diff --git a/deploifai/cli.py b/deploifai/cli.py
index a368051..362b71b 100644
--- a/deploifai/cli.py
+++ b/deploifai/cli.py
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@
 
 from .auth.login import login
 from .auth.logout import logout
+from .project import project
 
 
-@click.group()
+commands = {"login": login, "logout": logout, "project": project}
+
+
+@click.group(commands=commands)
 @click.version_option(package_name="deploifai-cli", message="%(prog)s %(version)s")
 @pass_deploifai_context_obj
 @click.option("--debug", is_flag=True, help="Show debug logs")
@@ -16,19 +20,18 @@
     default="info",
     help="Set debugging level",
 )
-def cli_group(deploifai: DeploifaiContextObj, debug: bool, debug_level):
+def cli(deploifai: DeploifaiContextObj, debug: bool, debug_level):
+    """
+    Deploifai CLI
+    """
     deploifai.debug = debug
     deploifai.debug_level = debug_level
     deploifai.read_config()
 
 
-cli_group.add_command(login)
-cli_group.add_command(logout)
-
-
-def cli():
-    cli_group(auto_envvar_prefix="DEPLOIFAI")
+def main():
+    cli(auto_envvar_prefix="DEPLOIFAI")
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    cli()
+    main()
diff --git a/deploifai/project/__init__.py b/deploifai/project/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71c4ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploifai/project/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import click
+
+from .init import init
+
+
+@click.group()
+def project():
+    """
+    Initialise, manage, and deploy an ML project
+    """
+
+
+project.add_command(init)
diff --git a/deploifai/project/init.py b/deploifai/project/init.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c0220a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploifai/project/init.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import os
+import io
+import zipfile
+import click
+import requests
+
+from ..context_obj import pass_deploifai_context_obj, DeploifaiContextObj
+
+
+@click.command()
+@pass_deploifai_context_obj
+@click.argument("name")
+def init(deploifai: DeploifaiContextObj, name: str):
+    '''
+    Initialise a new project called NAME
+    '''
+    url = "https://api.github.com/repos/deploifai/basic-starter-template/zipball/main"
+    r = requests.get(url)
+
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(r.content)) as zip_ref:
+        # create a new project directory
+        directory = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), name)
+        if not os.path.isdir(directory):
+            try:
+                os.makedirs(directory)
+                deploifai.debug_msg("Created new project directory")
+            except OSError:
+                deploifai.debug_msg("Error creating project directory", level="error")
+                return
+
+        deploifai.debug_msg(f"Zip file namelist: {zip_ref.namelist()}")
+
+        files_list = zip_ref.namelist()[1:]
+
+        for file in files_list:
+            filepath = directory + "/" + "/".join(file.split("/")[1:])
+            deploifai.debug_msg(f"Write to {filepath}")
+            with open(filepath, "wb") as new_file:
+                new_file.write(zip_ref.read(file))
+
+        deploifai.debug_msg(f"Extracted zip file contents to {directory}")
+
+    click.echo(f"Created a new project called {name}")
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4cebe5b..5495235 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="deploifai-cli",
-    version="0.0.4",
+    version="0.0.5",
     author="Deploifai Limited",
     description="Deploifai CLI",
     long_description=long_description,