diff --git a/lib/scaffold/create.js b/lib/scaffold/create.js
index 41f1f2b7..28343091 100644
--- a/lib/scaffold/create.js
+++ b/lib/scaffold/create.js
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ if (packageFile.version.match('-dev')) {
 }
 
 var BASE_PACKAGE = {
+  description: 'A full Bitcoin node build with Bitcore',
+  repository: 'https://github.com/user/project',
+  license: 'MIT',
+  readme: 'README.md',
   dependencies: {
     'bitcore-lib': '^' + bitcore.version,
     'bitcore-node': version