diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c4ce7c3ec23318cf3f7ac331d1482417ae0d81f5..c656ce7151bae18b5ef1b7c6ff16bb1271fb4898 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 .sass-cache
 dist
 node_modules
-src/conf/config.ini
+src/conf/config.ini*
+!src/conf/config.ini.orig
 src/conf/httpd.conf
 src/lib/ProductClient.jar
diff --git a/src/conf/config.ini.orig b/src/conf/config.ini.orig
index 140bfb0ac3a3505f998d98265e8bd939ba70fa15..5c01f97132bd33e351fb3ebaa9a245fcf38fbb49 100644
--- a/src/conf/config.ini.orig
+++ b/src/conf/config.ini.orig
@@ -1,2 +1,20 @@
-MOUNT_PATH='/absolute/url/path';
-MOUNT_DIR='/absolute/file_system/path';
+MOUNT_PATH = "/mountpath"
+SEARCH_STUB = "/query?format=geojson"
+OFFSITE_HOST = "hostname.tld"
+PDL_JAR_FILE = "/some/path/ProductClient.jar"
+PDL_SERVERS = "hostname.tld:port"
+PDL_PRIVATE_KEY = "/some/path/id_rsa"
+SQUID_SERVERS = "server1,server2"
+SQUID_HOSTNAMES = "cname1,cname2"
+SESSION_DB_DRIVER = "mysql"
+SESSION_DB_HOST = "hostname.tld"
+SESSION_DB_PORT = "port"
+SESSION_DB_NAME = "dbname"
+SESSION_DB_TABLE = "tablename"
+SESSION_DB_USER = "adminuser"
+SESSION_DB_PASS = "adminpassword"
+AD_HOST = "host.tld"
+AD_USER = "username"
+AD_PASS = "password"
+AD_BASE_DN = "DC=dom,DC=tld"
+AD_GROUP = "groupname"
diff --git a/src/lib/configure.inc.php b/src/lib/configure.inc.php
index 04d68c6928fc7accaf1c2a71bcc8929cb487c3d6..ff71a14a5fea5eba54d40e23f3c0427cb146a23c 100644
--- a/src/lib/configure.inc.php
+++ b/src/lib/configure.inc.php
@@ -1,38 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-if (!function_exists('configure')) {
-  function configure ($prompt, $default = null, $secure = false) {
-
-    echo $prompt;
-    if ($default != null) {
-      echo ' [' . $default . ']';
-    }
-    echo ': ';
-
-    if (NON_INTERACTIVE) {
-      // non-interactive
-      echo '(Non-interactive, using default)' . PHP_EOL;
-      return $default;
-    }
-
-    if ($secure) {
-      system('stty -echo');
-    }
-
-    $answer = trim(fgets(STDIN));
-
-    if ($answer == '') {
-      $answer = $default;
-    }
-
-    if ($secure) {
-      system('stty echo');
-      echo "\n";
-    }
-
-    return $answer;
-  }
-}
+include_once './functions.inc.php';
 
 // This script should only be included by the pre-install.php script. The
 // calling script is responsible for defining the $CONFIG_FILE_INI and calling
@@ -40,18 +8,14 @@ if (!function_exists('configure')) {
 
 $CONFIG = array();
 if (file_exists($CONFIG_FILE_INI)) {
-  $answer = configure('A previous configuration exists. ' .
-      'Would you like to use it as defaults?', 'Y|n', false);
-
-  if (strtoupper(substr($answer, 0, 1)) == 'Y') {
+  if (promptYesNo('A previous configuration exists. ' .
+      'Would you like to use it as defaults?', true)) {
     $CONFIG = parse_ini_file($CONFIG_FILE_INI);
     print_r($CONFIG);
   }
 
-  $answer = configure('Would you like to save the old configuration file?',
-      'Y|n', false);
-
-  if (strtoupper(substr($answer, 0, 1)) == 'Y') {
+  if (promptYesNo('Would you like to save the old configuration file?',
+      false)) {
     $BAK_CONFIG_FILE = $CONFIG_FILE_INI . '.' . date('YmdHis');
     rename($CONFIG_FILE_INI, $BAK_CONFIG_FILE);
     echo 'Old configuration saved to file: ' . basename($BAK_CONFIG_FILE) .
@@ -159,7 +123,7 @@ $prompts = array(
   'SESSION_DB_PASS' => array(
     'prompt' => 'Session database user password',
     'default' => '',
-    'secure' => false
+    'secure' => true
   ),
 
