diff --git a/cookiecutters/scaffold/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutters/scaffold/cookiecutter.json
index 7200fd03..493c6f7c 100644
--- a/cookiecutters/scaffold/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutters/scaffold/cookiecutter.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
     "root_folder": "atramhasis_scaffold",
     "python_package": "atramhasis_scaffold",
-    "package_logger": "scaffold_logger"
+    "package_logger": "atramhasis_scaffold_logger"
 } 
diff --git a/cookiecutters/scaffold/{{cookiecutter.root_folder}}/development.ini b/cookiecutters/scaffold/{{cookiecutter.root_folder}}/development.ini
index 7ccde76f..f83b3c70 100644
--- a/cookiecutters/scaffold/{{cookiecutter.root_folder}}/development.ini
+++ b/cookiecutters/scaffold/{{cookiecutter.root_folder}}/development.ini
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [app:main]
 use = egg:{{ cookiecutter.python_package }}
 
-sqlalchemy.url = sqlite:///%(here)s/atra.db
+sqlalchemy.url = sqlite:///%(here)s/{{cookiecutter.python_package}}.sqlite
 
 
 [server:main]
diff --git a/cookiecutters/scaffold/{{cookiecutter.root_folder}}/pyproject.toml b/cookiecutters/scaffold/{{cookiecutter.root_folder}}/pyproject.toml
index 06c8c52c..b464bb93 100644
--- a/cookiecutters/scaffold/{{cookiecutter.root_folder}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/cookiecutters/scaffold/{{cookiecutter.root_folder}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
-    "waitress"
+    "waitress",
+    "pyramid_debugtoolbar",
 ]
 
 [project.entry-points."paste.app_factory"]
diff --git a/cookiecutters/scaffold/{{cookiecutter.root_folder}}/{{cookiecutter.python_package}}/__init__.py b/cookiecutters/scaffold/{{cookiecutter.root_folder}}/{{cookiecutter.python_package}}/__init__.py
index 207bc394..ff4488dd 100644
--- a/cookiecutters/scaffold/{{cookiecutter.root_folder}}/{{cookiecutter.python_package}}/__init__.py
+++ b/cookiecutters/scaffold/{{cookiecutter.root_folder}}/{{cookiecutter.python_package}}/__init__.py
@@ -1,11 +1,35 @@
+import os
+
 from pyramid.config import Configurator
+from pyramid.session import SignedCookieSessionFactory
+from sqlalchemy import engine_from_config
+
+from atramhasis.data.models import Base
 
 
 def main(global_config, **settings):
-    """ This function returns a Pyramid WSGI application."""
+    """This function returns a Pyramid WSGI application."""
+
+    # Set up sqlalchemy
+    engine = engine_from_config(settings, "sqlalchemy.")
+    Base.metadata.bind = engine
+
+    # set up dump location
+    dump_location = settings["atramhasis.dump_location"]
+    if not os.path.exists(dump_location):
+        os.makedirs(dump_location)
+
     with Configurator(settings=settings) as config:
-        config.include('atramhasis')
+        # set default session factory
+        atramhasis_session_factory = SignedCookieSessionFactory(
+            settings["atramhasis.session_factory.secret"]
+        )
+        config.set_session_factory(atramhasis_session_factory)
+
+        # Set up atramhasis
+        config.include("atramhasis")
         # Set up atramhasis db
-        config.include('atramhasis:data.db')
+        config.include("atramhasis:data.db")
 
+        config.scan()
         return config.make_wsgi_app()