diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
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+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use colored::Colorize;
+use directories::ProjectDirs;
+
+pub fn get_config_dir() -> Result<PathBuf, ()> {
+    // Construct the path to the config directory for this app
+    let project_dir = ProjectDirs::from("com", "va3zza", "tabset");
+
+    // Only pass back the directory if it exists
+    match project_dir {
+        Some(dir) => {
+            let config_dir = dir.config_dir();
+            if config_dir.exists() {
+                Ok(config_dir.to_path_buf())
+            } else {
+                eprintln!("{}\nPlease create: {}\nConfiguration info can be found at: ", 
+                    "tabset requires configuration files to be placed in its config directory.\nThis does not exist.".red(), 
+                    config_dir.display()
+                );
+                Err(())
+            }
+        }
+        None => Err(()),
+    }
+}