diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 90d27fd..9d43f36 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-# {{project-name}}
+to use this template use cargo generate
+```
+cargo generate davidon-top/rust-template
+```
diff --git a/TEMPLATE.md b/TEMPLATE.md
index 9d43f36..90d27fd 100644
--- a/TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-to use this template use cargo generate
-```
-cargo generate davidon-top/rust-template
-```
+# {{project-name}}
diff --git a/cargo-generate.toml b/cargo-generate.toml
index b020e94..21e11c4 100644
--- a/cargo-generate.toml
+++ b/cargo-generate.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ ignore = ["TEMPLATE.md"]
 
 [hooks]
 pre = ["pre.rhai"]
+post = ["post.rhai"]
 
 [placeholders.serde]
 type = "bool"
diff --git a/post.rhai b/post.rhai
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbc14f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post.rhai
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+file::rename("TEMPLATE.md", "README.md");