diff --git a/config/nvim/init.lua b/config/nvim/init.lua
index 835fda6..bcd01db 100644
--- a/config/nvim/init.lua
+++ b/config/nvim/init.lua
@@ -963,3 +963,8 @@ require("lazy").setup({
 
 -- The line beneath this is called `modeline`. See `:help modeline`
 -- vim: ts=2 sts=2 sw=2 et
+--
+-- templates for postmortems
+vim.cmd([[
+  autocmd BufNewFile postmortem-*.md 0r ~/Templates/postmortem-templates/templates/postmortem-template-srebook.md
+]])