diff --git a/src/templates/elog.mako.cpp b/src/templates/elog.mako.cpp
index e69de29..894ecde 100644
--- a/src/templates/elog.mako.cpp
+++ b/src/templates/elog.mako.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+std::make_unique<Elog<sdbusplus::${c.error}>>()\