diff --git a/applications/tari_app_utilities/src/identity_management.rs b/applications/tari_app_utilities/src/identity_management.rs
index df42bbe6cc..f526ecc75d 100644
--- a/applications/tari_app_utilities/src/identity_management.rs
+++ b/applications/tari_app_utilities/src/identity_management.rs
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ use crate::utilities::ExitCodes;
 use log::*;
 use rand::rngs::OsRng;
 use std::{clone::Clone, fs, path::Path, string::ToString, sync::Arc};
+use tari_common::configuration::bootstrap::prompt;
 use tari_comms::{multiaddr::Multiaddr, peer_manager::PeerFeatures, NodeIdentity};
 use tari_core::transactions::types::PrivateKey;
 use tari_crypto::{
     keys::SecretKey,
     tari_utilities::{hex::Hex, message_format::MessageFormat},
 };
+
 pub const LOG_TARGET: &str = "tari_application";
 
 /// Loads the node identity, or creates a new one if the --create-id flag was specified
@@ -51,17 +53,22 @@ pub fn setup_node_identity<P: AsRef<Path>>(
         Ok(id) => Ok(Arc::new(id)),
         Err(e) => {
             if !create_id {
-                error!(
-                    target: LOG_TARGET,
-                    "Node identity information not found. {}. You can update the configuration file to point to a \
-                     valid node identity file, or re-run the node with the --create-id flag to create a new identity.",
-                    e
-                );
-                return Err(ExitCodes::ConfigError(format!(
-                    "Node identity information not found. {}. You can update the configuration file to point to a \
-                     valid node identity file, or re-run the node with the --create-id flag to create a new identity.",
-                    e
-                )));
+                let prompt = prompt("Node identity does not exist.\nWould you like to to create one (Y/n)?");
+                if !prompt {
+                    error!(
+                        target: LOG_TARGET,
+                        "Node identity information not found. {}. You can update the configuration file to point to a \
+                         valid node identity file, or re-run the node with the --create-id flag to create a new \
+                         identity.",
+                        e
+                    );
+                    return Err(ExitCodes::ConfigError(format!(
+                        "Node identity information not found. {}. You can update the configuration file to point to a \
+                         valid node identity file, or re-run the node with the --create-id flag to create a new \
+                         identity.",
+                        e
+                    )));
+                };
             }
 
             debug!(target: LOG_TARGET, "Node id not found. {}. Creating new ID", e);
diff --git a/common/src/configuration/bootstrap.rs b/common/src/configuration/bootstrap.rs
index aee62a9cae..22c801b9fd 100644
--- a/common/src/configuration/bootstrap.rs
+++ b/common/src/configuration/bootstrap.rs
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ impl ConfigBootstrap {
     }
 }
 
-fn prompt(question: &str) -> bool {
+pub fn prompt(question: &str) -> bool {
     println!("{}", question);
     let mut input = "".to_string();
     io::stdin().read_line(&mut input).unwrap();