diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index daef857..85e9bd8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ your-lex-workspace
    ├──bots
    └──monobot
 ```
+When using the provision command for a mono bot, the `--name` flag is optional.  If it is not present `lexbelt` will use the `lexBotName` in the monobot specification file.
 
 You can take a look at examples/yaml/monobot/OrderFlowersMono.yaml to see an example monobot yaml file like so:
 ```
diff --git a/bot.go b/bot.go
index ee5d65c..a0f7957 100644
--- a/bot.go
+++ b/bot.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type botYaml struct {
 	LexBot *lexmodelbuildingservice.PutBotInput `locationName:"lexBot" type:"structure"`
 }
 
-func putBot(svc *lexmodelbuildingservice.LexModelBuildingService, file string, poll int) {
+func putBot(svc *lexmodelbuildingservice.LexModelBuildingService, file string, name string, poll int) {
 
 	var myBot botYaml
 	readAndUnmarshal(file, &myBot)
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ func putBot(svc *lexmodelbuildingservice.LexModelBuildingService, file string, p
 		log.Fatal("Yaml file is not as expected, please check your syntax.")
 	}
 
-	if *putBotCommandName != "" {
-		myBot.LexBot.Name = putBotCommandName
+	if name != "" {
+		myBot.LexBot.Name = &name
 	}
 
 	getResult, err := svc.GetBot(&lexmodelbuildingservice.GetBotInput{
diff --git a/examples/yaml/config.yaml b/examples/yaml/config.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 711d61e..0000000
--- a/examples/yaml/config.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-region: ap-southeast-2
-profile: versent
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lexbelt.go b/lexbelt.go
index 8722963..d58cdcb 100644
--- a/lexbelt.go
+++ b/lexbelt.go
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ func main() {
 	case putIntentCommand.FullCommand():
 		putIntent(svc, (*putIntentCommandFile).Name())
 	case putBotCommand.FullCommand():
-		putBot(svc, (*putBotCommandFile).Name(), *putBotCommandPoll)
+		putBot(svc, (*putBotCommandFile).Name(), *putBotCommandName, *putBotCommandPoll)
 	case provisionCommand.FullCommand():
-		provision(svc, (*provisionCommandFile).Name(), *provisionCommandPoll)
+		provision(svc, (*provisionCommandFile).Name(), *provisionCommandName, *provisionCommandPoll)
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/provisioner.go b/provisioner.go
index 56fa93f..0beaae0 100644
--- a/provisioner.go
+++ b/provisioner.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type provisionerSpecification struct {
 	} `locationName:"lexBotProvisioner" type:"structure"`
 }
 
-func provision(svc *lexmodelbuildingservice.LexModelBuildingService, file string, poll int) {
+func provision(svc *lexmodelbuildingservice.LexModelBuildingService, file string, name string, poll int) {
 
 	var myProvisionerSpecification provisionerSpecification
 	readAndUnmarshal(file, &myProvisionerSpecification)
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ func provision(svc *lexmodelbuildingservice.LexModelBuildingService, file string
 	}
 
 	var myProvisioner provisioner
-	if *provisionCommandName != "" {
-		myProvisioner.LexBot.Name = putIntentCommandName
-	} else {
-		myProvisioner.LexBot.Name = myProvisionerSpecification.LexBotProvisioner.LexBotName
+
+	if name == "" {
+		name = *myProvisionerSpecification.LexBotProvisioner.LexBotName
 	}
+	myProvisioner.LexBot.Name = &name
 
 	//based on the mono bot yaml, load slots, intents and the bot and provision in the correct order
 
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ func provision(svc *lexmodelbuildingservice.LexModelBuildingService, file string
 
 	//lastly the bot
 	fmt.Println("Adding the bot and building it")
-	putBot(svc, basePath+"bots"+separator+*myProvisionerSpecification.LexBotProvisioner.LexBot, poll)
+	putBot(svc, basePath+"bots"+separator+*myProvisionerSpecification.LexBotProvisioner.LexBot, name, poll)
 
 }