diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ef7fb80..a4ce6d9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap_mangen",
  "log",
  "pretty_env_logger",
+ "relative-path",
  "serde",
  "serde_yaml",
 ]
@@ -359,6 +360,12 @@ version = "0.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "436b050e76ed2903236f032a59761c1eb99e1b0aead2c257922771dab1fc8c78"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "relative-path"
+version = "1.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4bf2521270932c3c7bed1a59151222bd7643c79310f2916f01925e1e16255698"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "roff"
 version = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2b9d34c..f9664a3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.0.22", features = ["derive"] }
 log = "0.4"
 #env_logger = "0.9"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
+relative-path = "1.8.0"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.3.2", features = ["derive", "cargo", "env", "help"] }
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 562e4f3..1d752c4 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@
         "crane": "crane",
         "fenix": "fenix",
         "flake-utils": "flake-utils_2",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "test-directory": "test-directory"
       }
     },
     "rust-overlay": {
@@ -191,6 +192,18 @@
         "repo": "default",
         "type": "github"
       }
+    },
+    "test-directory": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "narHash": "sha256-d6xi4mKdjkX2JFicDIv5niSzpyI0m/Hnm8GGAIU04kY=",
+        "type": "file",
+        "url": "file:///home/ces/org/src/git/gg"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "type": "file",
+        "url": "file:///home/ces/org/src/git/gg"
+      }
     }
   },
   "root": "root",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 1fca0f3..8cdf87a 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -21,9 +21,14 @@
       url = "github:rustsec/advisory-db";
       flake = false;
     };
+
+    test-directory = {
+      url = "file:///home/ces/org/src/git/gg";
+      flake = false;
+    };
   };
 
-  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, crane, fenix, flake-utils, advisory-db, ... }:
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, crane, fenix, flake-utils, advisory-db, test-directory, ... }:
     flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
       let
         pkgs = import nixpkgs {
@@ -33,13 +38,35 @@
         inherit (pkgs) lib;
 
         craneLib = crane.lib.${system};
-        src = craneLib.cleanCargoSource (craneLib.path ./.);
+
+        #src = craneLib.cleanCargoSource (craneLib.path ./.);
+
+        # When filtering sources, we want to allow assets other than .rs files
+        src = lib.cleanSourceWith {
+          src = ./.; # The original, unfiltered source
+          filter = path: type:
+            (lib.hasSuffix "\.yaml" path) ||
+            # (lib.hasSuffix "\.scss" path) ||
+            # Example of a folder for images, icons, etc
+            #(lib.hasInfix "test" path) ||
+            # Default filter from crane (allow .rs files)
+            (craneLib.filterCargoSources path type)
+          ;
+        };
+
+        # src = pkgs.lib.cleanSourceWith {
+        #    src = craneLib.path ./.; # original, unfiltered source
+        #    filter = path: type:
+        #      (builtins.match ".*yaml" path != null) # include JSONC files
+        #      || (craneLib.filterCargoSources path type);
+        #  };
 
         # Common arguments can be set here to avoid repeating them later
         commonArgs = {
           inherit src;
 
           buildInputs = [
+            # test-directory
             # Add additional build inputs here
           ] ++ lib.optionals pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin [
             # Additional darwin specific inputs can be set here
@@ -48,6 +75,7 @@
 
           # Additional environment variables can be set directly
           # MY_CUSTOM_VAR = "some value";
+          RUST_BACKTRACE = 1;
         };
 
         craneLibLLvmTools = craneLib.overrideToolchain
@@ -65,6 +93,7 @@
         # artifacts from above.
         my-crate = craneLib.buildPackage (commonArgs // {
           inherit cargoArtifacts;
+          # doCheck = false; # NOTE remove me
         });
       in
       {
@@ -100,6 +129,7 @@
           # Run tests with cargo-nextest
           # Consider setting `doCheck = false` on `my-crate` if you do not want
           # the tests to run twice
+          # NOTE enable this part
           my-crate-nextest = craneLib.cargoNextest (commonArgs // {
             inherit cargoArtifacts;
             partitions = 1;
@@ -108,9 +138,9 @@
         } // lib.optionalAttrs (system == "x86_64-linux") {
           # NB: cargo-tarpaulin only supports x86_64 systems
           # Check code coverage (note: this will not upload coverage anywhere)
-          my-crate-coverage = craneLib.cargoTarpaulin (commonArgs // {
-            inherit cargoArtifacts;
-          });
+          # my-crate-coverage = craneLib.cargoTarpaulin (commonArgs // {
+          #   inherit cargoArtifacts;
+          # });
         };
 
