diff --git a/crates/aiken-project/src/config.rs b/crates/aiken-project/src/config.rs
index 7c3154ff..83d90f45 100644
--- a/crates/aiken-project/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/aiken-project/src/config.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 use crate::{package_name::PackageName, Error};
 use aiken_lang::ast::Span;
 use miette::NamedSource;
-use serde::{de::Visitor, Deserialize, Serialize};
-use std::{fmt::Display, fs, path::PathBuf};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::{
+    fmt::Display,
+    fs, io,
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
+};
 
-#[derive(Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Config {
     pub name: PackageName,
     pub version: String,
+    pub license: String,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub description: String,
     pub repository: Option<Repository>,
@@ -15,7 +20,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub dependencies: Vec<Dependency>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Repository {
     pub user: String,
     pub project: String,
@@ -48,6 +53,34 @@ impl Display for Platform {
 }
 
 impl Config {
+    pub fn default(name: &PackageName) -> Self {
+        Config {
+            name: name.clone(),
+            version: "0.0.0".to_string(),
+            license: "Apache-2.0".to_string(),
+            description: format!("Aiken contracts for project '{name}'"),
+            repository: Some(Repository {
+                user: name.owner.clone(),
+                project: name.repo.clone(),
+                platform: Platform::Github,
+            }),
+            dependencies: vec![Dependency {
+                name: PackageName {
+                    owner: "aiken-lang".to_string(),
+                    repo: "stdlib".to_string(),
+                },
+                version: "main".to_string(),
+                source: Platform::Github,
+            }],
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn save(&self, dir: &Path) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+        let aiken_toml_path = dir.join("aiken.toml");
+        let aiken_toml = toml::to_string_pretty(self).unwrap();
+        fs::write(aiken_toml_path, aiken_toml)
+    }
+
     pub fn load(dir: PathBuf) -> Result<Config, Error> {
         let config_path = dir.join("aiken.toml");
         let raw_config = fs::read_to_string(&config_path)
diff --git a/crates/aiken/src/cmd/new.rs b/crates/aiken/src/cmd/new.rs
index c2665365..b9c24e7d 100644
--- a/crates/aiken/src/cmd/new.rs
+++ b/crates/aiken/src/cmd/new.rs
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ fn create_project(args: Args, package_name: &PackageName) -> miette::Result<()>
         create_validators_folder(&root)?;
     }
 
-    aiken_toml(&root, package_name)?;
-
     readme(&root, &package_name.repo)?;
 
+    Config::default(package_name)
+        .save(&root)
+        .into_diagnostic()?;
+
     gitignore(&root)?;
 
     Ok(())
@@ -84,28 +86,6 @@ fn create_validators_folder(root: &Path) -> miette::Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn aiken_toml(root: &Path, package_name: &PackageName) -> miette::Result<()> {
-    let aiken_toml_path = root.join("aiken.toml");
-
-    fs::write(
-        aiken_toml_path,
-        formatdoc! {
-            r#"
-                name = "{name}"
-                version = "0.0.0"
-                licences = ["Apache-2.0"]
-                description = "Aiken contracts for project '{name}'"
-
-                dependencies = [
-                  {{ name = "aiken-lang/stdlib", version = "main", source = "github" }},
-                ]
-            "#,
-            name = package_name.to_string(),
-        },
-    )
-    .into_diagnostic()
-}
-
 fn readme(root: &Path, project_name: &str) -> miette::Result<()> {
     fs::write(
         root.join("README.md"),