diff --git a/.changeset/two-ties-begin.md b/.changeset/two-ties-begin.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..48359cef2643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/two-ties-begin.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-svelte': patch
+---
+
+Prompt to npm install before prompting to git init
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/bin.js b/packages/create-svelte/bin.js
index e490d196b33d..0dea68b0d536 100755
--- a/packages/create-svelte/bin.js
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/bin.js
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ async function main() {
 		console.log(`  ${i++}: ${bold(cyan(`cd ${relative}`))}`);
 	}
 
+	console.log(`  ${i++}: ${bold(cyan('npm install'))} (or pnpm install, etc)`);
 	// prettier-ignore
 	console.log(`  ${i++}: ${bold(cyan('git init && git add -A && git commit -m "Initial commit"'))} (optional step)`);
-	console.log(`  ${i++}: ${bold(cyan('npm install'))} (or pnpm install, etc)`);
 	console.log(`  ${i++}: ${bold(cyan('npm run dev -- --open'))}`);
 
 	console.log(`\nTo close the dev server, hit ${bold(cyan('Ctrl-C'))}`);