diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5ca74bd8..c1876b8e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ kernel-src/io/printf.c
 kernel-src/flanterm
 sysroot
 minimalsysroot
+tools/init/init
+tools/init/main.o
diff --git a/kernel-src/sys/scheduler.c b/kernel-src/sys/scheduler.c
index f53bfd38..d1a2ce40 100644
--- a/kernel-src/sys/scheduler.c
+++ b/kernel-src/sys/scheduler.c
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ void sched_runinit() {
 	sched_initproc = proc;
 
 	vnode_t *initnode;
-	__assert(vfs_open(vfsroot, "/usr/bin/bash", 0, &initnode) == 0);
+	__assert(vfs_open(vfsroot, "/init", 0, &initnode) == 0);
 
 	auxv64list_t auxv64;
 	char *interp = NULL;
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ void sched_runinit() {
 	proc->root = vfsroot;
 	VOP_HOLD(vfsroot);
 
-	char *argv[] = {"/usr/bin/bash", "-l", NULL};
+	char *argv[] = {"/init", "-l", NULL};
 	char *envp[] = {NULL};
 
 	void *stack = elf_preparestack(STACK_TOP, &auxv64, argv, envp);
diff --git a/tools/init/main.c b/tools/init/main.c
index 6cc468f9..39d71d57 100644
--- a/tools/init/main.c
+++ b/tools/init/main.c
@@ -1,6 +1,38 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
 
 int main() {
-	printf("Hello, world!\n");
-	return 0;
+	printf("init: Welcome to Astral!\n");
+
+	struct passwd* pw = getpwuid(getuid());
+	//setenv("PWD", pw->pw_dir, 1);
+	setenv("HOME", pw->pw_dir, 1);
+	//chdir(pw->pw_dir);
+	setenv("PATH", "/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin", 1);
+	setenv("TERM", "linux", 1);
+
+	printf("init: running /usr/bin/bash\n");
+
+	pid_t pid = fork();
+	if (pid == -1) {
+		perror("init: fork failed:");
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
+	}
+
+	if (pid == 0) {
+		execl("/usr/bin/bash", "/usr/bin/bash", "-l", NULL);
+		perror("init: execl /usr/bin/bash failed:");
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
+	}
+
+	for (;;) {
+		int status;
+		if (waitpid(-1, &status, 0) == -1) {
+			perror("init: waitpid failed:");
+			return EXIT_FAILURE;
+		}
+	}
 }