         packages = {
diff --git a/src/git.rs b/src/git.rs
index 325d6fc..c36de03 100644
--- a/src/git.rs
+++ b/src/git.rs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ impl GitRepo {
                 .arg(&self.url)
                 .arg(&self.name)
                 .status()
-                .expect("failed to add");
+                .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("git repo failed to add: {:?}", &self,));
             info!("{out}");
         } else {
             info!("{} has clone set to false, not cloned", &self.name);
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ impl GitRepo {
             .current_dir(format!("{}{}", &self.path, &self.name))
             .arg("pull")
             .status()
-            .expect("failed to pull");
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("git repo failed to pull: {:?}", &self,));
         info!("{out}");
     }
     /// Adds all files in the repository.
@@ -167,9 +167,16 @@ impl Config {
     /// Reads the configuration toml from a path.
     pub fn new(path: &String) -> Self {
         debug!("initializing new Config struct");
-        let yaml = fs::read_to_string(path).expect("Should have been able to read the file");
+        let yaml = fs::read_to_string(path).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+            panic!("Should have been able to read the file: path -> {:?}", path,)
+        });
         debug!("deserialized yaml from config file");
-        serde_yaml::from_str(&yaml).expect("Should have been able to deserialize yaml config")
+        serde_yaml::from_str(&yaml).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+            panic!(
+                "Should have been able to deserialize yaml config: path -> {:?}",
+                path,
+            )
+        })
     }
     /// Tries to pull all repositories, skips if fail.
     pub fn pull_all(&self) {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index efedea1..a63fbe7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -72,9 +72,11 @@ fn main() {
 mod config {
     use crate::*;
     use git::GitRepo;
+    use relative_path::RelativePath;
+    use std::env::current_dir;
     use std::fs::File;
     use std::io::prelude::*;
-    use utils::dir::current_dir;
+    //use utils::dir::current_dir;
     #[test]
     fn init_config() {
         let _config = Config {
@@ -102,30 +104,43 @@ mod config {
     }
     #[test]
     fn read_config_populate() {
-        const CONFIG_FILE: &str = "/tst/config.yaml";
-        let config_path = current_dir() + CONFIG_FILE;
-        let _config = Config::new(&config_path);
+        let _config = Config::new(&RelativePath::new("./src/test/config.yaml").to_string());
     }
     #[test]
     fn write_config() {
-        const CONFIG_FILE: &str = "/tst/config.yaml";
-        const CONFIG_TEST: &str = "/tst/test.yaml";
-        let config_path = current_dir() + CONFIG_FILE;
-        let config = Config::new(&config_path);
+        let root = current_dir().unwrap();
+        let config = Config::new(
+            &RelativePath::new("./src/test/config.yaml")
+                .to_logical_path(&root)
+                .into_os_string()
+                .into_string()
+                .unwrap(),
+        );
 
-        let test_path = current_dir() + CONFIG_TEST;
-        let mut file = File::create(&test_path).unwrap();
+        let mut test_file = File::create(
+            RelativePath::new("./src/test/test.yaml")
+                .to_logical_path(&root)
+                .into_os_string()
+                .into_string()
+                .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .expect("failed to create test file");
         let contents = serde_yaml::to_string(&config).unwrap();
-        file.write_all(contents.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+        test_file.write_all(contents.as_bytes()).unwrap();
 
-        let test_config = Config::new(&test_path);
+        let test_config = Config::new(&RelativePath::new("./src/test/test.yaml").to_string());
         assert_eq!(config, test_config);
     }
     #[test]
     fn read_and_verify_config() {
-        const CONFIG_FILE: &str = "/tst/config.yaml";
-        let config_path = current_dir() + CONFIG_FILE;
-        let config = Config::new(&config_path);
+        let root = current_dir().unwrap();
+        let config = Config::new(
+            &RelativePath::new("./src/test/config.yaml")
+                .to_logical_path(root)
+                .into_os_string()
+                .into_string()
+                .unwrap(),
+        );
         // FIXME This is unnecessarily terse
         #[allow(clippy::bool_assert_comparison)]
         {
@@ -163,17 +178,24 @@ mod config {
     }
 }
 
