diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/examples/new_project_templates/lightning_module_template.py b/pytorch_lightning/examples/new_project_templates/lightning_module_template.py
index fc28c55d6d..e4ca0c8fad 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/examples/new_project_templates/lightning_module_template.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/examples/new_project_templates/lightning_module_template.py
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ class LightningTemplateModel(LightningModule):
 
         self.batch_size = hparams.batch_size
 
+        self.example_input_array = torch.rand(5, 3 * 28 * 28)
+
         # build model
         self.__build_model()