diff --git a/cli/init.ts b/cli/init.ts
index 018dd4a65..8382c2b4d 100644
--- a/cli/init.ts
+++ b/cli/init.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+import { Confirm, Input } from 'https://deno.land/x/cliffy/prompt/mod.ts'
 import { gzipDecode } from 'https://deno.land/x/wasm_gzip@v1.0.0/mod.ts'
 import { ensureTextFile } from '../fs.ts'
 import log from '../log.ts'
 import { colors, ensureDir, fromStreamReader, path, Untar } from '../std.ts'
 import util from '../util.ts'
 
+
 const gitignore = [
     '.DS_Store',
     'Thumbs.db',
@@ -44,18 +46,18 @@ Options:
 
 export default async function (appDir: string, options: Record<string, string | boolean>) {
     const rev = 'master'
+    const templateRepo = await Input.prompt({ message: 'What Aleph.js Github Template Repository Do You Want To Use (Press Enter To Use Default)?', default: 'aleph.js/alephjs-templates' })
     log.info('Downloading template...')
-    const resp = await fetch('https://codeload.github.com/alephjs/alephjs-templates/tar.gz/' + rev)
+    const resp = await fetch(`https://codeload.github.com/${templateRepo}/tar.gz/${rev}`)
     const gzData = await Deno.readAll(fromStreamReader(resp.body!.getReader()))
     log.info('Saving template...')
     const tarData = gzipDecode(gzData)
     const entryList = new Untar(new Deno.Buffer(tarData))
 
-    // todo: add template select ui
-    let template = 'hello-world'
+    const template = await Input.prompt({ message: 'What Aleph.js Template Do You Want To Use (Press Enter To Use Default)?', default: 'hello-world' })
     for await (const entry of entryList) {
-        if (entry.fileName.startsWith(`alephjs-templates-${rev}/${template}/`)) {
-            const fp = path.join(appDir, util.trimPrefix(entry.fileName, `alephjs-templates-${rev}/${template}/`))
+        if (entry.fileName.startsWith(`${templateRepo.match(/([^/]+$)/i)}-${rev}/${template}/`)) {
+            const fp = path.join(appDir, util.trimPrefix(entry.fileName, `${templateRepo.match(/([^/]+$)/i)}-${rev}/${template}/`))
             if (entry.type === 'directory') {
                 await ensureDir(fp)
                 continue
@@ -66,9 +68,11 @@ export default async function (appDir: string, options: Record<string, string |
         }
     }
 
-    await ensureDir(path.join(appDir, '.vscode'))
-    await Deno.writeTextFile(path.join(appDir, '.vscode', 'extensions.json'), JSON.stringify(vscExtensions, undefined, 4))
-    await Deno.writeTextFile(path.join(appDir, '.vscode', 'settings.json'), JSON.stringify(vscSettings, undefined, 4))
+    if (await Confirm.prompt('Are you using Visual Studio Code?')) {
+        await ensureDir(path.join(appDir, '.vscode'))
+        await Deno.writeTextFile(path.join(appDir, '.vscode', 'extensions.json'), JSON.stringify(vscExtensions, undefined, 4))
+        await Deno.writeTextFile(path.join(appDir, '.vscode', 'settings.json'), JSON.stringify(vscSettings, undefined, 4))
+    }
     await Deno.writeTextFile(path.join(appDir, '.gitignore'), gitignore.join('\n'))
     await Deno.writeTextFile(path.join(appDir, 'import_map.json'), JSON.stringify({ imports: {} }, undefined, 4))