diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e69672a..b865720 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 There is already a nice [gitmoji-cli][gitmoji-cli] command line interface available.
 Because I was searching for a nice project to get more into golang this project was created.
 
+It is possible to use different commit message formats.
+Per default the format is [conventional-commits[conventional-commits] with emoji
+`<type>[optional scope]: :smile: <description>`
+
+
 ## Configuration
 
 It is possible to configure the cli either with a `.go-gitmoji-cli.json` file within the repo directory
@@ -59,6 +64,7 @@ make help
 
 [gitmoji]: https://gitmoji.dev/
 [gitmoji-cli]: https://github.com/carloscuesta/gitmoji-cli
+[conventional-commits]: https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/
 
 ## Contributors ✨
 
diff --git a/cmd/commit.go b/cmd/commit.go
index bad651d..26b1706 100644
--- a/cmd/commit.go
+++ b/cmd/commit.go
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"github.com/AndreasAugustin/go-gitmoji-cli/pkg"
 	"github.com/AndreasAugustin/go-gitmoji-cli/pkg/ui"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"strings"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 var commitMsg []string
 var isDryRun bool
+var scope string
+var desc string
+var isBreaking bool
+var _type string
 
 // CommitCmd represents the commit command
 var CommitCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -45,18 +46,10 @@ to quickly create a Cobra application.`,
 		log.Debugf("selected gitmoji %s", selectedGitmoji)
 		textInputsData := buildTextInputsData()
 		inputsRes := ui.TextInputsRun("please add", textInputsData)
-		scopeAndTitle := buildTitleEventualWithScope(inputsRes)
-		log.Debugf("scope and title: %s ", scopeAndTitle)
-		var selectedEmoji string
-		if pkg.ConfigInstance.EmojiFormat == pkg.CODE {
-			selectedEmoji = selectedGitmoji.Code
-		} else {
-			selectedEmoji = selectedGitmoji.Emoji
-		}
-		completeMessage := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", selectedEmoji, scopeAndTitle)
-		log.Debugf("complete message: %s", completeMessage)
+		msg := pkg.BuildCommitTitle(extractType(inputsRes), extractScope(inputsRes), isBreaking, extractDesc(inputsRes), selectedGitmoji, pkg.ConfigInstance)
+		log.Debugf("complete message: %s", msg)
 		if isDryRun {
-			log.Infof("The commit message: %s", completeMessage)
+			log.Infof("The commit message: %s", msg)
 		}
 		//longMessage := ui.TextAreaRun()
 		// TODO(anau) check if message prompt enabled
@@ -70,31 +63,38 @@ func init() {
 	var a []string
 	CommitCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVarP(&commitMsg, "message", "m", a, "The commit message. Can be repeated")
 	CommitCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&isDryRun, "dry-run", "n", false, "dry run: just output the commit message without doing a commit")
+	CommitCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&_type, "type", "", "add the type")
+	CommitCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&scope, "scope", "", "add a scope")
+	CommitCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&desc, "desc", "", "add a description")
+	CommitCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&isBreaking, "is-breaking", false, "set if the commit is a breaking change")
 }
 
-func buildTitleEventualWithScope(inputsRes []string) string {
-	if len(inputsRes) == 0 {
-		return ""
-	} else if len(inputsRes) == 1 {
-		return eventualCapitalizeTitle(inputsRes[0])
+func extractType(inputsRes []string) string {
+	return inputsRes[0]
+}
+
+func extractScope(inputsRes []string) string {
+	if len(inputsRes) > 2 {
+		return inputsRes[1]
 	} else {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("(%s) %s", inputsRes[0], eventualCapitalizeTitle(inputsRes[1]))
+		return scope
 	}
 }
 
-func eventualCapitalizeTitle(title string) string {
-	if pkg.ConfigInstance.CapitalizeTitle {
-		return strings.ToUpper(title)
+func extractDesc(inputsRes []string) string {
+	if len(inputsRes) > 2 {
+		return inputsRes[2]
+	} else {
+		return inputsRes[1]
 	}
-	return title
 }
 
 func buildTextInputsData() []ui.TextInputData {
-	var textInputsData []ui.TextInputData
+	var textInputsData = []ui.TextInputData{{Placeholder: "type", Charlimit: 64, Label: "type", InitialValue: _type}}
 
 	if pkg.ConfigInstance.ScopePrompt {
-		textInputsData = append(textInputsData, ui.TextInputData{Placeholder: "scope", Charlimit: 64, Label: "scope"})
+		textInputsData = append(textInputsData, ui.TextInputData{Placeholder: "scope", Charlimit: 64, Label: "scope", InitialValue: scope})
 	}
 
-	return append(textInputsData, ui.TextInputData{Placeholder: "title", Charlimit: 64, Label: "title"})
+	return append(textInputsData, ui.TextInputData{Placeholder: "description", Charlimit: 64, Label: "description", InitialValue: desc})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/commit.go b/pkg/commit.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93d7381
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/commit.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package pkg
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func BuildCommitTitle(_type string, scope string, isBreaking bool, desc string, gitmoji Gitmoji, config Config) string {
+
+	var s strings.Builder
+
+	s.WriteString(_type)
+
+	if scope != "" {
+		s.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("(%s)", scope))
+	}
+
+	if isBreaking {
+		s.WriteString("!")
+	}
+
+	s.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(": %s ", gitmojiToString(gitmoji, config)))
+	s.WriteString(eventualCapitalizeTitle(desc, config))
+
+	return s.String()
+}
+
+func gitmojiToString(gitmoji Gitmoji, config Config) string {
+	if config.EmojiFormat == CODE {
+		return gitmoji.Code
+	} else {
+		return gitmoji.Emoji
+	}
+}
+
+func eventualCapitalizeTitle(title string, config Config) string {
+	if config.CapitalizeTitle {
+		return strings.ToUpper(title)
+	}
+	return title
+}
diff --git a/pkg/commit_test.go b/pkg/commit_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24ede61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/commit_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package pkg_test