diff --git a/src/cmd/core.rs b/src/cmd/core.rs
index 272672d..b4d56b2 100644
--- a/src/cmd/core.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/core.rs
@@ -1,24 +1,14 @@
-use std::io;
-use std::io::Write;
+use config::Config;
+use crate::settings;
+use crate::transcoder::repository::Repository;
 
-pub fn configure_command(config_path: &str) {
-  let repository_dir = get_user_input("Enter your desired video repository directory path: ");
-  let interval = get_user_input("Enter how long Zealot should wait in between runs (in minutes): ");
+pub fn setup_command(repository_dir: &str) {
+  println!("Initializing video repository at {}...", repository_dir);
 
-  println!("Updating config file {} with repository path {} and interval {}.", config_path, repository_dir, interval);
-}
-
-fn get_user_input(message: &str) -> String {
-  // print our message to the user, then flush STDIN so the message is sent
-  print!("{}", message);
-  io::stdout().flush().unwrap();
-
-  // now create our string object and read the input
-  let mut input = String::new();
-  io::stdin()
-    .read_line(&mut input)
-    .expect("Failed to get user input");
-
-  // obviously, return the trimmed result as a String object
-  return input.trim().to_string();
+  // create and initialize our config and repository objects
+  let c: Config = settings::load_config();
+  let r: Repository = Repository::new(&shellexpand::tilde(&c.get_string("transcoder.repository").unwrap()));
+
+  // initialize the video repository
+  r.initialize();
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d19aae9..9fde30e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ struct Cli {
 #[derive(Subcommand)]
 enum Commands {
   /// displays version info about this program
-  Configure {},
+  Setup {},
 }
 
 fn main() {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ fn main() {
 
   match &cli.command {
     // sub-commands will be handled here
-    Some(Commands::Configure {}) => cmd::core::configure_command(config_path),
+    Some(Commands::Setup {}) => cmd::core::setup_command(config_path),
 
     // run the main program without any commands
     None => {
diff --git a/src/transcoder/repository.rs b/src/transcoder/repository.rs
index 44b40f5..f04a243 100644
--- a/src/transcoder/repository.rs
+++ b/src/transcoder/repository.rs
@@ -11,16 +11,9 @@ pub struct Repository {
 
 impl Repository {
   pub fn new(base_path: &str) -> Repository {
-    // create the base directory path
-    create_directory(base_path);
-
-    // create the needed sub-directories
     let ingest_path = Path::new(base_path).join("ingest");
-    create_directory(ingest_path.to_str().unwrap());
     let archive_path = Path::new(base_path).join("archive");
-    create_directory(archive_path.to_str().unwrap());
     let output_path = Path::new(base_path).join("output");
-    create_directory(output_path.to_str().unwrap());
 
     return Repository {
       base_dir: String::from(base_path),
@@ -30,6 +23,16 @@ impl Repository {
     };
   }
 
+  pub fn initialize(&self) {
+    // create the base directory path
+    create_directory(&self.base_dir);
+
+    // create the needed sub-directories
+    create_directory(&self.ingest_dir.as_str());
+    create_directory(&self.archive_dir.as_str());
+    create_directory(&self.output_dir.as_str());
+  }
+
   pub fn search_ingest(&self) -> Vec<String> {
     // read file entries from ingest
     let files = fs::read_dir(&self.ingest_dir).unwrap();