diff --git a/install/generator-cyphernode/generators/app/prompters/000_cyphernode.js b/install/generator-cyphernode/generators/app/prompters/000_cyphernode.js
index ce495d8..f0d9265 100644
--- a/install/generator-cyphernode/generators/app/prompters/000_cyphernode.js
+++ b/install/generator-cyphernode/generators/app/prompters/000_cyphernode.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ module.exports = {
     {
       type: 'confirm',
       name: 'use_xpub',
-      default: utils._getDefault( 'want_xpub' )||false,
+      default: utils._getDefault( 'use_xpub' )||false,
       message: prefix()+'Use an xpub key to watch or generate adresses?'+utils._getHelp('use_xpub'),
     },
     {
@@ -85,4 +85,4 @@ module.exports = {
   templates: function( props ) {
     return [];
   }
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/install/generator-cyphernode/generators/app/templates/installer/start.sh b/install/generator-cyphernode/generators/app/templates/installer/start.sh
index 4d09bcd..6021577 100644
--- a/install/generator-cyphernode/generators/app/templates/installer/start.sh
+++ b/install/generator-cyphernode/generators/app/templates/installer/start.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# run as user <%= username %>
-export USER=$(id -u <%= run_as_different_user?username:default_username %>):$(id -g <%= run_as_different_user?username:default_username %>)
+<% if (run_as_different_user) { %>
+OS=$(uname -s)
+if [ "$OS" = "Darwin" ]; then
+  printf "\r\n\033[0;91m'Run as another user' feature is not supported on OSX.  User <%= default_username %> will be used to run Cyphernode.\033[0m\r\n\r\n"
+  export USER=$(id -u <%= default_username %>):$(id -g <%= default_username %>)
+else
+  export USER=$(id -u <%= username %>):$(id -g <%= username %>)
+fi
+<% } else { %>
+export USER=$(id -u <%= default_username %>):$(id -g <%= default_username %>)
+<% } %>
+
 export ARCH=$(uname -m)
 current_path="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" >/dev/null && pwd)"