diff --git a/toolcraft/texipy/usepackage.sty b/toolcraft/texipy/usepackage.sty
index 16f8043..190c15f 100644
--- a/toolcraft/texipy/usepackage.sty
+++ b/toolcraft/texipy/usepackage.sty
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 \RequirePackage{pgfplots}%
 \pgfplotsset{compat=1.18}% this sets version to 1.18.1
 
+% todonotes package
+\RequirePackage{todonotes}%
 
 %% >> preamble configs
 %%todo: support this tikz_externalize_folder for caching images/tabels/plots generated