diff --git a/.templates/.qtcreator/winix.creator.user b/.templates/.qtcreator/winix.creator.user
index cdf567a..77198b7 100644
--- a/.templates/.qtcreator/winix.creator.user
+++ b/.templates/.qtcreator/winix.creator.user
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <qtcreator>
  <data>
   <variable>EnvironmentId</variable>
-  <value type="QByteArray">{5ab9881c-fa5d-4482-9095-89b8f4d69c9e}</value>
+  <value type="QByteArray">%%%QT_ENVIRONMENT_ID%%%</value>
  </data>
  <data>
   <variable>ProjectExplorer.Project.ActiveTarget</variable>
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
    <value type="QString" key="DeviceType">Desktop</value>
    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.DefaultDisplayName">Desktop</value>
    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.DisplayName">Desktop</value>
-   <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.Id">{d8d7580a-b779-40c7-980c-a52adf87b0ab}</value>
+   <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.Id">%%%QT_DEFAULT_PROFILE_ID%%%</value>
    <value type="qlonglong" key="ProjectExplorer.Target.ActiveBuildConfiguration">0</value>
    <value type="qlonglong" key="ProjectExplorer.Target.ActiveDeployConfiguration">0</value>
    <value type="qlonglong" key="ProjectExplorer.Target.ActiveRunConfiguration">0</value>
diff --git a/.templates/install_qtcreator.sh b/.templates/install_qtcreator.sh
index efd9a96..51f7f0f 100755
--- a/.templates/install_qtcreator.sh
+++ b/.templates/install_qtcreator.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,39 @@ if [ ! -d ${CURRENT_DIR}/.templates ] ; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+qtcreatorini=~/.config/QtProject/QtCreator.ini
+qtprofiles=~/.config/QtProject/qtcreator/profiles.xml
+
+if [ ! -f "$qtcreatorini" ] ; then
+	echo "I cannot find a $qtcreatorini file"
+	echo "this file is needed to take an EnvironmentId parameter"
+	echo "if QTCreator was recently installed make sure you have opened it at least once"
+	exit 2
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f "$qtprofiles" ] ; then
+	echo "I cannot find a $qtprofiles file"
+	echo "this file is needed to take a default profile id parameter"
+	echo "if QTCreator was recently installed make sure you have opened it at least once"
+	exit 3
+fi
+
+qtenvironmentid=`grep -F 'Settings\EnvironmentId' "$qtcreatorini" | grep -Eo '\{[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\}'`
+qtdefaultprofileid=`grep -A 1 -F '<variable>Profile.Default</variable>' "$qtprofiles" | tail -n 1 | grep -Eo '\{[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\}'`
+
+if [ -z "$qtenvironmentid" ] ; then
+	echo "I cannot read a Settings\EnvironmentId parameter from $qtcreatorini file"
+	exit 4
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$qtdefaultprofileid" ] ; then
+	echo "I cannot read a Profile.Default parameter from $qtprofiles file"
+	exit 5
+fi
+
+echo "Your QTCreator EnvironmentId is: $qtenvironmentid"
+echo "Your QTCreator default profile id is: $qtdefaultprofileid"
+
 # change / to \/ in paths
 CURRENT_DIR_FOR_SED=$(echo ${CURRENT_DIR} | sed 's/\//\\\//g')
 GLOBAL_WORKING_DIR_FOR_SED=$(echo ${GLOBAL_WORKING_DIR} | sed 's/\//\\\//g')
@@ -35,7 +68,9 @@ if [ -d "${QTCREATOR_DIR}" ] ; then
 				if [ ! -f "${QTCREATOR_DIR}/$i" ] ; then
 					cat "$i" | \
 						sed -e "s/%%%CURRENT_DIR%%%/${CURRENT_DIR_FOR_SED}/g" \
-							-e "s/%%%GLOBAL_WORKING_DIR%%%/${GLOBAL_WORKING_DIR_FOR_SED}/g" > \
+							-e "s/%%%GLOBAL_WORKING_DIR%%%/${GLOBAL_WORKING_DIR_FOR_SED}/g" \
+							-e "s/%%%QT_ENVIRONMENT_ID%%%/${qtenvironmentid}/g" \
+							-e "s/%%%QT_DEFAULT_PROFILE_ID%%%/${qtdefaultprofileid}/g" > \
 						"${QTCREATOR_DIR}/$i"
 				fi
 			done