diff --git a/docs/docs/user/references/cli-commands.md b/docs/docs/user/references/cli-commands.md
index ed321367b..6a4c2a419 100644
--- a/docs/docs/user/references/cli-commands.md
+++ b/docs/docs/user/references/cli-commands.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ $ kpops [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
 * `deploy`: Deploy pipeline steps
 * `destroy`: Destroy pipeline steps
 * `generate`: Enriches pipelines steps with defaults.
+* `init`: Create a new a KPOps project.
 * `reset`: Reset pipeline steps
 * `schema`: Generate json schema.
 
@@ -134,6 +135,25 @@ $ kpops generate [OPTIONS] PIPELINE_PATH [COMPONENTS_MODULE]
 * `--environment TEXT`: The environment you want to generate and deploy the pipeline to. Suffix your environment files with this value (e.g. defaults_development.yaml for environment=development).   [env var: KPOPS_ENVIRONMENT]
 * `--help`: Show this message and exit.
 
+## `kpops init`
+
+Create a new a KPOps project.
+
+**Usage**:
+
+```console
+$ kpops init [OPTIONS] PATH
+```
+
+**Arguments**:
+
+* `PATH`: Path for a new KPOps project.  [required]
+
+**Options**:
+
+* `--name TEXT`: Name of the new KPOps project. A new directory with the provided name will be created. Leave empty to use the existing dir provided via `--path`.
+* `--help`: Show this message and exit.
+
 ## `kpops reset`
 
 Reset pipeline steps
diff --git a/kpops/cli/main.py b/kpops/cli/main.py
index 264cd170d..d03eb1d4f 100644
--- a/kpops/cli/main.py
+++ b/kpops/cli/main.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import dtyper
 import typer
 
-from hooks.gen_docs.gen_docs_env_vars import collect_fields
 from kpops import __version__
 from kpops.cli.custom_formatter import CustomFormatter
 from kpops.cli.registry import Registry
@@ -259,20 +258,15 @@ def init(
     path: Path = PROJECT_PATH,
     name: Optional[str] = PROJECT_NAME,
 ):
-    ...
-    # if name:
-    #     path = path / name
-    # elif next(path.iterdir(), False):
-    #     log.warning("Please provide a path to an empty directory.")
-    #     return
-    # config_fields = collect_fields(PipelineConfig)
-    # path.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
-    # pipeline_name = "pipeline"
-    # defaults_name = "defaults"
-    # config_name = "config"
-    # for file_name in [pipeline_name, defaults_name, config_name]:
-    #     file_name = file_name + ".yaml"
-    #     Path(path / file_name).touch(exist_ok=False)
+    if name:
+        path = path / name
+    elif next(path.iterdir(), False):
+        log.warning("Please provide a path to an empty directory.")
+        return
+    path.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+    pipeline_name = "pipeline"
+    defaults_name = "defaults"
+    config_name = "config"
 
 
 @app.command(  # pyright: ignore[reportGeneralTypeIssues] https://github.com/rec/dtyper/issues/8
diff --git a/kpops/utils/cli_commands.py b/kpops/utils/cli_commands.py
index d1be55bcf..73ece2688 100644
--- a/kpops/utils/cli_commands.py
+++ b/kpops/utils/cli_commands.py
@@ -1,26 +1,28 @@
-
 import logging
 from pathlib import Path
-from hooks.gen_docs.gen_docs_env_vars import collect_fields
 
-from kpops.cli.pipeline_config import PipelineConfig
+from hooks.gen_docs.gen_docs_env_vars import collect_fields
+from kpops.config import KpopsConfig
 
 log = logging.getLogger("cli_commands_utils")
-    
+
+
 def touch_yaml_file(file_name, dir_path) -> Path:
     file_path = Path(dir_path / (file_name + ".yaml"))
     file_path.touch(exist_ok=False)
     return file_path
 
+
 def create_config(file_name: str, dir_path: Path) -> None:
     file_path = touch_yaml_file(file_name, dir_path)
-    config_fields = collect_fields(PipelineConfig)
+    config_fields = collect_fields(KpopsConfig)
     with file_path.open(mode="w"):
-        
+        ...
 
 
 def create_defaults(file_name: str, dir_path: Path) -> None:
     file_path = touch_yaml_file(file_name, dir_path)
 
+
 def create_pipeline(file_name: str, dir_path: Path) -> None:
     file_path = touch_yaml_file(file_name, dir_path)