diff --git a/packages/core-cms/src/index.ts b/packages/core-cms/src/index.ts
index cb0ff5c..a31fc36 100644
--- a/packages/core-cms/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core-cms/src/index.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export {};
+export { default } from "./payload.config";
diff --git a/packages/core-cms/src/payload.config.ts b/packages/core-cms/src/payload.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b166388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core-cms/src/payload.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { buildConfig } from "payload";
+import { postgresAdapter } from "@payloadcms/db-postgres";
+import { lexicalEditor } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+const filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const dirname = path.dirname(filename);
+
+export default buildConfig({
+  editor: lexicalEditor(),
+  collections: [],
+  globals: [],
+  secret: process.env.PAYLOAD_SECRET || "default-secret-change-me",
+  db: postgresAdapter({
+    pool: {
+      connectionString:
+        process.env.DATABASE_URL ||
+        "postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/template",
+    },
+  }),
+  typescript: {
+    outputFile: path.resolve(dirname, "generated-types.ts"),
+  },
+});