diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 26094de..03c7f5d 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,9 +1 @@
-
-**What this PR does / why we need it:**
--
-
-**Which issue(s) this PR fixes:**
--
-
-**Additional Notes:**
--
+###### Motivation for this change
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4901e98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: "Code scanning - action"
+
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 4 * * 1'
+
+jobs:
+  CodeQL-Build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 2
+
+    - run: git checkout HEAD^2
+      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
+
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1