diff --git a/operational b/operational
index f5210c4d3b1a08fa02459e4e63196fdc4f2ce583..5c486de8df822518eaadeceed30978ac5aa798a7 100644
--- a/operational
+++ b/operational
@@ -4,16 +4,6 @@ Time-stamp: <2016-09-08>
 #+STARTUP: content
 * current							      :entry:
 ** 
-** 2016-09-08 integrate sanity-check
-- update yygame-utils pkg version
-- in Makefile
- check: just-test
-+sanity-check:
-+	$(PYTHON) wechat_article_saver_daemon/sanity_check.py
- check-coding-style: bootstrap-dev
-
-- add the template with a dumb check.
-
 ** 2016-09-08 support updating site file, deb scripts etc after project is generated.
 - the domain in site file could change.
 - the pkg name could change.
@@ -49,6 +39,16 @@ see example ~/.pylintrc
 ** 2014-05-09 add sphinx support
 * later								      :entry:
 * done								      :entry:
+** DONE 2016-09-08 integrate sanity-check
+- update yygame-utils pkg version
+- in Makefile
+ check: just-test
++sanity-check:
++	$(PYTHON) wechat_article_saver_daemon/sanity_check.py
+ check-coding-style: bootstrap-dev
+
+- add the template with a dumb check.
+
 ** DONE 2016-06-30 make "lein new python bar" work, without --to-dir .
 chmod -R +x utils/
 
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index db2cb6b068b6e5319dfb88d6ef5ff0c8e9f61077..c099b23973905c71256fd831e9192bd1725a6972 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject python/lein-template "0.15.0"
+(defproject python/lein-template "0.16.0"
   :description "lein template for a python project"
   :repositories [["snapshots"
                   {:url "http://devserv.game.yy.com/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots"
diff --git a/src/leiningen/new/python.clj b/src/leiningen/new/python.clj
index b187ad6dedcc7ee2382e6611833f758efaea6c63..c75c12c8b47726a2efb4c48bbe0a197eb3f24389 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/new/python.clj
+++ b/src/leiningen/new/python.clj
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
         package-files ["logger.conf"
                        "configlogger.py"
                        "config.py"
+                       "sanity_check.py"
                        "test_main.py"]
         post-run-commands ["chmod -R +x utils/ git-hooks/ deb-scripts/"
                            ]]
diff --git a/src/leiningen/new/python/Makefile b/src/leiningen/new/python/Makefile
index 4ac8cc0e3080c46e29a4b4ea202fbcffb4b712a3..4391fedf322e266bf8ce1fdd7b1d9b3ce8a93c68 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/new/python/Makefile
+++ b/src/leiningen/new/python/Makefile
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ wheel: bootstrap-dev
 	$(PIP) wheel -w wheelhouse -f https://emacsos.com/python/packages/ $(REQUIREMENTS)
 
 check: just-test
+sanity-check:
+	$(PYTHON) {{name}}/sanity_check.py
 check-coding-style: bootstrap-dev
 	$(PEP8) $(PYTHON_MODULES)
 	$(PYLINT) -E $(PYTHON_MODULES)
diff --git a/src/leiningen/new/python/requirements.txt b/src/leiningen/new/python/requirements.txt
index 70a5508060f79af32145ea6a88ed07a530a6015d..7e4ad277d3fa74105d4a1bb8df3963803430d918 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/new/python/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/leiningen/new/python/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-yygame-utils==0.10.0
+yygame-utils==0.15.0
 # raven==3.6.1
diff --git a/src/leiningen/new/python/sanity_check.py b/src/leiningen/new/python/sanity_check.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bb2b6d93164faa824fa1adaf046bd54c8569e1cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/leiningen/new/python/sanity_check.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# coding=utf-8
+
+"""sanity check for {{name}}
+
+"""
+
+import sys
+import logging
+
+from yygame.utils import check
+
+from {{name}}.config import CONF
+# from {{name}} import db
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@check
+def check_dumb():
+    return True
+
+
+# @check
+# def check_db():
+#     with db.get_cursor() as cur:
+#         cur.execute(u"""\
+# SELECT 1
+# """)
+#         return cur.fetchone()[0] == 1
+
+
+def main():
+    results = [
+        check_dumb(),
+        # check_db(),
+    ]
+    pass_count = len([x for x in results if x])
+    fail_count = len(results) - pass_count
+    if fail_count:
+        logger.error("%s checks passed, %s failed.",
+                     pass_count, fail_count)
+        sys.exit(fail_count)
+    else:
+        logger.info("%s checks passed.", pass_count)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()