diff --git a/lib/generators/templates/rails_footnotes.rb b/lib/generators/templates/rails_footnotes.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/generators/templates/rails_footnotes.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/templates/rails_footnotes.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-if defined?(Footnotes) && Rails.env.development?
-  Footnotes.run! # first of all
-
-  # ... other init code
+if Rails.env.development?
+  Footnotes.setup do |f|
+    f.enabled = true
+  end
 end
Change initializer template to support new loading method