diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index cba3a81..5a78f8f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project ('vala-gtk4-template', ['c', 'vala'],
+project ('vala-gtk-template', ['c', 'vala'],
           version: '0.1.0',
     meson_version: '>= 0.59.0',
   default_options: [ 'warning_level=2', 'werror=false' ],
diff --git a/setup-template.sh b/setup-template.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6f97e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup-template.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -xe
+
+# remove files that might conflict
+rm -rf build/ subprojects/blueprint-compiler/
+
+# variables
+PROJECT_NAME="my-project"
+PROJECT_ID="foo.bar.$PROJECT_NAME"
+RESOURCE_PATH="/foo/bar/$PROJECT_NAME"
+NAMESPACE="MyProject"
+CNAME="my_project"
+AUTHOR="author"
+
+# rename files
+mv ./data/{de.thetek.vala-gtk-template,$PROJECT_ID}.appdata.xml.in
+mv ./data/{de.thetek.vala-gtk-template,$PROJECT_ID}.desktop.in
+mv ./data/{de.thetek.vala-gtk-template,$PROJECT_ID}.gschema.xml
+mv ./data/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/{de.thetek.vala-gtk-template,$PROJECT_ID}.svg
+mv ./data/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps/{de.thetek.vala-gtk-template,$PROJECT_ID}-symbolic.svg
+mv ./src/{vala-gtk-template,$PROJECT_NAME}.gresource.xml
+
+# replace text in files
+find . -type f -name '*' -not -path './.git/*' -exec sed -i -e "s=/de/thetek/vala-gtk-template=$RESOURCE_PATH=g" {} \;
+find . -type f -name '*' -not -path './.git/*' -exec sed -i -e "s=de.thetek.vala-gtk-template=$PROJECT_ID=g" {} \;
+find . -type f -name '*' -not -path './.git/*' -exec sed -i -e "s=vala-gtk-template=$PROJECT_NAME=g" {} \;
+find . -type f -name '*' -not -path './.git/*' -exec sed -i -e "s=vala_gtk_template=$CNAME=g" {} \;
+find . -type f -name '*' -not -path './.git/*' -exec sed -i -e "s=ValaGtkTemplate=$NAMESPACE=g" {} \;
+find . -type f -name '*' -not -path './.git/*' -exec sed -i -e "s=thetek=$AUTHOR=g" {} \;