diff --git a/bin/install b/bin/install
index 2d2087e..3a04515 100755
--- a/bin/install
+++ b/bin/install
@@ -92,10 +92,8 @@ omf_install() {
   touch ${fish_config_file} >/dev/null 2>&1
   test ! -w ${fish_config_file} && die "Fish configuration file is not writable, aborting."
 
-
-  echo "set -g OMF_PATH $(echo "${OMF_PATH}" | sed -e "s|$HOME|\$HOME|")" > ${fish_config_file}
-  echo "set -g OMF_CONFIG $(echo "${OMF_CONFIG}" | sed -e "s|$HOME|\$HOME|")" >> ${fish_config_file}
-  echo "source \$OMF_PATH/init.fish" >> ${fish_config_file}
+  sed "s|{{OMF_PATH}}|$OMF_PATH|;s|{{OMF_CONFIG}}|$OMF_CONFIG|" \
+    "${OMF_PATH}/templates/config.fish" > "${fish_config_file}"
 
   if [ ! -d "${OMF_CONFIG}" ]; then
     echo "Writing Oh My Fish configuration → ${OMF_CONFIG}"
diff --git a/templates/config.fish b/templates/config.fish
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91cc7a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/config.fish
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Path to your oh-my-fish.
+set -g OMF_PATH {{OMF_PATH}}
+
+# Path to your oh-my-fish configuration.
+set -g OMF_CONFIG {{OMF_CONFIG}}
+
+### Configuration required to load oh-my-fish ###
+# Note: Only add configurations that are required to be set before oh-my-fish is loaded.
+# For common configurations, we advise you to add them to your $OMF_CONFIG/init.fish file or
+# to create a custom plugin instead.
+
+# Load oh-my-fish configuration.
+source $OMF_PATH/init.fish