diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Navigation/Commands/MenuCommands.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Navigation/Commands/MenuCommands.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..008145599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Navigation/Commands/MenuCommands.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+using Orchard.Commands;
+using Orchard.ContentManagement;
+using Orchard.Core.Navigation.Models;
+
+namespace Orchard.Core.Navigation.Commands {
+    public class MenuCommands : DefaultOrchardCommandHandler {
+        private readonly IContentManager _contentManager;
+
+        public MenuCommands(IContentManager contentManager) {
+            _contentManager = contentManager;
+        }
+
+        [OrchardSwitch]
+        public string MenuPosition { get; set; }
+
+        [OrchardSwitch]
+        public string MenuText { get; set; }
+
+        [OrchardSwitch]
+        public string Url { get; set; }
+
+        [OrchardSwitch]
+        public bool OnMainMenu { get; set; }
+
+        [CommandName("menuitem create")]
+        [CommandHelp("menuitem create /MenuPosition:<position> /MenuText:<text> /Url:<url> [/OnMainMenu:true|false]\r\n\t" + "Creates a new menu item")]
+        [OrchardSwitches("MenuPosition,MenuText,Url,OnMainMenu")]
+        public void Create() {
+            var menuItem = _contentManager.Create("MenuItem");
+            menuItem.As<MenuPart>().MenuPosition = MenuPosition;
+            menuItem.As<MenuPart>().MenuText = T(MenuText).ToString();
+            menuItem.As<MenuPart>().OnMainMenu = OnMainMenu;
+            menuItem.As<MenuItemPart>().Url = Url;
+
+            Context.Output.WriteLine(T("Menu item created successfully.").Text);
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Orchard.Core.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Orchard.Core.csproj
index 198aed3e4..d8c4803ee 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Orchard.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Orchard.Core.csproj
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Contents\Settings\ContentPartSettings.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Contents\Shapes.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Contents\ViewModels\PublishContentViewModel.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Navigation\Commands\MenuCommands.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Navigation\Services\MainMenuNavigationProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Routable\Events\ISlugEventHandler.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Routable\ResourceManifest.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Pages/Commands/PageCommands.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Pages/Commands/PageCommands.cs
index 228fc0242..27986e60c 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Pages/Commands/PageCommands.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Pages/Commands/PageCommands.cs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Modules are created by other users of Orchard just like you so if you feel up to
                 _contentManager.Publish(page);
             }
 
-            Context.Output.WriteLine(T("Page Created successfully.").Text);
+            Context.Output.WriteLine(T("Page created successfully.").Text);
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Recipes/blog.recipe.xml b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Recipes/blog.recipe.xml
index 78e0ad859..46b2d26cf 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Recipes/blog.recipe.xml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Recipes/blog.recipe.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
   <Command>
     feature enable Orchard.Experimental.TestingLists
     page create /Slug:"welcome-to-orchard" /Title:"Welcome to Orchard!" /Path:"welcome-to-orchard" /Homepage:true /Publish:true /UseWelcomeText:true
+    menuitem create /MenuPosition:"1" /MenuText:"Home" /Url:"" /OnMainMenu:true
   </Command>
   
   <Migration features="*" />
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Recipes/cms.recipe.xml b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Recipes/cms.recipe.xml
index f9e1fb267..cfabc15e2 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Recipes/cms.recipe.xml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Recipes/cms.recipe.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   <Command>
     feature enable Orchard.Experimental.TestingLists
     page create /Slug:"welcome-to-orchard" /Title:"Welcome to Orchard!" /Path:"welcome-to-orchard" /Homepage:true /Publish:true /UseWelcomeText:true
+    menuitem create /MenuPosition:"1" /MenuText:"Home" /Url:"" /OnMainMenu:true
   </Command>
 
   <Migration features="*" />
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Recipes/minimal.recipe.xml b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Recipes/minimal.recipe.xml
index 025ae5caf..bed9494e1 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Recipes/minimal.recipe.xml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Recipes/minimal.recipe.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   <Command>
     feature enable Orchard.Experimental.TestingLists
     page create /Slug:"welcome-to-orchard" /Title:"Welcome to Orchard!" /Path:"welcome-to-orchard" /Homepage:true /Publish:true /UseWelcomeText:true
+    menuitem create /MenuPosition:"1" /MenuText:"Home" /Url:"" /OnMainMenu:true
   </Command>
 
   <Migration features="*" />
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Services/SetupService.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Services/SetupService.cs
index be7d32e32..c256931c9 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Services/SetupService.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Services/SetupService.cs
@@ -270,13 +270,6 @@ namespace Orchard.Setup.Services {
                 contentManager.Publish(tripelThird);
             }
 
-            // add a menu item for the shiny new home page
-            var menuItem = contentManager.Create("MenuItem");
-            menuItem.As<MenuPart>().MenuPosition = "1";
-            menuItem.As<MenuPart>().MenuText = T("Home").ToString();
-            menuItem.As<MenuPart>().OnMainMenu = true;
-            menuItem.As<MenuItemPart>().Url = "";
-
             //null check: temporary fix for running setup in command line
             if (HttpContext.Current != null) {
                 authenticationService.SignIn(user, true);