diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 422f0c14..dfb86192 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -11,62 +11,62 @@ PATH
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    actioncable (6.1.3)
-      actionpack (= 6.1.3)
-      activesupport (= 6.1.3)
+    actioncable (6.1.3.1)
+      actionpack (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.1.3.1)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
       websocket-driver (>= 0.6.1)
-    actionmailbox (6.1.3)
-      actionpack (= 6.1.3)
-      activejob (= 6.1.3)
-      activerecord (= 6.1.3)
-      activestorage (= 6.1.3)
-      activesupport (= 6.1.3)
+    actionmailbox (6.1.3.1)
+      actionpack (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activejob (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activerecord (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activestorage (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.1.3.1)
       mail (>= 2.7.1)
-    actionmailer (6.1.3)
-      actionpack (= 6.1.3)
-      actionview (= 6.1.3)
-      activejob (= 6.1.3)
-      activesupport (= 6.1.3)
+    actionmailer (6.1.3.1)
+      actionpack (= 6.1.3.1)
+      actionview (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activejob (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.1.3.1)
       mail (~> 2.5, >= 2.5.4)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
-    actionpack (6.1.3)
-      actionview (= 6.1.3)
-      activesupport (= 6.1.3)
+    actionpack (6.1.3.1)
+      actionview (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.1.3.1)
       rack (~> 2.0, >= 2.0.9)
       rack-test (>= 0.6.3)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.0, >= 1.2.0)
-    actiontext (6.1.3)
-      actionpack (= 6.1.3)
-      activerecord (= 6.1.3)
-      activestorage (= 6.1.3)
-      activesupport (= 6.1.3)
+    actiontext (6.1.3.1)
+      actionpack (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activerecord (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activestorage (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.1.3.1)
       nokogiri (>= 1.8.5)
-    actionview (6.1.3)
-      activesupport (= 6.1.3)
+    actionview (6.1.3.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.1.3.1)
       builder (~> 3.1)
       erubi (~> 1.4)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.1, >= 1.2.0)
-    activejob (6.1.3)
-      activesupport (= 6.1.3)
+    activejob (6.1.3.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.1.3.1)
       globalid (>= 0.3.6)
-    activemodel (6.1.3)
-      activesupport (= 6.1.3)
-    activerecord (6.1.3)
-      activemodel (= 6.1.3)
-      activesupport (= 6.1.3)
+    activemodel (6.1.3.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.1.3.1)
+    activerecord (6.1.3.1)
+      activemodel (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.1.3.1)
     activerecord-import (1.0.8)
       activerecord (>= 3.2)
-    activestorage (6.1.3)
-      actionpack (= 6.1.3)
-      activejob (= 6.1.3)
-      activerecord (= 6.1.3)
-      activesupport (= 6.1.3)
-      marcel (~> 0.3.1)
-      mimemagic (~> 0.3.2)
-    activesupport (6.1.3)
+    activestorage (6.1.3.1)
+      actionpack (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activejob (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activerecord (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.1.3.1)
+      marcel (~> 1.0.0)
+      mini_mime (~> 1.0.2)
+    activesupport (6.1.3.1)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
       i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
       minitest (>= 5.1)
@@ -85,14 +85,15 @@ GEM
       concurrent-ruby (= 1.1.8)
     crass (1.0.6)
     database_cleaner (1.99.0)
-    ddtrace (0.46.0)
+    ddtrace (0.48.0)
+      ffi (~> 1.0)
       msgpack
     diff-lcs (1.4.4)
     digest-crc (0.6.3)
       rake (>= 12.0.0, < 14.0.0)
     dogstatsd-ruby (4.8.3)
     erubi (1.10.0)
-    excon (0.79.0)
+    excon (0.80.1)
     exponential-backoff (0.0.4)
     ffi (1.15.0)
     fig_tree (0.0.2)
@@ -117,26 +118,24 @@ GEM
     guard-rubocop (1.4.0)
       guard (~> 2.0)
       rubocop (< 2.0)
-    i18n (1.8.9)
+    i18n (1.8.10)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
-    listen (3.4.1)
+    listen (3.5.1)
       rb-fsevent (~> 0.10, >= 0.10.3)
       rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.10)
     little-plugger (1.1.4)
     logging (2.3.0)
       little-plugger (~> 1.1)
