diff --git a/src/install.rs b/src/install.rs
index 7046ad6a5c..fb34b46000 100644
--- a/src/install.rs
+++ b/src/install.rs
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ pub fn install(config: Config, cookbook: Option<&str>) -> Result<(), String> {
         let gid = user.gid.unwrap_or(uid);
 
         let name = prompt!(user.name, username.clone(), "{}: name [{}]: ", username, username)?;
-        let home = prompt!(user.home, format!("file:/home/{}", username), "{}: home [file:/home/{}]: ", username, username)?;
-        let shell = prompt!(user.shell, "file:/bin/ion".to_string(), "{}: shell [file:/bin/ion]: ", username)?;
+        let home = prompt!(user.home, format!("/home/{}", username), "{}: home [/home/{}]: ", username, username)?;
+        let shell = prompt!(user.shell, "/bin/ion".to_string(), "{}: shell [/bin/ion]: ", username)?;
 
         println!("Adding user {}:", username);
         println!("\tPassword: {}", password);
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ pub fn install(config: Config, cookbook: Option<&str>) -> Result<(), String> {
 
         dir!(home.trim_matches('/'));
 
-        passwd.push_str(&format!("{};{};{};{};{};{};{}\n", username, password, uid, gid, name, home, shell));
+        passwd.push_str(&format!("{};{};{};{};{};file:{};file:{}\n", username, password, uid, gid, name, home, shell));
     }
     if ! passwd.is_empty() {
         file!("etc/passwd", passwd.as_bytes(), false);