diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2da06f392..1d819b7c9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "commander": "^2.11.0",
+    "fs-extra": "^4.0.2",
     "lodash": "^4.17.4",
     "nodemon": "^1.11.0",
     "normalize.css": "^7.0.0",
diff --git a/src/cli.js b/src/cli.js
index a3bd36f0a..5269d7eba 100755
--- a/src/cli.js
+++ b/src/cli.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-import fs from 'fs'
+import fs from 'fs-extra'
 import _ from 'lodash'
 import path from 'path'
 import postcss from 'postcss'
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function writeStrategy(program) {
     }
   }
   return (output) => {
-    fs.writeFileSync(program.output, output)
+    fs.outputFileSync(program.output, output)
   }
 }
 
@@ -48,11 +48,18 @@ function buildTailwind(inputFile, config, write) {
 
 program.version('0.1.0').usage('<command> [<args>]')
 
-program.command('init')
-  .usage('[options]')
-  .action(function () {
+program.command('init [filename]')
+  .usage('[options] [filename]')
+  .action(function (filename = 'tailwind.js') {
+    const destination = path.resolve(filename)
+
+    if (fs.existsSync(destination)) {
+      console.log(`Destination ${destination} already exists, aborting.`)
+      process.exit(1)
+    }
+
     const output = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname + '/../defaultConfig.js'), 'utf8')
-    fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve('./tailwind.js'), output)
+    fs.outputFileSync(destination, output)
     process.exit()
   })
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3c092d869..39a7b8ef1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1618,6 +1618,14 @@ from@~0:
   version "0.1.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/from/-/from-0.1.7.tgz#83c60afc58b9c56997007ed1a768b3ab303a44fe"
 
+fs-extra@^4.0.2:
+  version "4.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-4.0.2.tgz#f91704c53d1b461f893452b0c307d9997647ab6b"
+  dependencies:
+    graceful-fs "^4.1.2"
+    jsonfile "^4.0.0"
+    universalify "^0.1.0"
+
 fs-readdir-recursive@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-readdir-recursive/-/fs-readdir-recursive-1.0.0.tgz#8cd1745c8b4f8a29c8caec392476921ba195f560"
@@ -1762,7 +1770,7 @@ got@^6.7.1:
     unzip-response "^2.0.1"
     url-parse-lax "^1.0.0"
 
-graceful-fs@^4.1.11, graceful-fs@^4.1.2, graceful-fs@^4.1.4:
+graceful-fs@^4.1.11, graceful-fs@^4.1.2, graceful-fs@^4.1.4, graceful-fs@^4.1.6:
   version "4.1.11"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-4.1.11.tgz#0e8bdfe4d1ddb8854d64e04ea7c00e2a026e5658"
 
@@ -2445,6 +2453,12 @@ json5@^0.5.1:
   version "0.5.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json5/-/json5-0.5.1.tgz#1eade7acc012034ad84e2396767ead9fa5495821"
 
+jsonfile@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-4.0.0.tgz#8771aae0799b64076b76640fca058f9c10e33ecb"
+  optionalDependencies:
+    graceful-fs "^4.1.6"
+
 jsonfilter@^1.1.2:
   version "1.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonfilter/-/jsonfilter-1.1.2.tgz#21ef7cedc75193813c75932e96a98be205ba5a11"
@@ -3981,6 +3995,10 @@ unique-string@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     crypto-random-string "^1.0.0"
 
+universalify@^0.1.0:
+  version "0.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/universalify/-/universalify-0.1.1.tgz#fa71badd4437af4c148841e3b3b165f9e9e590b7"
+
 unzip-response@^2.0.1:
   version "2.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/unzip-response/-/unzip-response-2.0.1.tgz#d2f0f737d16b0615e72a6935ed04214572d56f97"