diff --git a/.changeset/poor-birds-rhyme.md b/.changeset/poor-birds-rhyme.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1161255d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/poor-birds-rhyme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"10up-toolkit": patch
+---
+
+Fix init command
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/PROJECTS.md b/packages/toolkit/PROJECTS.md
index a14d71c7..6b1f8ca2 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/PROJECTS.md
+++ b/packages/toolkit/PROJECTS.md
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ The following are additional optional variables that allow you to use custom scr
 deploy_script_path: "" # Custom deploy script
 build_script_path: "" # For using a build script in a different location
 create_payload_script_path: "" # Custom create payload script
-deploy_file_excludes: "" # Custom deploy file exclusions
 ```
 
 ## Commands
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/project/default-variables.json b/packages/toolkit/project/default-variables.json
index 7c0c1351..b1b1a4a7 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/project/default-variables.json
+++ b/packages/toolkit/project/default-variables.json
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 	"build_script_path": "",
 	"wordpress_version": "",
 	"deploy_script_path": "",
-	"deploy_file_excludes": "",
 	"create_payload_script_path": "",
 	"environments": []
 }
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/project/gitlab/.gitlab-ci.tmpl b/packages/toolkit/project/gitlab/.gitlab-ci.tmpl
index 235d7e86..18f6ff5d 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/project/gitlab/.gitlab-ci.tmpl
+++ b/packages/toolkit/project/gitlab/.gitlab-ci.tmpl
@@ -7,21 +7,6 @@ include:
     ref: trunk
     file: /main.yml
 
-setup_10up_toolkit:
-  stage: .pre
-  script: |
-    if [ ! -d "toolkit" ] ; then
-      git clone --verbose -b project-command https://github.com/10up/10up-toolkit.git toolkit
-    fi
-    rm -rf 10up-toolkit
-    ln -s toolkit/packages/toolkit/bin/10up-toolkit.js 10up-toolkit
-    cd toolkit
-    npm install
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - toolkit
-      - 10up-toolkit
-
 test_syntax:
   stage: test
   script:
@@ -39,7 +24,8 @@ test_virusscan:
 build_plugins_and_themes:
   stage: build
   script:
-    - ./10up-toolkit project create-payload $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
+    - nvm install 18
+    - npx 10up-toolkit@next project create-payload $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - payload
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/project/deploy-file-excludes.txt b/packages/toolkit/project/local/scripts/deploy-excludes.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/toolkit/project/deploy-file-excludes.txt
rename to packages/toolkit/project/local/scripts/deploy-excludes.txt
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/scripts/project/bash/build-setup.sh b/packages/toolkit/scripts/project/bash/build-setup.sh
index 642fa0b6..a6c5eb7b 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/scripts/project/bash/build-setup.sh
+++ b/packages/toolkit/scripts/project/bash/build-setup.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
 maybe_init_nvm() {
 
   if [ $(find . -name .nvmrc | wc -l) -gt 0 ] && [ ! -f $NVM_DIR/nvm.sh ]; then
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/scripts/project/bash/create-payload.sh b/packages/toolkit/scripts/project/bash/create-payload.sh
index bab0e5bb..91309781 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/scripts/project/bash/create-payload.sh
+++ b/packages/toolkit/scripts/project/bash/create-payload.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
 download() {
 	if [ `which curl` ]; then
 		curl -s "$1" > "$2";
@@ -15,6 +17,4 @@ download https://wordpress.org/wordpress-${WORDPRESS_VERSION}.tar.gz wordpress.t
 tar --strip-components=1 -zxmf wordpress.tar.gz -C .
 rm wordpress.tar.gz
 
-echo "rsync -avz --exclude-from=$deploy_file_excludes $project_root/$deploy_from $deploy_to_subdir"
-
-rsync -avz --exclude-from=$deploy_file_excludes $project_root/$deploy_from $deploy_to_subdir
+rsync -avz --exclude-from=$deploy_file_excludes_absolute $project_root/$deploy_from $deploy_to_subdir
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/scripts/project/bash/init.sh b/packages/toolkit/scripts/project/bash/init.sh
index 4a54316d..25014c0f 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/scripts/project/bash/init.sh
+++ b/packages/toolkit/scripts/project/bash/init.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
 # Create dir if it does not exist
 if [ ! -d "$init_path" ]; then
 	mkdir -p "$init_path"
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ fi
 LANG=C
 
 if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
-	sediopt=( -i '')
+	sediopt=( -i '' )
 else
 	sediopt=( -i )
 fi
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/scripts/project/create-payload.js b/packages/toolkit/scripts/project/create-payload.js
index ddd840fd..81134707 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/scripts/project/create-payload.js
+++ b/packages/toolkit/scripts/project/create-payload.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const run = async () => {
 	await require('./build').run();
 
 	if (fs.existsSync(variables.create_payload_script_path)) {
-		execSync(`sh ${variables.create_payload_script_path}`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
+		execSync(`bash ${variables.create_payload_script_path}`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
 	}
 
 	log(chalk.green('Payload created.'));
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/scripts/project/init.js b/packages/toolkit/scripts/project/init.js
index 054f6504..b5be9b96 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/scripts/project/init.js
+++ b/packages/toolkit/scripts/project/init.js
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ const run = async () => {
 
 	const initScript = `${__dirname}/bash/init.sh`;
 
-	execSync(`sh ${initScript}`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
+	execSync(`bash ${initScript}`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
 
 	// Load the contents of the .tenup.yml file into a string
 	let configFile = fs.readFileSync(`${path}/.tenup.yml`, 'utf8');
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/utils/project.js b/packages/toolkit/utils/project.js
index 4bbf5603..762eb5a1 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/utils/project.js
+++ b/packages/toolkit/utils/project.js
@@ -136,9 +136,8 @@ const getProjectVariables = (path = '.') => {
 		data.build_script_path = `${projectRoot}/scripts/build.sh`;
 	}
 
-	if (!data.deploy_file_excludes) {
-		data.deploy_file_excludes = `./toolkit/packages/toolkit/project/deploy-file-excludes.txt`;
-	}
+	data.deploy_file_excludes = `./scripts/deploy-excludes.txt`;
+	data.deploy_file_excludes_absolute = `${projectRoot}/scripts/deploy-excludes.txt`;
 
 	data.toolkit_path = resolve(`${__dirname}/../`);