diff --git a/build/build.properties b/build/build.properties
index 588b7c122..50915fb41 100644
--- a/build/build.properties
+++ b/build/build.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-project.home = /home/naomiaro/dev-campcaster/campcaster
+#Note: project.home is automatically generated by the propel-install script. 
+#Any manual changes to this value will be overwritten.
+project.home = /path/to/airtime
 project.build = ${project.home}/build
 
 #Database driver
diff --git a/install/propel-install.php b/install/propel-install.php
index 245ee3a3c..5b798c712 100644
--- a/install/propel-install.php
+++ b/install/propel-install.php
@@ -31,19 +31,19 @@ if(exec("whoami") != "root"){
 
 $property = 'project.home';
 $lines = file('../build/build.properties');
-foreach ($lines as $line) {
+foreach ($lines as $key => &$line) {
     if ($property == substr($line, 0, strlen($property))){
-        $indexOfEquals = strpos($line, '=');
-        if ($indexOfEquals !== false){
-		    $dir_value = trim(substr($line, $indexOfEquals+1));
-		    //check to make sure that the project.home path is equal to one level
-		    //up of this install script location.
-		    $dir_found = realpath(__dir__.'/../') == realpath($dir_value);
-		}
-		break;
+		$line = $property." = ".realpath(__dir__.'/../')."\n";
 	}
 }
 
+$fp=fopen('../build/build.properties', 'w');
+foreach($lines as $key => $line){
+	fwrite($fp, $line);
+}
+fclose($fp);
+
+
 if ($dir_found === false){
 	echo ("../build/build.properties 'project.home' value of '$dir_value' is incorrect. Please correct and try install again.\n");
 	exit(1);