 
@@ -178,7 +142,7 @@ $prompts = array(
   'AD_PASS' => array(
     'prompt' => 'Active directory user password',
     'default' => '',
-    'secure' => false
+    'secure' => true
   ),
 
   'AD_BASE_DN' => array(
diff --git a/src/lib/functions.inc.php b/src/lib/functions.inc.php
index ec9236086ca92ae9e985a8718f143d262f25316a..4e8f26e3c857d84a7793b730f60bd1dfe47eb735 100644
--- a/src/lib/functions.inc.php
+++ b/src/lib/functions.inc.php
@@ -1,5 +1,35 @@
 <?php
 
+function configure ($prompt, $default = null, $secure = false) {
+  echo $prompt;
+  if ($default != null) {
+    echo ' [' . $default . ']';
+  }
+  echo ': ';
+
+  if (NON_INTERACTIVE) {
+    // non-interactive
+    echo '(Non-interactive, using default)' . PHP_EOL;
+    return $default;
+  }
+
+  if ($secure) {
+    system('stty -echo');
+  }
+
+  $answer = trim(fgets(STDIN));
+
+  if ($answer == '') {
+    $answer = $default;
+  }
+
+  if ($secure) {
+    system('stty echo');
+    echo "\n";
+  }
+
+  return $answer;
+}
 
 /**
  * Prompt user with a yes or no question.
@@ -12,14 +42,23 @@
  *        default answer is used when user presses enter with no other input.
  * @return {Boolean} true if user entered yes, false if user entered no.
  */
-function promptYesNo ($prompt='Yes or no?', $default=null) {
+function promptYesNo ($prompt='Yes or no?', $default=false) {
 	$question = $prompt . ' [' .
-			($default === true ? 'Y' : 'y') . '/' .
-			($default === false ? 'N' : 'n') . ']: ';
+			($default == true ? 'Y' : 'y') . '|' .
+			($default == false ? 'N' : 'n') . ']: ';
+
 	$answer = null;
+
 	while ($answer === null) {
 		echo $question;
-		$answer = strtoupper(trim(fgets(STDIN)));
+
+    if (NON_INTERACTIVE) {
+      echo '(Non-interactive, using default)' . PHP_EOL;
+      $answer = ($default) ? 'Y' : 'N';
+    } else {
+		  $answer = strtoupper(trim(fgets(STDIN)));
+    }
+
 		if ($answer === '') {
 			if ($default === true) {
 				$answer = 'Y';
@@ -27,6 +66,7 @@ function promptYesNo ($prompt='Yes or no?', $default=null) {
 				$answer = 'N';
 			}
 		}
+
 		if ($answer !== 'Y' && $answer !== 'N') {
 			$answer = null;
 			echo PHP_EOL;
diff --git a/src/lib/pre-install.php b/src/lib/pre-install.php
index fb7996721896b73b4a449a76a4ba8821b7140f1e..715771fb0094d063f8cae532fd780926db7faa06 100644
--- a/src/lib/pre-install.php
+++ b/src/lib/pre-install.php
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ file_put_contents($HTTPD_CONF, '
 
 include_once './functions.inc.php';
 if (!file_exists($CONFIG['PDL_JAR_FILE'])) {
-  if (NON_INTERACTIVE || promptYesNo('Download PDL Jar File?')) {
+  if (promptYesNo('Download PDL Jar File?')) {
     downloadURL(
-        'http://ehppdl1.cr.usgs.gov/ProductClient/ProductClient.jar',
+        'https://ehppdl1.cr.usgs.gov/ProductClient/ProductClient.jar',
         $CONFIG['PDL_JAR_FILE']);
   }
 }
 
-if (promptYesNo('Would you like to setup the database or load data', true)) {
-  include_once 'setup_database.php';
+if (promptYesNo('Would you like to setup the database or load data')) {
+  include_once './setup_database.php';
 }