diff --git a/template/build/core/phing/tasks/blt.xml b/template/build/core/phing/tasks/blt.xml
index 05cb9f6ef..72f82e246 100644
--- a/template/build/core/phing/tasks/blt.xml
+++ b/template/build/core/phing/tasks/blt.xml
@@ -10,12 +10,8 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="blt:alias" description="Installs the BLT alias for command line usage.">
-    <!-- @todo Check to see if alias is already present. -->
-    <echo>BLT can automatically create a Bash alias to make it easier to run BLT tasks.</echo>
-    <echo>This alias may be created in .bash_profile or .bashrc depending on your system architecture.</echo>
-    <propertyprompt propertyName="create_alias" defaultValue="y" useExistingValue="true" promptText="Create a bash alias now? (y/n)" />
     <if>
-      <equals arg1="${create_alias}" arg2="y"/>
+      <not><equals arg1="${create_alias}" arg2="false"/></not>
       <then>
         <exec dir="${repo.root}/scripts/blt" command="./install-alias.sh" passthru="true" checkreturn="true"/>
       </then>
diff --git a/template/scripts/blt/install-alias.sh b/template/scripts/blt/install-alias.sh
index f09dcd378..4ba556574 100755
--- a/template/scripts/blt/install-alias.sh
+++ b/template/scripts/blt/install-alias.sh
@@ -15,14 +15,27 @@ if [ ! -z "$DETECTED_PROFILE" ]; then
     echo "Alias for blt already exists in $DETECTED_PROFILE"
     exit
   fi
-  DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
 
-  if cat $DIR/alias >> $DETECTED_PROFILE; then
-    echo "Added alias for blt to $DETECTED_PROFILE"
-    echo "Restart your terminal session to use the new command."
-  else
-    echo "Error: Could not modify $DETECTED_PROFILE."
+  echo "BLT can automatically create a Bash alias to make it easier to run BLT tasks."
+  echo "This alias may be created in .bash_profile or .bashrc depending on your system architecture."
+  echo ""
+  read -p "Install alias? (y/n)" -n 1 -r
+  echo ""
+
+  if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+    DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
+
+    if cat $DIR/alias >> $DETECTED_PROFILE; then
+      echo "Added alias for blt to $DETECTED_PROFILE"
+      echo "You may now use the 'blt' command from anywhere within a BLT-generated repository."
+      echo ""
+      echo "Restart your terminal session to use the new command."
+    else
+      echo "Error: Could not modify $DETECTED_PROFILE."
+    fi
+
   fi
+
 else
   echo "Could not install blt alias. No profile found. Tried ~/.zshrc, ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile and ~/.profile."
 fi