diff --git a/.swiftlint.yml b/.swiftlint.yml
index 8df1f05..cd25531 100644
--- a/.swiftlint.yml
+++ b/.swiftlint.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 disabled_rules:
   - closing_brace
   - fuction_body_length
+  - opening_brace
 
 included:
   - Sources
diff --git a/Sources/CliClient/CliClient.swift b/Sources/CliClient/CliClient.swift
index aaa45db..c7dda6b 100644
--- a/Sources/CliClient/CliClient.swift
+++ b/Sources/CliClient/CliClient.swift
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ extension CliClient: DependencyKey {
       logger.trace("Loading configuration from: \(url)")
       try fileClient.loadFile(url, &env, decoder)
 
-      return try .fromEnv(env, encoder: encoder, decoder: decoder)
+      return try .fromEnv(env)
 
     } runCommand: { args, quiet, shell in
       @Dependency(\.asyncShellClient) var shellClient
diff --git a/Sources/CliClient/Configuration.swift b/Sources/CliClient/Configuration.swift
index 9f9bf1b..76ee76f 100644
--- a/Sources/CliClient/Configuration.swift
+++ b/Sources/CliClient/Configuration.swift
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ public struct Configuration: Codable {
   public let templateRepo: String?
   public let templateRepoVersion: String?
   public let templateDir: String?
-  public let defaultPlaybookArgs: String?
+  public let defaultPlaybookArgs: [String]?
 
-  private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+  fileprivate enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
     case playbookDir = "HPA_PLAYBOOK_DIR"
     case inventoryPath = "HPA_DEFAULT_INVENTORY"
     case templateRepo = "HPA_TEMPLATE_REPO"
@@ -22,23 +22,26 @@ public struct Configuration: Codable {
   }
 
   public static func fromEnv(
-    _ env: [String: String],
-    encoder: JSONEncoder = .init(),
-    decoder: JSONDecoder = .init()
+    _ env: [String: String]
   ) throws -> Self {
     @Dependency(\.logger) var logger
 
     logger.trace("Creating configuration from env...")
-    // logger.debug("\(env)")
 
-    let hpaValues = env.reduce(into: [String: String]()) { partial, next in
-      if next.key.contains("HPA") {
-        partial[next.key] = next.value
-      }
-    }
+    let hpaValues: [String: String] = env.filter { $0.key.contains("HPA") }
     logger.debug("HPA env vars: \(hpaValues)")
-    let data = try encoder.encode(env)
-    return try decoder.decode(Configuration.self, from: data)
+
+    let defaultArgs: [String]? = hpaValues.value(key: .defaultPlaybookArgs)
+      .flatMap { $0.split(separator: ",").map(String.init) }
+
+    return Configuration(
+      playbookDir: hpaValues.value(key: .playbookDir),
+      inventoryPath: hpaValues.value(key: .inventoryPath),
+      templateRepo: hpaValues.value(key: .templateRepo),
+      templateRepoVersion: hpaValues.value(key: .templateRepoVersion),
+      templateDir: hpaValues.value(key: .templateDir),
+      defaultPlaybookArgs: defaultArgs
+    )
   }
 
   static var mock: Self {
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ public struct Configuration: Codable {
       templateRepo: "https://git.example.com/consult-template.git",
       templateRepoVersion: "main",
       templateDir: "/path/to/local/template",
-      defaultPlaybookArgs: "--vault-id=myId@$SCRIPTS/vault-gopass-client"
+      defaultPlaybookArgs: ["--vault-id=myId@$SCRIPTS/vault-gopass-client"]
     )
   }
 
@@ -77,3 +80,9 @@ public struct Configuration: Codable {
     """
   }
 }
+
+extension [String: String] {
+  fileprivate func value(key codingKey: Configuration.CodingKeys) -> String? {
+    self[codingKey.rawValue]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/CliClient/FileClient.swift b/Sources/CliClient/FileClient.swift
index 283442c..8bacb1e 100644
--- a/Sources/CliClient/FileClient.swift
+++ b/Sources/CliClient/FileClient.swift
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ public extension DependencyValues {
 @_spi(Internal)
 @DependencyClient
 public struct FileClient: Sendable {
-  public var contentsOfDirectory: @Sendable (URL) throws -> [URL]
   public var loadFile: @Sendable (URL, inout [String: String], JSONDecoder) throws -> Void
   public var homeDir: @Sendable () -> URL = { URL(string: "~/")! }
   public var isDirectory: @Sendable (URL) -> Bool = { _ in false }
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ extension FileClient: DependencyKey {
   public static func live(fileManager: FileManager = .default) -> Self {
     let client = LiveFileClient(fileManager: fileManager)
     return Self(
-      contentsOfDirectory: { try client.contentsOfDirectory(url: $0) },
       loadFile: { try client.loadFile(at: $0, into: &$1, decoder: $2) },
       homeDir: { client.homeDir },
       isDirectory: { client.isDirectory(url: $0) },
@@ -64,10 +62,6 @@ private struct LiveFileClient: @unchecked Sendable {
     fileManager.isReadableFile(atPath: path(for: url))
   }
 
