diff --git a/bin/buildiso.in b/bin/buildiso.in
index 186ee13..ba071f5 100644
--- a/bin/buildiso.in
+++ b/bin/buildiso.in
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ show_profile(){
         msg2 "hostname: %s" "${hostname}"
         msg2 "username: %s" "${username}"
         msg2 "password: %s" "${password}"
+        msg2 "user_shell: %s" "${user_shell}"
         msg2 "login_shell: %s" "${login_shell}"
         msg2 "addgroups: %s" "${addgroups}"
         [[ -n ${smb_workgroup} ]] && msg2 "smb_workgroup: %s" "${smb_workgroup}"
diff --git a/lib/util.sh b/lib/util.sh
index e56b13d..61fc5c7 100644
--- a/lib/util.sh
+++ b/lib/util.sh
@@ -420,6 +420,8 @@ load_profile_config(){
 
     [[ -z ${password} ]] && password="manjaro"
 
+    [[ -z ${user_shell} ]] && user_shell='/bin/bash'
+
     [[ -z ${login_shell} ]] && login_shell='/bin/bash'
 
     if [[ -z ${addgroups} ]]; then
@@ -505,6 +507,7 @@ reset_profile(){
     unset disable_systemd_live
     unset packages_desktop
     unset packages_mhwd
+    unset user_shell
     unset login_shell
     unset netinstall
     unset chrootcfg