diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d08ba4763..681dfde2d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ group :development, :test, :staging do
 end
 
 group :development, :test do
+  gem "colorize"
   # See https://guides.rubyonrails.org/debugging_rails_applications.html#debugging-with-the-debug-gem
   gem "debug", platforms: %i[mri mingw x64_mingw]
   gem "pry", "~> 0.15.0"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index dcbf0bcfa..534aefe5e 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ GEM
     childprocess (5.1.0)
       logger (~> 1.5)
     coderay (1.1.3)
+    colorize (1.1.0)
     concurrent-ruby (1.3.4)
     connection_pool (2.4.1)
     crass (1.0.6)
@@ -583,6 +584,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   brakeman
   bugsnag (~> 6.27)
   capybara
+  colorize
   cuprite
   dartsass-rails
   debug
diff --git a/bin/setup b/bin/setup
index be3db3c0d..2ac88776b 100755
--- a/bin/setup
+++ b/bin/setup
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 require "fileutils"
+require "colorize"
 
 APP_ROOT = File.expand_path("..", __dir__)
 
@@ -16,9 +17,13 @@ FileUtils.chdir APP_ROOT do
   system("bundle check") || system!("bundle install")
 
   # puts "\n== Copying sample files =="
-  # unless File.exist?("config/database.yml")
-  #   FileUtils.cp "config/database.yml.sample", "config/database.yml"
-  # end
+  unless File.exist?("config/application.yml")
+    puts "== Setup application.yml =="
+    puts "⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️"
+    puts "Please provide the necessary configuration in config/application.yml".colorize(:red)
+    puts "⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️"
+    FileUtils.cp "config/application.example.yml", "config/application.yml"
+  end
 
   puts "\n== Preparing database =="
   system! "bin/rails db:prepare"