-  func contentsOfDirectory(url: URL) throws -> [URL] {
-    try fileManager.contentsOfDirectory(at: url, includingPropertiesForKeys: nil)
-  }
-
   func fileExists(at path: String) -> Bool {
     fileManager.fileExists(atPath: path)
   }
@@ -76,7 +70,7 @@ private struct LiveFileClient: @unchecked Sendable {
     @Dependency(\.logger) var logger
     logger.trace("Begin load file for: \(path(for: url))")
 
-    if url.absoluteString.contains(".json") {
+    if url.absoluteString.hasSuffix(".json") {
       // Handle json file.
       let data = try Data(contentsOf: url)
       let dict = (try? decoder.decode([String: String].self, from: data)) ?? [:]
diff --git a/Sources/CliClient/Helpers.swift b/Sources/CliClient/Helpers.swift
index f469da4..9360830 100644
--- a/Sources/CliClient/Helpers.swift
+++ b/Sources/CliClient/Helpers.swift
@@ -12,49 +12,45 @@ public func findConfigurationFiles(
   logger.debug("Begin find configuration files.")
   logger.trace("Env: \(env)")
 
-  let homeDir = fileClient.homeDir()
-
   // Check for environment variable pointing to a directory that the
   // the configuration lives.
-  if let configHome = env["HPA_CONFIG_HOME"] {
-    let url = URL(filePath: configHome).appending(path: "config")
-
-    if fileClient.isReadable(url) {
-      logger.debug("Found configuration from hpa config home env var.")
-      return url
-    }
+  if let pwd = env["PWD"],
+     let url = fileClient.checkUrl(.file(pwd, ".hparc"))
+  {
+    logger.debug("Found configuration in current working directory.")
+    return url
   }
 
-  // Check home directory for a `.hparc` file.
-  let url = homeDir.appending(path: ".hparc")
-  if fileClient.isReadable(url) {
-    logger.debug("Found configuration in home directory")
+  // Check for environment variable pointing to a file that the
+  // the configuration lives.
+  if let configFile = env["HPA_CONFIG_FILE"],
+     let url = fileClient.checkUrl(.file(configFile))
+  {
+    logger.debug("Found configuration from hpa config file env var.")
     return url
   }
 
   // Check for environment variable pointing to a directory that the
   // the configuration lives.
-  if let pwd = env["PWD"] {
-    let url = URL(filePath: "\(pwd)").appending(path: ".hparc")
-    if fileClient.isReadable(url) {
-      logger.debug("Found configuration in current working directory.")
-      return url
-    }
+  if let configHome = env["HPA_CONFIG_HOME"],
+     let url = fileClient.checkUrl(.directory(configHome))
+  {
+    logger.debug("Found configuration from hpa config home env var.")
+    return url
+  }
+
+  // Check home directory for a `.hparc` file.
+  if let url = fileClient.checkUrl(.file(fileClient.homeDir().appending(path: ".hparc"))) {
+    logger.debug("Found configuration in home directory")
+    return url
   }
 
   // Check in xdg config home, under an hpa-playbook directory.
-  if let xdgConfigHome = env["XDG_CONFIG_HOME"] {
-    logger.debug("XDG Config Home: \(xdgConfigHome)")
-
-    let url = URL(filePath: "\(xdgConfigHome)")
-      .appending(path: "hpa-playbook")
-      .appending(path: "config")
-
+  if let xdgConfigHome = env["XDG_CONFIG_HOME"],
+     let url = fileClient.checkUrl(.directory(xdgConfigHome, "hpa-playbook"))
+  {
     logger.debug("XDG Config url: \(url.absoluteString)")
-
-    if fileClient.isReadable(url) {
-      return url
-    }
+    return url
   }
 