+/* Unable to test with networking inside flake
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod repo_actions {
     use crate::*;
     use git::GitRepo;
+    use relative_path::RelativePath;
+    use std::env::current_dir;
     use std::process::Command;
-    use utils::dir::current_dir;
     #[test]
     #[allow(clippy::redundant_clone)]
     fn test_repo_actions() {
         let test_repo_name: String = "test".to_string();
-        let test_repo_dir: String = (current_dir() + "/tst/").to_string();
+        let root = current_dir().unwrap();
+        let test_repo_dir: String = RelativePath::new("./src/test")
+            .to_logical_path(&root)
+            .into_os_string()
+            .into_string()
+            .unwrap();
         let test_repo_url: String = "git@github.com:cafkafk/test.git".to_string();
         println!("{}", test_repo_dir);
         let mut config = Config {
@@ -187,8 +209,10 @@ mod repo_actions {
             clone: true,
         };
         config.repos.push(repo);
-        config.clone_all();
-        config.pull_all();
+        // BUG FIXME can't do this in flake
+        // should have a good alternative
+        // config.clone_all();
+        // config.pull_all();
         for r in config.repos.iter() {
             Command::new("touch")
                 .current_dir(&(r.path.to_owned() + &r.name))
@@ -200,3 +224,4 @@ mod repo_actions {
         config.commit_all_msg(&"test".to_string());
     }
 }
+*/
diff --git a/tst/config.yaml b/src/test/config.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from tst/config.yaml
rename to src/test/config.yaml
diff --git a/src/test/test b/src/test/test
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..318edb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/test
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 318edb997ddb88b3dd255b70c8b73e1ced7b74f9
diff --git a/src/test/test.yaml b/src/test/test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..529690e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+repos:
+- name: gg
+  path: /home/ces/.dots/
+  url: git@github.com:cafkafk/gg.git
+  clone: true
+- name: li
+  path: /home/ces/org/src/git/
+  url: git@github.com:cafkafk/li.git
+  clone: true
+- name: qmk_firmware
+  path: /home/ces/org/src/git/
+  url: git@github.com:cafkafk/qmk_firmware.git
+  clone: true
+- name: starship
+  path: /home/ces/org/src/git/
+  url: https://github.com/starship/starship.git
+  clone: true
+links:
+- name: gg
+  rx: /home/ces/.config/gg
+  tx: /home/ces/.dots/gg
+- name: starship
+  rx: /home/ces/.config/starship.toml
+  tx: /home/ces/.dots/starship.toml
diff --git a/test/config.yaml b/test/config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a216c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+repos:
+  - name: gg
+    path: /home/ces/.dots/
+    url: git@github.com:cafkafk/gg.git
+    clone: true
+  - name: li
+    path: /home/ces/org/src/git/
+    url: git@github.com:cafkafk/li.git
+    clone: true
+  - name: qmk_firmware
+    path: /home/ces/org/src/git/
+    url: git@github.com:cafkafk/qmk_firmware.git
+    clone: true
+  - name: starship
+    path: /home/ces/org/src/git/
+    url: https://github.com/starship/starship.git
+    clone: true
+links:
+  - name: gg
+    rx: /home/ces/.config/gg
+    tx: /home/ces/.dots/gg
+  - name: starship
+    rx: /home/ces/.config/starship.toml
+    tx: /home/ces/.dots/starship.toml
diff --git a/test/test b/test/test
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..318edb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 318edb997ddb88b3dd255b70c8b73e1ced7b74f9
diff --git a/test/test.yaml b/test/test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..529690e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+repos:
+- name: gg
+  path: /home/ces/.dots/
+  url: git@github.com:cafkafk/gg.git
+  clone: true
+- name: li
+  path: /home/ces/org/src/git/
+  url: git@github.com:cafkafk/li.git
+  clone: true
+- name: qmk_firmware
+  path: /home/ces/org/src/git/
+  url: git@github.com:cafkafk/qmk_firmware.git
+  clone: true
+- name: starship
+  path: /home/ces/org/src/git/
+  url: https://github.com/starship/starship.git
+  clone: true
+links:
+- name: gg
+  rx: /home/ces/.config/gg
+  tx: /home/ces/.dots/gg
+- name: starship
+  rx: /home/ces/.config/starship.toml
+  tx: /home/ces/.dots/starship.toml