diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index d0d0e7ce9..fbc37b5e7 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-RED='\033[0;31m'
-GREEN='\033[0;32m'
-NC='\033[0m' # No Color
-
+source "variables.sh"
 if [[ $EUID -eq 0 ]]; then
    echo "This script must NOT be run as root" 1>&2
    exit 1
@@ -20,12 +17,85 @@ if [ "$DIR" != "$INSTALL_DIR" ] ; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+CAM=""
+NEEDCAM=0
+
 echo
 echo "**********************************************"
 echo "*** Welcome to the Allsky Camera installer ***"
 echo "**********************************************"
 echo
 
+calc_wt_size() {
+	# NOTE: it's tempting to redirect stderr to /dev/null, so supress error
+	# output from tput. However in this case, tput detects neither stdout or
+	# stderr is a tty and so only gives default 80, 24 values
+	WT_HEIGHT=18
+	WT_WIDTH=$(tput cols)
+	
+	if [ -z "$WT_WIDTH" ] || [ "$WT_WIDTH" -lt 60 ]; then
+		WT_WIDTH=80
+	fi
+	if [ "$WT_WIDTH" -gt 178 ]; then
+		WT_WIDTH=120
+	fi
+	WT_MENU_HEIGHT=$(($WT_HEIGHT-7))
+}
+
+select_camera() {
+	NEEDCAM=0
+	if [ ! -e ${ALLSKY_CONFIG}/config.sh ]; then
+		NEEDCAM=1
+		# NOTE: The config.sh file is put in place during the 'make install' step below.
+		# This flag will be checked after 'make install', and trigger an edit to set the camera value.
+	else
+		source ${ALLSKY_CONFIG}/config.sh
+		if [ -z "${CAMERA}" ]; then
+			NEEDCAM=1
+			# NOTE: The config.sh file is present, but the CAMERA variable is empty, thus we need to query it.
+		else
+			CAM=$CAMERA
+		fi
+	fi
+	if [ $NEEDCAM -eq 1 ]; then
+		MYCAM=$(whiptail --title "Allsky Software Installer" --menu "Camera Type" $WT_HEIGHT $WT_WIDTH $WT_MENU_HEIGHT \
+			"ZWO" "ZWO camera is used for allsky" \
+			"RPiHQ" "RPiHQ camera is used for allsky" \
+			3>&1 1>&2 2>&3)
+		if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+			CAM=$MYCAM
+		else
+			whiptail --msgbox "Camera selection required.  Please re-run './install.sh' and select a camera to continue." 10 60
+			exit 1
+		fi
+	fi
+}
+
+set_camera() {
+	sed -i -e "s/^CAMERA=.*$/CAMERA=\"${CAM}\"/" "$ALLSKY_CONFIG/config.sh"
+	RETVAL=$?
+	if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
+		whiptail --msgbox "Camera set to $CAM" 10 60
+		return 0
+	else
+		whiptail --msgbox "Something went wrong setting camera to ${CAM}.  Error code ${RETVAL}?" 10 60
+		return 1
+	fi
+}
+
+
+ask_reboot() {
+	if (whiptail --title "Allsky Software Installer" --yesno "The Allsky Software is now installed. You should reboot the Raspberry Pi to finish the installation.\n\n  Reboot now?" 10 60 \
+		3>&1 1>&2 2>&3); then 
+		sudo reboot now
+	else
+		exit 3
+	fi
+}
+
+calc_wt_size
+select_camera
+
 echo -e "${GREEN}* Dependencies installation\n${NC}"
 sudo make deps
 RETVAL=$?
@@ -53,12 +123,7 @@ if [ $RETVAL -ne 0 ]; then
 fi
 echo
 
-echo
-echo "The Allsky Software is now installed. You should reboot the Raspberry Pi to finish the installation"
-echo
-read -p "Do you want to reboot now? [y/n] " ans_yn
-case "$ans_yn" in
-  [Yy]|[Yy][Ee][Ss]) sudo reboot now;;
-
-  *) exit 3;;
-esac
+if [ $NEEDCAM -eq 1 ]; then
+	set_camera
+fi
+ask_reboot