   // We could not find configuration in any usual places.
@@ -68,3 +64,46 @@ func path(for url: URL) -> String {
 enum ConfigurationError: Error {
   case configurationNotFound
 }
+
+private extension FileClient {
+
+  enum ConfigurationUrlCheck {
+    case file(URL)
+    case directory(URL)
+
+    static func file(_ path: String) -> Self { .file(URL(filePath: path)) }
+
+    static func file(_ paths: String...) -> Self {
+      var url = URL(filePath: paths[0])
+      url = paths.dropFirst().reduce(into: url) { $0.append(path: $1) }
+      return .file(url)
+    }
+
+    static func directory(_ path: String) -> Self { .directory(URL(filePath: path)) }
+    static func directory(_ paths: String...) -> Self {
+      var url = URL(filePath: paths[0])
+      url = paths.dropFirst().reduce(into: url) { $0.append(path: $1) }
+      return .directory(url)
+    }
+  }
+
+  func checkUrl(_ check: ConfigurationUrlCheck) -> URL? {
+    switch check {
+    case let .file(url):
+      if isReadable(url) { return url }
+      return nil
+    case let .directory(url):
+      return findConfigurationInDirectory(url)
+    }
+  }
+
+  func findConfigurationInDirectory(_ url: URL) -> URL? {
+    for file in ["config", "config.json"] {
+      let fileUrl = url.appending(path: file)
+      if isReadable(fileUrl) {
+        return fileUrl
+      }
+    }
+    return nil
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/hpa/Application.swift b/Sources/hpa/Application.swift
index 17db3b5..7bbbe62 100644
--- a/Sources/hpa/Application.swift
+++ b/Sources/hpa/Application.swift
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ struct Application: AsyncParsableCommand {
 
   static let configuration = CommandConfiguration(
     commandName: "hpa",
-    abstract: "A utility for working with ansible hpa playbook.",
+    abstract: "\("A utility for working with ansible hpa playbook.".blue)",
     subcommands: [
-      BuildCommand.self, CreateCommand.self, CreateProjectTemplateCommand.self,
-      GenerateConfigurationCommand.self
+      BuildCommand.self, CreateCommand.self, UtilsCommand.self
     ]
   )
 
diff --git a/Sources/hpa/CreateTemplateCommand.swift b/Sources/hpa/CreateTemplateCommand.swift
deleted file mode 100644
index e5db1c1..0000000
--- a/Sources/hpa/CreateTemplateCommand.swift
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import ArgumentParser
-
-struct CreateProjectTemplateCommand: AsyncParsableCommand {
-
-  static let configuration = CommandConfiguration(
-    commandName: "create-project-template",
-    abstract: "Create a home performance assesment project template."
-  )
-
-  @OptionGroup var globals: GlobalOptions
-
-  mutating func run() async throws {
-    fatalError()
-  }
-}
diff --git a/Sources/hpa/Helpers/CommandConfigurationExtensions.swift b/Sources/hpa/Helpers/CommandConfigurationExtensions.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f76ba6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/hpa/Helpers/CommandConfigurationExtensions.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import ArgumentParser
+
+extension CommandConfiguration {
+  static func playbookCommandConfiguration(
+    commandName: String,
+    abstract: String,
+    examples: (label: String, example: String)...
+  ) -> Self {
+    guard examples.count > 0 else {
+      fatalError("Did not supply any examples.")
+    }
+    return Self(
+      commandName: commandName,
+      abstract: "\(abstract.blue)",
+      discussion: """
+      \("NOTE:".yellow) Most options are not required if you have a configuration file setup.
+
+      \("Examples:".yellow)
+
+        \(examples.map { "\($0.label.green.italic)\n  $ hpa \($0.example)" }.joined(separator: "\n"))
+
+        \("Passing extra args to the playbook.".green.italic)
+        $ hpa \(examples[0].example) -- --vault-id "myId@$SCRIPTS/vault-gopass-client"
+
+      \("See Also:".yellow) \("Ansible playbook options.".italic)
+
+        $ ansible-playbook --help
+
+      \("IMPORTANT NOTE:".red) Any extra arguments to pass to the playbook invocation have to
+                      be at the end with `--` before any arguments otherwise there will
+                      be an "Unkown option" error. See examples above.
+      """
+    )
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/hpa/Helpers.swift b/Sources/hpa/Helpers/Helpers.swift
similarity index 73%
rename from Sources/hpa/Helpers.swift
rename to Sources/hpa/Helpers/Helpers.swift
index 2cffed8..118b738 100644
--- a/Sources/hpa/Helpers.swift
+++ b/Sources/hpa/Helpers/Helpers.swift
@@ -6,40 +6,6 @@ import Logging
 import Rainbow
 import ShellClient
 
