diff --git a/dfhack.init-example b/dfhack.init-example
index 8c8289595..3542956ce 100644
--- a/dfhack.init-example
+++ b/dfhack.init-example
@@ -268,3 +268,10 @@ view-item-info enable
 
 # a replacement for the "load game" screen
 gui/load-screen enable
+
+##############################
+# Extra DFHack command files #
+##############################
+
+# Run commands in this file when a world loads
+sc-script add SC_WORLD_LOADED onLoad.init-example
diff --git a/library/CMakeLists.txt b/library/CMakeLists.txt
index 1513e1dca..40c122de9 100644
--- a/library/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/library/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ endif()
 install(FILES xml/symbols.xml
         DESTINATION ${DFHACK_DATA_DESTINATION}) #linux: share/dfhack
 #install the example autoexec file
-install(FILES ../dfhack.init-example
+install(FILES ../dfhack.init-example ../onLoad.init-example
         DESTINATION ${DFHACK_BINARY_DESTINATION})
 
 install(TARGETS dfhack-run dfhack-client binpatch
diff --git a/onLoad.init-example b/onLoad.init-example
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08dd536a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/onLoad.init-example
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+repeat -name warn-starving -time 10 -timeUnits days -command [ warn-starving ]
+repeat -name warn-stuck-trees -time 10 -timeUnits days -command [ warn-stuck-trees ]