diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 04fddab..06f51c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ To install StartTree for the first time, run the following commands:
 ```
 git clone https://github.com/Paul-Houser/StartTree.git
 cd StartTree
-./init.py
+chmod +x init.sh
+chmod +x generate.py
+./init.sh
 ./generate.py
 ```
 This will create the directory `~/.config/StartTree` containing the default `config.yaml`, as well as generate the html/css, which you can view by pointing your browser at `$HOME/.cache/StartTree/index.html`.
diff --git a/init.py b/init.py
deleted file mode 100755
index cc68948..0000000
--- a/init.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/python3
-
-import yaml
-import os
-from os.path import expanduser
-from shutil import copyfile
-from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
-import sys
-import subprocess
-
-# Install dependencies
-subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', 'bs4'])
-
-# get home directory
-home = expanduser("~")
-
-# get config path
-config_dir = home + '/.config/StartTree'
-config_path = home + '/.config/StartTree/config.yaml'
-
-# get cache path
-cache_dir = home + '/.cache/StartTree'
-
-def setup():
-    # check if .config path exists
-    if not os.path.isdir(home + '/.config'):
-        print("The directory '~/.config' does not exist, or you do not have permissions to edit it.")
-        exit()
-
-    if not os.path.isdir(home + '/.cache'):
-        print("The directory '~/.cache' does not exist, or you do not have permissions to edit it.")
-        exit()
-
-    # check if .config/StartTree exists, create it and config if not
-    if not os.path.isdir(config_dir):
-        print("Creating '~/.config/StartTree'...")
-        os.mkdir(config_dir)
-        print("Copying config.yaml")
-        copyfile("./config.yaml", config_path)
-        print("")
-
-    # check if config.yaml exists
-    if not os.path.exists(config_path):
-        print("No config.yaml found in '~/.config/StartTree'")
-        print("Copy the example config with:")
-        print("\tcp ./config.yaml $HOME/.config/StartTree/config.yaml")
-        print("or create your own in that directory.")
-        exit()
-
-    # create directory structure in .cache
-    if not os.path.isdir(cache_dir):
-        print("Creating '" + cache_dir + "'...")
-        os.mkdir(cache_dir)
-
-        print("symlinking themes")
-        os.symlink(os.getcwd() + '/themes', home + '/.cache/StartTree/themes')
-
-        print("Creating '" + cache_dir + "/styles'")
-        os.mkdir(cache_dir + '/styles')
-
-    print("Creating style.css")
-    copyfile("./skeletons/style.css", cache_dir + '/styles/style.css')
-
-    print("Creating Hack.ttf")
-    copyfile("./skeletons/Hack.ttf", cache_dir + '/styles/Hack.ttf')
-
-
-def main():
-    setup()
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..735f42a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+config_dir=$HOME/.config/StartTree
+config_path=$HOME/.config/StartTree/config.yaml
+cache_dir=$HOME/.cache/StartTree
+
+pip install --user bs4
+
+# check if .config path exists
+if [ ! -d "$HOME/.config" ]; then
+  echo "The directory '~/.config' does not exist, or you do not have permissions to edit it."
+  exit
+fi
+
+# check if .cache path exists
+if [ ! -d "$HOME/.cache" ]; then
+  echo "The directory '~/.cache' does not exist, or you do not have permissions to edit it."
+  exit
+fi
+
+# check if .config/StartTree exists, create it and config if not
+if [ ! -d "$config_dir" ]; then
+  echo "Creating '~/.config/StartTree'..."
+  mkdir $config_dir
+  echo "Copying config.yaml..."
+  cp ./config.yaml $config_path
+  echo
+fi
+
+# check if config.yaml exists
+if [ ! -f "$config_path" ]; then
+  echo "No config.yaml found in '~/.config/StartTree'"
+  echo "Copy the example config with:"
+  echo "\tcp ./config.yaml $HOME/.config/StartTree/config.yaml"
+  echo "or create your own in that directory."
+  exit
+fi
+
+# create directory structure in .cache
+if [ ! -d "$cache_dir" ]; then
+  echo "Creating '$cache_dir'..."
+  mkdir $cache_dir
+
+  echo "Symlinking themes..."
+  ln -s $(pwd)/themes $HOME/.cache/StartTree/themes
+
+  echo "Creating '$cache_dir/styles'..."
+  mkdir "$cache_dir/styles"
+fi
+
+echo "Creating style.css..."
+cp "./skeletons/style.css" "$cache_dir/styles/style.css"
+
+echo "Creating Hack.ttf..."
+cp "./skeletons/Hack.ttf" "$cache_dir/styles/Hack.ttf"