diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/de/idetools/filename_template/InitializeFilenameTemplateActivity.kt b/src/main/kotlin/de/idetools/filename_template/InitializeFilenameTemplateActivity.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0745cda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/de/idetools/filename_template/InitializeFilenameTemplateActivity.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package de.idetools.filename_template
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.ActionManager
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.Anchor
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.Constraints
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.DefaultActionGroup
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
+import com.intellij.openapi.startup.StartupActivity
+import de.idetools.filename_template.settings.FilenameTemplateSettingsState
+
+class InitializeFilenameTemplateActivity : StartupActivity {
+    override fun runActivity(project: Project) {
+        val settings: FilenameTemplateSettingsState = FilenameTemplateSettingsState.instance
+
+        val actionManager = ActionManager.getInstance()
+        val newGroup = actionManager.getAction("NewGroup") as DefaultActionGroup
+        val anchorId = "NewFile"
+        val action = CreateFileWithFilenameTemplateAction(settings.text, settings.description, settings.template)
+        val actionId = "FilenameTemplate.${settings.text}"
+        actionManager.registerAction(actionId, action)
+        newGroup.addAction(action, Constraints(Anchor.AFTER, anchorId))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index b3ae9f6..40a085d 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
                                  instance="de.idetools.filename_template.settings.FilenameTemplateConfigurable"
                                  id="de.idetools.filename_template.settings.FilenameTemplateConfigurable"
                                  displayName="Filename Template Settings"/>
+        <postStartupActivity
+                implementation="de.idetools.filename_template.InitializeFilenameTemplateActivity"/>
     </extensions>
 
     <actions>