diff --git a/foreman-builder/cmd/create.go b/foreman-builder/cmd/create.go
index 429f2bb..647ddde 100644
--- a/foreman-builder/cmd/create.go
+++ b/foreman-builder/cmd/create.go
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ var createCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "create",
 	Short: "Create a new container environment",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		runCreate()
+		foremanUser.runCreate()
 	},
 }
 
 var containerType = "orb"
 
-func runCreate() {
+func (u User) runCreate() {
 	currentUser, err := user.Current()
 	if err != nil {
 		foremanbuilder.Logger.Fatalf("Failed to get current user: %s", err)
@@ -39,12 +39,7 @@ func runCreate() {
 		containerName = "foreman"
 	}
 
-	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
-	if err != nil {
-		foremanbuilder.Logger.Fatalf("Failed to get home directory: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	containerNameExists, err := foremanbuilder.GetLineInFile(filepath.Join(home, ".foreman-builder/containers"), containerName, "")
+	containerNameExists, err := foremanbuilder.GetLineInFile(u.containersPath, containerName, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		if err.Error() != "not_found" {
 			fmt.Println("An Error has occured searching dotfile")
@@ -58,7 +53,7 @@ func runCreate() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	err = foremanbuilder.AppendToFile(filepath.Join(home, ".foreman-builder/containers"), fmt.Sprintf("%s::%s", containerName, containerType))
+	err = foremanbuilder.AppendToFile(u.containersPath, fmt.Sprintf("%s::%s", containerName, containerType))
 	if err != nil {
 		foremanbuilder.Logger.Error("Failed to write container to container file")
 	}
@@ -70,7 +65,7 @@ func runCreate() {
 			Username:      username,
 			ContainerName: containerName,
 		}
-		err := createOrbstackContainer(orbOpts)
+		err := foremanUser.createOrbstackContainer(orbOpts)
 		if err != nil {
 			// better error message to show?
 			fmt.Println("An error has occured during container creation")
@@ -80,7 +75,7 @@ func runCreate() {
 
 }
 
-func createOrbstackContainer(opts foremanbuilder.OrbOptions) error {
+func (u User) createOrbstackContainer(opts foremanbuilder.OrbOptions) error {
 	config, err := foremanbuilder.GetYmlValues("./config.yml")
 	if err != nil {
 		foremanbuilder.Logger.Info("No config file found, skipping")
@@ -92,12 +87,11 @@ func createOrbstackContainer(opts foremanbuilder.OrbOptions) error {
 	}
 
 	// check for errors by doing ssh <container-name>@orb cat /var/log/cloud-init-output.log
-	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
 	if err != nil {
 		foremanbuilder.Logger.Errorf("Failed to get home directory: %v", err)
 		return err
 	}
-	confsDir := filepath.Join(home, ".foreman-builder", "confs")
+	confsDir := filepath.Join(u.dotFilePath, "confs")
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(confsDir, 0755); err != nil {
 		foremanbuilder.Logger.Errorf("Failed to create confs directory: %v", err)
 		return err
diff --git a/foreman-builder/cmd/delete.go b/foreman-builder/cmd/delete.go
index 96782c5..a5f28df 100644
--- a/foreman-builder/cmd/delete.go
+++ b/foreman-builder/cmd/delete.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -22,20 +21,15 @@ var deleteCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 		containerName := args[0]
-		runDelete(fmt.Sprint(strings.Split(containerName, "::")[0]))
+		foremanUser.runDelete(fmt.Sprint(strings.Split(containerName, "::")[0]))
 
 	},
 }
 
-func runDelete(containerName string) {
+func (u User) runDelete(containerName string) {
 
 	// check if item actually exists first AND foreman-builder created it
-	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
-	if err != nil {
-		foremanbuilder.Logger.Fatalf("Failed to get home directory: %v", err)
-	}
-	dotFolderPath := filepath.Join(home, ".foreman-builder")
-	containersPath := filepath.Join(dotFolderPath, "containers")
+	containersPath := u.containersPath
 	containers, err := foremanbuilder.GetAllLines(containersPath, "::")
 	foremanbuilder.Logger.Debugf("containers: %v\n", containers)
 	foremanbuilder.Logger.Debugf("containerName: %s \n", containerName)
diff --git a/foreman-builder/cmd/list.go b/foreman-builder/cmd/list.go
index 562a8f9..ba166cf 100644
--- a/foreman-builder/cmd/list.go
+++ b/foreman-builder/cmd/list.go
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-
 	foremanbuilder "github.com/aidenfine/foreman-builder/foreman-builder"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -14,18 +11,13 @@ var listCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "List all containers created with foreman-builder.",
 	Long:  "List all containers created with foreman-builder.",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		runList()
+		foremanUser.runList()
 	},
 }
 
-func runList() {
+func(u User) runList() {
 	fmt.Println("Foreman containers:")
-	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
-	if err != nil {
-		foremanbuilder.Logger.Fatalf("Failed to get home directory: %v", err)
-	}
-	dotFolderPath := filepath.Join(home, ".foreman-builder")
-	containersPath := filepath.Join(dotFolderPath, "containers")
+	containersPath := u.containersPath
 	containers, err := foremanbuilder.GetAllLines(containersPath, "::")
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Error getting all containers %v\n", err)
diff --git a/foreman-builder/cmd/root.go b/foreman-builder/cmd/root.go
index f490e45..342ebf1 100644
--- a/foreman-builder/cmd/root.go
+++ b/foreman-builder/cmd/root.go
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 
+	foremanbuilder "github.com/aidenfine/foreman-builder/foreman-builder"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -13,6 +15,14 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:  "A CLI tool to create and manage foreman containers.",
 }
 
+type User struct {
+	homeDir string
+	dotFilePath string
+	containersPath string
+}
+
+var foremanUser User
+
 func Execute() {
 	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
@@ -21,8 +31,19 @@ func Execute() {
 }
 
 func init() {
+	foremanUser = User{
+		homeDir: foremanbuilder.GetHomeDir(),
+		dotFilePath: "",
+		containersPath: "",
+	}
+	foremanUser.dotFilePath = filepath.Join(foremanUser.homeDir, ".foreman-builder")
+	if foremanUser.dotFilePath != "" {
+		foremanUser.containersPath = filepath.Join(foremanUser.dotFilePath, "containers")
+	}
+
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(createCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(listCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(deleteCmd)
+
 	// rootCmd.AddCommand(syncCmd)
 }
diff --git a/foreman-builder/user.go b/foreman-builder/user.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47fad1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/foreman-builder/user.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package foremanbuilder
+
+import (
+	"os"
+)
+
+func GetHomeDir() string {
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		Logger.Fatalf("Failed to get home directory: %v", err)
+	}
+	return home
+}