# \--profile in \`dbt init\` command being ignored **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [October 20, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/profile-in-dbt-init-command-being-ignored/5142 "2022-10-20T15:16:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![samuel.cheah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discourse.getdbt.com/samuel.cheah/32/1263_2.png) [@samuel.cheah](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/samuel.cheah)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/profile-in-dbt-init-command-being-ignored/5142/1 "2022-10-20T15:16:48Z")

Hi there, I am trying to create a dbt project using an existing profile `default` that is already defined in `profiles.yml`. Running dbt init --help shows this “–profile PROFILE Which profile to load. Overrides setting in dbt\_project.yml.”, so accordingly I ran this command to create a new project “proj1” using my `default` profile. ```auto dbt init --profile default proj1 ``` Expected behaviour: proj1 created with `dbt_project.yml` showing `profile: 'default'` Actual behaviour: proj1 created with `dbt_project.yml` showing `profile: 'proj1'` which is the default name for a new profile. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance for any help. ---

**Author:** ![joellabes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discourse.getdbt.com/joellabes/32/3980_2.png) [@joellabes](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/joellabes)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/profile-in-dbt-init-command-being-ignored/5142/2 "2022-10-27T10:08:00Z")

I see you’ve made an issue: [[CT-1418] [Bug] CLI argument `--profile` ignored in `dbt init` · Issue #6154 · dbt-labs/dbt-core · GitHub](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/6154) This feels like the right place for that to be handled so I’m going to close this. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you! ---