       multi_json (~> 1.14)
-    loofah (2.9.0)
+    loofah (2.9.1)
       crass (~> 1.0.2)
       nokogiri (>= 1.5.9)
     lumberjack (1.2.8)
     mail (2.7.1)
       mini_mime (>= 0.1.1)
-    marcel (0.3.3)
-      mimemagic (~> 0.3.2)
+    marcel (1.0.1)
     method_source (1.0.0)
-    mimemagic (0.3.5)
-    mini_mime (1.0.2)
+    mini_mime (1.0.3)
     mini_portile2 (2.5.0)
     minitest (5.14.4)
     msgpack (1.4.2)
@@ -144,14 +143,14 @@ GEM
     mysql2 (0.5.3)
     nenv (0.3.0)
     nio4r (2.5.7)
-    nokogiri (1.11.1)
+    nokogiri (1.11.3)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.5.0)
       racc (~> 1.4)
     notiffany (0.1.3)
       nenv (~> 0.1)
       shellany (~> 0.0)
     parallel (1.20.1)
-    parser (3.0.0.0)
+    parser (3.0.1.0)
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
     pg (1.2.3)
     phobos (2.0.2)
@@ -162,36 +161,36 @@ GEM
       logging
       ruby-kafka
       thor
-    pry (0.14.0)
+    pry (0.14.1)
       coderay (~> 1.1)
       method_source (~> 1.0)
     racc (1.5.2)
     rack (2.2.3)
     rack-test (1.1.0)
       rack (>= 1.0, < 3)
-    rails (6.1.3)
-      actioncable (= 6.1.3)
-      actionmailbox (= 6.1.3)
-      actionmailer (= 6.1.3)
-      actionpack (= 6.1.3)
-      actiontext (= 6.1.3)
-      actionview (= 6.1.3)
-      activejob (= 6.1.3)
-      activemodel (= 6.1.3)
-      activerecord (= 6.1.3)
-      activestorage (= 6.1.3)
-      activesupport (= 6.1.3)
+    rails (6.1.3.1)
+      actioncable (= 6.1.3.1)
+      actionmailbox (= 6.1.3.1)
+      actionmailer (= 6.1.3.1)
+      actionpack (= 6.1.3.1)
+      actiontext (= 6.1.3.1)
+      actionview (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activejob (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activemodel (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activerecord (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activestorage (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.1.3.1)
       bundler (>= 1.15.0)
-      railties (= 6.1.3)
+      railties (= 6.1.3.1)
       sprockets-rails (>= 2.0.0)
     rails-dom-testing (2.0.3)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
       nokogiri (>= 1.6)
     rails-html-sanitizer (1.3.0)
       loofah (~> 2.3)
-    railties (6.1.3)
-      actionpack (= 6.1.3)
-      activesupport (= 6.1.3)
+    railties (6.1.3.1)
+      actionpack (= 6.1.3.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.1.3.1)
       method_source
       rake (>= 0.8.7)
       thor (~> 1.0)
@@ -201,7 +200,7 @@ GEM
     rb-inotify (0.10.1)
       ffi (~> 1.0)
     regexp_parser (2.1.1)
-    rexml (3.2.4)
+    rexml (3.2.5)
     rspec (3.10.0)
       rspec-core (~> 3.10.0)
       rspec-expectations (~> 3.10.0)
@@ -214,7 +213,7 @@ GEM
     rspec-mocks (3.10.2)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.10.0)
-    rspec-rails (4.1.1)
+    rspec-rails (4.1.2)
       actionpack (>= 4.2)
       activesupport (>= 4.2)
       railties (>= 4.2)
diff --git a/lib/generators/deimos/active_record_generator.rb b/lib/generators/deimos/active_record_generator.rb
index cc3dba03..66444668 100644
--- a/lib/generators/deimos/active_record_generator.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/deimos/active_record_generator.rb
@@ -73,6 +73,37 @@ def fields
       def generate
         migration_template('migration.rb', "db/migrate/create_#{table_name.underscore}.rb")
         template('model.rb', "app/models/#{table_name.underscore}.rb")
+        say("\n")
+        say(
+          "Migration and model added! To consume this data, add the following class to your Kafka folder:",
+          :green)
+        say("\n")
+        say(<<-RUBY, :blue)
+  class #{table_name.classify}Consumer < Deimos::ActiveRecordConsumer
+    # can override this to make changes to the hash that is passed to the record
+    def generate_payload(attrs, class)
+      super
+    end
+  end
+RUBY
+        say("\n")
+        say("...and add the following to your Deimos configuration:")
+        say("\n")
+        say(<<-RUBY, :blue)
+  Deimos.configure do
+
+    ...
+
+    consumer do
+      class_name '#{table_name.classify}Consumer'
+      namespace '#{namespace}'
+      schema '#{schema}'
+      group_id 'my_app_#{table_name}' # replace with name of the app
+      topic "NewTopicName" # replace with name of the topic
+      key_config none: true # change this if using a key schema or field
+    end
+  end
+        RUBY
       end
     end
   end