixme-new/config
index 1c01431e..205b162e 100644
--- a/.fixme-new/config
+++ b/.fixme-new/config
@@ -40,12 +40,6 @@ fixme-comments ";" "--"
 (fixme-play-log-action
 )
 
-;(define-template default
-;  (simple
-;     ($fixme-key) | ($fixme-title) (nl)
-;  )
-;)
-
 (define-template short
   (simple
      (trim 10  $fixme-key) " "
diff --git a/fixme-new/lib/Fixme/Run.hs b/fixme-new/lib/Fixme/Run.hs
index c32e990b..ebc6e9dd 100644
--- a/fixme-new/lib/Fixme/Run.hs
+++ b/fixme-new/lib/Fixme/Run.hs
@@ -109,6 +109,18 @@ fixmePrefix = \case
   _ -> Nothing
 
 
+defaultTemplate :: HashMap Id FixmeTemplate
+defaultTemplate = HM.fromList [ ("default", Simple (SimpleTemplate short)) ]
+  where
+    short = parseTop s & fromRight mempty
+    s = [qc|
+(trim 10  $fixme-key) " "
+(align 6  $fixme-tag) " "
+(trim 50  ($fixme-title))
+(nl)
+    |]
+
+
 runFixmeCLI :: FixmePerks m => FixmeM m a -> m a
 runFixmeCLI m = do
   db <- newDBPipeEnv dbPipeOptsDef =<< localDBPath
@@ -122,7 +134,7 @@ runFixmeCLI m = do
             <*>  newTVarIO Nothing
             <*>  newTVarIO mempty
             <*>  newTVarIO mempty
-            <*>  newTVarIO mempty
+            <*>  newTVarIO defaultTemplate
 
   runReaderT ( setupLogger >> fromFixmeM (evolve >> m) ) env
                  `finally` flushLoggers