diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 11d6db4..d9d43a9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/vim,emacs,osx
 # Edit at https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore?templates=vim,emacs,osx
 
+config.yaml
+
 ### Emacs ###
 # -*- mode: gitignore; -*-
 *~
diff --git a/bin/install.sh b/bin/install.sh
index fa48e6d..d73f599 100644
--- a/bin/install.sh
+++ b/bin/install.sh
@@ -1,21 +1,50 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-target="$HOME/.bashrc"
+set -e
 
-config_dir="$HOME/.config/prompt-theme"
-config_file="$config_dir/config.yaml"
-source_line="source $config_dir/bin/prompt-theme.sh"
+REPO_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+CONFIG_DIR="$HOME/.config/prompt-theme"
+BIN_DIR="$HOME/bin"
+TARGET_SCRIPT="$BIN_DIR/prompt-theme.sh"
+DEFAULT_CONFIG_SRC="$REPO_DIR/share/_config.yaml"
+DEFAULT_CONFIG_DEST="$CONFIG_DIR/config.yaml"
 
-if ! grep -Fxq "$source_line" "$target"; then
-  echo "$source_line" >> "$target"
-  echo "✅ Added prompt-theme to $target"
-else
-  echo "ℹ️ prompt-theme is already sourced in $target"
+echo "🔧 Installing prompt-theme..."
+
+# Check for yq
+if ! command -v yq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "❌ Error: 'yq' is not installed."
+  if [[ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]]; then
+    echo "👉 On macOS, run: brew install yq"
+  else
+    echo "👉 On Linux, run: sudo apt install yq  (or use your distro's package manager)"
+  fi
+  exit 1
 fi
 
-# copy default config file if none exists
-if [[ ! -f "$config_file" ]]; then
-  cp "$config_dir/share/_config.yaml" "$config_file"
+# Ensure config dir exists
+mkdir -p "$CONFIG_DIR"
+
+# Copy default config if not already present
+if [[ ! -f "$DEFAULT_CONFIG_DEST" ]]; then
+  cp "$DEFAULT_CONFIG_SRC" "$DEFAULT_CONFIG_DEST"
+  echo "✅ Default config.yaml copied to $DEFAULT_CONFIG_DEST"
 else
-  echo "ℹ️ Existing config.yaml found at $config_file (unchanged)"
+  echo "ℹ️  config.yaml already exists at $DEFAULT_CONFIG_DEST, not overwriting."
 fi
+
+# Ensure bin dir exists
+mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR"
+
+# Create symlink to prompt-theme.sh using absolute path
+SCRIPT_PATH="$REPO_DIR/bin/prompt-theme.sh"
+
+if [[ -L "$TARGET_SCRIPT" || -f "$TARGET_SCRIPT" ]]; then
+  rm "$TARGET_SCRIPT"
+fi
+
+ln -s "$SCRIPT_PATH" "$TARGET_SCRIPT"
+echo "✅ Symlink created: $TARGET_SCRIPT → $SCRIPT_PATH"
+
+echo "🚀 Done! To apply a theme, run:"
+echo "    source ~/bin/prompt-theme.sh"
diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 189edca..0000000
--- a/config.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-default: nature
-
-prompts:
-  default: '\[\033[01;34m\]\u@\h \[\033[01;32m\]\w\[\033[00m\] \$ '
-  bone: '\[\033[38;5;250m\]\u@\h \[\033[38;5;160m\]\w\[\033[0m\] \$ '
-  nature: '\[\033[38;5;100m\]\u@\h \[\033[38;5;65m\]\w\[\033[0m\] \$ '
-  ayu-mirage: '\[\033[38;5;179m\]\u@\h \[\033[38;5;110m\]\w\[\033[0m\] \$ '
-