diff --git a/default.conf.yaml b/default.conf.yaml
index f085394..e6dbb2e 100644
--- a/default.conf.yaml
+++ b/default.conf.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     - mkdir -p ~/.config/direnv
     - mkdir -p ~/.task
     - ./bin/set-colors
+    - ./task/install
 
 - clean: ['~', '~/.config']
 
diff --git a/task/.gitignore b/task/.gitignore
index a2cf3b1..5061b73 100644
--- a/task/.gitignore
+++ b/task/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 /sync
 
 /color.theme
+
+# This contains state for the task CLI
+/.taskrc
diff --git a/task/install b/task/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a223901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/task/install
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+CURDIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+TEMPLATE="${CURDIR}/taskrc-template"
+DESTINATION="${CURDIR}/.taskrc"
+
+[ -f "${DESTINATION}" ] || cp -v "${TEMPLATE}" "${DESTINATION}"
diff --git a/task/.taskrc b/task/taskrc-template
similarity index 100%
rename from task/.taskrc
rename to task/taskrc-template