diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 3ea681f..417c6a2 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ curl -o ~/.git-bash-for-mac.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fabriziocucci/g
 curl -o ~/.git-completion.bash https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
 curl -o ~/.git-prompt.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
 
+FILE=~/.bash_profile
+if test -f "$FILE"; then
+    echo "$FILE detected"
+else
+    echo "$FILE not detected. Creating it now." &&
+    touch FILE
+fi
+
 # Add newline at the end of the '.bash_profile' if it doesn't exist
 sed -i '' '$a\' ~/.bash_profile