diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 4195077..64f6772 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     -   id: check-added-large-files
     -   id: check-ast
+        # exclude because of jinja templates
+        exclude: \{\{cookiecutter.project_slug\}\}/.+\.py
     -   id: check-merge-conflict
     -   id: check-yaml
+        # exclude because of jinja templates
         exclude: \{\{cookiecutter.project_slug\}\}/.gitlab-ci.yml
     -   id: end-of-file-fixer
     -   id: mixed-line-ending
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/notebooks/example.ipynb b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/notebooks/example.ipynb
index 1137af1..b1ae923 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/notebooks/example.ipynb
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/notebooks/example.ipynb
@@ -10,7 +10,28 @@
     "To use your module `{{ cookiecutter.module_name  }}` from here, run `pip install -e .` from the root of your project directory."
     {% endif %}
    ]
-  },
+  },{% if cookiecutter.config_file != 'none' %}
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    {% if cookiecutter.config_file == 'yaml' %}"import os\n",
+    {% endif %}"import logging\n",
+    "from {{ cookiecutter.module_name }} import util\n",
+	"\n",
+    "logger = logging.getLogger(\"{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}\")\n",
+    "\n",
+    "config = util.load_config({% if cookiecutter.config_file == 'yaml' %}os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.pardir),\n",
+    "                                       \"config\",\n",
+    "                                       \"config.yml\"){% endif %})\n",
+    "util.logging_setup(config)\n",
+    "\n",
+	"logger.info(\"Use this setup to start logging in notebooks or to \"+\n",
+    "            \"get the correct logging format in your {{ cookiecutter.module_name }} module\")"
+   ]
+  },{% endif %}
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/src/{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/main.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/src/{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/main.py
index 4d27bd2..c6532ef 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/src/{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/main.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/src/{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/main.py
@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
+import logging
+
+from {{ cookiecutter.module_name }} import util
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}')
+
 
 def main():
+    {% if cookiecutter.config_file != 'none' -%}
+    config = util.load_config({% if cookiecutter.config_file == 'yaml' %}'config/config.yml'{% else %}None{% endif %})
+    util.logging_setup(config)
+    {% else -%}
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+    {% endif -%}
+    logger.info("Looks like you're all set up. Let's get going!")
     # TODO your journey starts here
-    print("hello :)")
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":