diff --git a/generators/app/index.js b/generators/app/index.js
index 0eafac4..9626616 100644
--- a/generators/app/index.js
+++ b/generators/app/index.js
@@ -128,33 +128,41 @@ class HubotGenerator extends Generator {
 
   async prompting () {
     const botOwner = await this.determineDefaultName()
-    const prompts = [
-      {
-        type: 'input',
-        name: 'botOwner',
-        message: 'My Owner',
-        default: botOwner
-      },
-      {
-        type: 'input',
-        name: 'botName',
-        message: 'Bot name',
-        default: 'mybot'
-      },
-      {
-        type: 'input',
-        name: 'botDescription',
-        message: 'Description',
-        default: 'A simple helpful robot for your Company'
-      },
-      {
-        type: 'input',
-        name: 'botAdapter',
-        message: 'Bot adapter',
-        default: 'shell'
+    if (this.options.defaults) {
+      this.props = {
+        botOwner: this.options.owner,
+        botName: this.options.name,
+        botDescription: this.options.description,
+        botAdapter: this.options.adapter
       }
-    ]
-    this.props = await this.prompt(prompts)
+    } else {
+      this.props = await this.prompt([
+        {
+          type: 'input',
+          name: 'botOwner',
+          message: 'My Owner',
+          default: botOwner
+        },
+        {
+          type: 'input',
+          name: 'botName',
+          message: 'Bot name',
+          default: 'mybot'
+        },
+        {
+          type: 'input',
+          name: 'botDescription',
+          message: 'Description',
+          default: 'A simple helpful robot for your Company'
+        },
+        {
+          type: 'input',
+          name: 'botAdapter',
+          message: 'Bot adapter',
+          default: 'shell'
+        }
+      ])
+    }
     return this.props
   }
 
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/_package.json b/generators/app/templates/_package.json
index e2b21e8..ed56bd8 100644
--- a/generators/app/templates/_package.json
+++ b/generators/app/templates/_package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "description": "<%= botDescription %>",
 
   "dependencies": {
-    <% if (botAdapter) { %>"<%= botAdapter %>": "*",<% } %>
+    <% if (botAdapter && botAdapter !== 'shell') { %>"<%= botAdapter %>": "*",<% } %>
     "hubot": "^11.0.0",
     "hubot-help": "^2.0.0",
     "hubot-redis-brain": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/test/temp/package.json b/test/temp/package.json
index b325e98..4ca4bdd 100644
--- a/test/temp/package.json
+++ b/test/temp/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   "description": "A simple helpful robot for your Company",
 
   "dependencies": {
+    
     "hubot": "^11.0.0",
     "hubot-help": "^2.0.0",
     "hubot-redis-brain": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/test/test-app.mjs b/test/test-app.mjs
index 08a4402..092219f 100644
--- a/test/test-app.mjs
+++ b/test/test-app.mjs
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@ import { describe, it, before } from 'node:test'
 import path from 'node:path'
 import helpers from 'yeoman-test'
 import assert from 'yeoman-assert'
-
+import fs from 'node:fs/promises'
 const __dirname = path.dirname(new URL(import.meta.url).pathname)
 
 describe('hubot:app', function () {
   before(async () => {
     await helpers.run(path.join(__dirname, '../generators/app'))
-      .withOptions({ 'skip-install': true })
+      .withOptions({ 'skip-install': true, defaults: true, name: 'hubot', owner: 'temp' })
   })
 
-  it('creates files', function () {
+  it('creates files', async function () {
     assert.file([
       'bin/hubot',
       'bin/hubot.cmd',
@@ -23,5 +23,7 @@ describe('hubot:app', function () {
       'package.json',
       'scripts/Example.mjs'
     ])
+    assert.fileContent('bin/hubot', await fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, '../test/temp/bin/hubot'), 'utf8'))
+    assert.fileContent('package.json', await fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, '../test/temp/package.json'), 'utf8'))
   })
 })