diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 38b5d64e..77ce7270 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-BASH_IT="$HOME/.bash_it"
+BASH_IT="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
 
 case $OSTYPE in
   darwin*)
@@ -36,18 +36,20 @@ test -w "$HOME/$CONFIG_FILE" &&
   cp -a "$HOME/$CONFIG_FILE" "$HOME/$CONFIG_FILE.bak" &&
   echo -e "\033[0;32mYour original $CONFIG_FILE has been backed up to $CONFIG_FILE.bak\033[0m"
 
-cp "$HOME/.bash_it/template/bash_profile.template.bash" "$HOME/$CONFIG_FILE"
+cp "$BASH_IT/template/bash_profile.template.bash" "$HOME/$CONFIG_FILE"
+sed -i "s|{{BASH_IT}}|$BASH_IT|" "$HOME/$CONFIG_FILE"
+exit
 
 echo -e "\033[0;32mCopied the template $CONFIG_FILE into ~/$CONFIG_FILE, edit this file to customize bash-it\033[0m"
 
 function load_one() {
   file_type=$1
   file_to_enable=$2
-  [ ! -d "$BASH_IT/$file_type/enabled" ] && mkdir "$BASH_IT/${file_type}/enabled"
+  mkdir -p "$BASH_IT/${file_type}/enabled"
 
   dest="${BASH_IT}/${file_type}/enabled/${file_to_enable}"
   if [ ! -e "${dest}" ]; then
-      ln -s "../available/${file_to_enable}" "${dest}"
+      ln -sf "../available/${file_to_enable}" "${dest}"
   else
       echo "File ${dest} exists, skipping"
   fi
diff --git a/template/bash_profile.template.bash b/template/bash_profile.template.bash
index 9fda847e..94e04209 100755
--- a/template/bash_profile.template.bash
+++ b/template/bash_profile.template.bash
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # Path to the bash it configuration
-export BASH_IT="$HOME/.bash_it"
+export BASH_IT="{{BASH_IT}}"
 
 # Lock and Load a custom theme file
 # location /.bash_it/themes/