-extension CommandConfiguration {
-  static func playbookCommandConfiguration(
-    commandName: String,
-    abstract: String,
-    examples: (label: String, example: String)...
-  ) -> Self {
-    guard examples.count > 0 else {
-      fatalError("Did not supply any examples.")
-    }
-    return Self(
-      commandName: commandName,
-      abstract: "\(abstract.blue)",
-      discussion: """
-      \("NOTE:".yellow) Most options are not required if you have a configuration file setup.
-
-      \("Examples:".yellow)
-
-        \(examples.map { "\($0.label.green.italic)\n  $ hpa \($0.example)" }.joined(separator: "\n"))
-
-        \("Passing extra args to the playbook.".green.italic)
-        $ hpa \(examples[0].example) -- --vault-id "myId@$SCRIPTS/vault-gopass-client"
-
-      \("See Also:".yellow) \("Ansible playbook options.".italic)
-
-        $ ansible-playbook --help
-
-      \("IMPORTANT NOTE:".red) Any extra arguments to pass to the playbook invocation have to
-                      be at the end with `--` before any arguments otherwise there will
-                      be an "Unkown option" error. See examples above.
-      """
-    )
-  }
-}
-
 extension BasicGlobalOptions {
 
   var shellOrDefault: ShellCommand.Shell {
@@ -167,19 +133,17 @@ func runPlaybook(
       configurationKeyPath: \.inventoryPath
     )) ?? "\(playbookDir)/inventory.ini"
 
-    var playbookArgs = [
-      "ansible-playbook", playbook,
-      "--inventory", inventory
-    ]
-
-    if let defaultArgs = configuration.defaultPlaybookArgs {
-      playbookArgs.append(defaultArgs)
-    }
+    let defaultArgs = configuration.defaultPlaybookArgs ?? []
 
     try await cliClient.runCommand(
       quiet: globals.quietOnlyPlaybook ? true : globals.basic.quiet,
       shell: globals.shellOrDefault,
-      playbookArgs + args + extraArgs
+      [
+        "ansible-playbook", playbook,
+        "--inventory", inventory
+      ] + args
+        + extraArgs
+        + defaultArgs
     )
   }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/hpa/UtilsCommands/CreateTemplateCommand.swift b/Sources/hpa/UtilsCommands/CreateTemplateCommand.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afbd968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/hpa/UtilsCommands/CreateTemplateCommand.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import ArgumentParser
+
+struct CreateProjectTemplateCommand: AsyncParsableCommand {
+
+  static let commandName = "create-template"
+
+  static let configuration = CommandConfiguration.playbookCommandConfiguration(
+    commandName: commandName,
+    abstract: "Create a home performance assesment project template.",
+    examples: (label: "Create Template", example: "\(commandName) /path/to/project-template")
+  )
+
+  @OptionGroup var globals: GlobalOptions
+
+  @Option(
+    name: .shortAndLong,
+    help: "Customize the directory where template variables are stored."
+  )
+  var templateVars: String?
+
+  @Flag(
+    name: .long,
+    help: "Do not generate ansible-vault variables file."
+  )
+  var noVault: Bool = false
+
+  @Argument(
+    help: "Path to the project template directory.",
+    completion: .directory
+  )
+  var path: String
+
+  @Argument(
+    help: "Extra arguments passed to the playbook."
+  )
+  var extraArgs: [String] = []
+
+  mutating func run() async throws {
+    let varsDir = templateVars != nil
+      ? ["--extra-vars", "repo_vars_dir=\(templateVars!)"]
+      : []
+
+    let vault = noVault ? ["--extra-vars", "use_vault=false"] : []
+
+    try await runPlaybook(
+      commandName: Self.commandName,
+      globals: globals,
+      extraArgs: extraArgs,
+      [
+        "--tags", "repo-template",
+        "--extra-vars", "output_dir=\(path)"
+      ] + varsDir
+        + vault
+    )
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/hpa/GenerateConfigCommand.swift b/Sources/hpa/UtilsCommands/GenerateConfigCommand.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from Sources/hpa/GenerateConfigCommand.swift
rename to Sources/hpa/UtilsCommands/GenerateConfigCommand.swift
diff --git a/Sources/hpa/UtilsCommands/UtilsCommand.swift b/Sources/hpa/UtilsCommands/UtilsCommand.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e79de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/hpa/UtilsCommands/UtilsCommand.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import ArgumentParser
+
+struct UtilsCommand: AsyncParsableCommand {
+  static let commandName = "utils"
+
+  static let configuration = CommandConfiguration(
+    commandName: commandName,
+    abstract: "\("Utility commands.".blue)",
+    discussion: """
+    These are commands that are generally only run on occasion / less frequently used.
+    """,
+    subcommands: [
+      CreateProjectTemplateCommand.self, GenerateConfigurationCommand.self
+    ]
+  )
+
+}