diff --git a/zettel.qml b/zettel.qml
index 00d4c9c..05a4761 100644
--- a/zettel.qml
+++ b/zettel.qml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ QtObject {
   property bool anchorInFilename;
   property string idMarker;
   property bool wikiLinks;
+  property string template;
 
   property variant settingsVariables: [
     {
@@ -29,6 +30,13 @@ QtObject {
       "type": "boolean",
       "default": "false",
     },
+    {
+      "identifier": "template",
+      "name": "Zettel Template",
+      "description": "What gets created when letting the script create a new Zettel.\nUse {headline} and {anchor} as placeholders to be put there on Zettel creation.",
+      "type": "text",
+      "default": "{headline}\n===============\n{anchor}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n## Related\n\n\n\n## Reference\n\n",
+    },
   ]
 
   function init() {
@@ -172,7 +180,6 @@ QtObject {
   }
 
   // Looks for the uID (optionally) in all note texts.
-  // If no uID passed in, simply return all notes which conform to the Zettel-Title template.
   function _getAllZettelFromTitle(optionaluID) {
     let allnotes = script.fetchNoteIdsByNoteTextPart("");
     let noteIds = [];
@@ -217,26 +224,13 @@ QtObject {
     if (headline == "") {
       headline = "Zettel"
     }
-    let text = "";
+    let text = template;
 
-    if (anchorInFilename) text += uid.toString() + " ";
-
-    text += headline.toString() + "\n";
-
-    // Create Headline Separator
-    text += "===============\n";
-
-    // Create uid tag
-    if (!anchorInFilename) text += idMarker + uid.toString() + "\n\n";
-
-    // Create content unit (i.e. space)
-    text += "\n\n\n\n\n";
-
-    // Create Related unit - FIXME add option to automatically link back to the card this was created from
-    text += "## Related\n\n\n\n";
-
-    // Create Source unit
-    text += "## Reference\n\n";
+    if (anchorInFilename) {
+      text = text.replace(/\{headline\}/, uid.toString() + " " + headline).replace(/\{anchor\}/, "");
+    } else {
+      text = text.replace(/\{headline\}/, headline).replace(/\{anchor\}/, idMarker + uid.toString());
+    }
 
     script.createNote(text);
     return script.currentNote();