diff --git a/.git-switch-user b/.git-switch-user
index 526b9d0..834eb8b 100755
--- a/.git-switch-user
+++ b/.git-switch-user
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-name=$(git config -f ~/.git.d/$1 --get user.name  )
-email=$(git config -f ~/.git.d/$1 --get user.email  )
-echo "profile = $1 name = $name email = $email"
-git config user.name = $name
-git config user.email = $email
+#!/bin/bash
+profile=$1
+name=$(git config -f ~/.git.d/$profile --get user.name  )
+email=$(git config -f ~/.git.d/$profile --get user.email  )
+echo "profile = $profile name = $name email = $email"
+git config --local user.name $name
+git config --local user.email $email
diff --git a/makeprofilealias.sh b/makeprofilealias.sh
index 5ed0403..7e940ff 100644
--- a/makeprofilealias.sh
+++ b/makeprofilealias.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ git config --global alias.profile-set "!bash -c \"git config -f ~/.git.d/\$1 \$2
 else
 echo "profile-set alias already defined in git"
 fi
-echo $(cat .git-switch-user) > ~/.git-switch-user
+cp ./.git-switch-user ~/.git-switch-user
 chmod +x ~/.git-switch-user
 direx=$(ls ~/ -al| grep .git.d | wc -l)
 if [ $direx = "0" ]; then