diff --git a/00-templates/template.typ b/00-templates/template.typ
index 9b0ba88..0ab046b 100644
--- a/00-templates/template.typ
+++ b/00-templates/template.typ
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   subtitle: none,
   authors: [],
   date: none,
+  duration: none,
   doc,
 ) = {
   
@@ -19,6 +20,21 @@
     color: rgb("#ea366a"),
   )
 
+  if duration != none{
+    pdfpc.config(
+      duration-minutes: duration,
+      default-transition: (
+        type: "fade",
+      )
+    )
+  } else {
+    pdfpc.config(
+      default-transition: (
+        type: "fade",
+      )
+    )
+  }
+
   title-slide(
     title: [#title],
     subtitle: [#subtitle],
diff --git a/slides.pdf b/slides.pdf
index a12b591..3c09c92 100644
Binary files a/slides.pdf and b/slides.pdf differ
diff --git a/slides.pdfpc b/slides.pdfpc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7003e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slides.pdfpc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"pdfpcFormat":2,"disableMarkdown":false,"defaultTransition":"fade:1:180:horizontal:outward","pages":[{"idx":0,"label":1,"overlay":0,"forcedOverlay":false,"hidden":false},{"idx":1,"label":2,"overlay":0,"forcedOverlay":false,"hidden":false,"note":"This is a note that only the speaker will see."},{"idx":2,"label":3,"overlay":0,"forcedOverlay":false,"hidden":false},{"idx":3,"label":4,"overlay":0,"forcedOverlay":false,"hidden":false},{"idx":4,"label":5,"overlay":0,"forcedOverlay":false,"hidden":false,"note":"# My notes\nDid you know that pdfpc supports Markdown notes? _So cool!_"},{"idx":5,"label":5,"overlay":1,"forcedOverlay":true,"hidden":false,"note":"# My notes\nDid you know that pdfpc supports Markdown notes? _So cool!_"}]}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/slides.typ b/slides.typ
index 59382b7..344d918 100644
--- a/slides.typ
+++ b/slides.typ
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   subtitle: [Subtitle],
   authors: [Author A, Author B],
   date: datetime.today().display("[day].[month].[year]"),
+  duration: 10, // time in minutes for presentation or counter timer if no field is given
   doc,
 )
 
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@
   title: [First slide title]
 )[
   #lorem(20)
+
+  #pdfpc.speaker-note("This is a note that only the speaker will see.")
 ]
 
 #focus-slide(
@@ -33,4 +36,11 @@
 
   #pause
   ...you can see the current section at the top of the slide?
+
+  #pdfpc.speaker-note(
+    ```md
+    # My notes
+    Did you know that pdfpc supports Markdown notes? _So cool!_
+    ```
+  )
 ]