diff --git a/release.config.js b/release.config.js
index c9a9138..cd64506 100644
--- a/release.config.js
+++ b/release.config.js
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+const { promisify } = require('util');
+const joinPath = require('path').join;
+const dateFormat = require('dateformat');
+const readFileAsync = promisify(require('fs').readFile);
+
+const TEMPLATE_DIR = "node_modules/semantic-release-gitmoji/lib/assets/templates/"
+
+const template = readFileAsync(joinPath(TEMPLATE_DIR, 'default-template.hbs'));
+const commitTemplate = readFileAsync(joinPath(TEMPLATE_DIR, 'commit-template.hbs'));
+
 module.exports = {
   branches: [
     "+([0-9])?(.{+([0-9]),x}).x",
@@ -13,6 +23,20 @@ module.exports = {
           major: ["💥"],
           minor: ["✨", "🏗", "⚡"],
           patch: ["🐛", "🚑", "🔒", "♻", "💚", "⬆", "⬇", "➕", "➖", "🔧", "📝", "🔥", "👷‍♂️", "🔨", "⏪", "🚚"]
+        },
+        releaseNotes: {
+          template: template,
+          partials: { commitTemplate },
+          helpers: {
+            datetime: function (format = 'UTC:yyyy-mm-dd') {
+              return dateFormat(new Date(), format)
+            }
+          },
+          issueResolution: {
+            template: '{baseUrl}/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{ref}',
+            baseUrl: 'https://github.com',
+            source: 'github.com'
+          }
         }
       }
     ],