diff --git a/lib/generators/jsonapi/initializer/USAGE b/lib/generators/jsonapi/initializer/USAGE
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+Description:
+    Generates an initializer for jsonapi-rails.
+
+Example:
+    `rails generate jsonapi:initializer`
diff --git a/lib/generators/jsonapi/initializer/initializer_generator.rb b/lib/generators/jsonapi/initializer/initializer_generator.rb
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+class InitializerGenerator < Rails::Generators::Base
+  source_root File.expand_path('../templates', __FILE__)
+
+  def copy_initializer_file
+    copy_file 'initializer.rb', 'config/initializers/jsonapi.rb'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/generators/jsonapi/initializer/templates/initializer.rb b/lib/generators/jsonapi/initializer/templates/initializer.rb
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+JSONAPI::Rails.configure do |config|
+  # config.register_mime_type = true
+  # config.register_param_parser = true
+  # config.register_renderers = true
+end