diff --git a/cmd/flags.go b/cmd/flags.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02bb98c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/flags.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/Yakiyo/tilde/meta"
+	"github.com/Yakiyo/tilde/utils"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.SetVersionTemplate(func() string {
+		return `tilde {{printf "version %s" .Version}}` +
+			fmt.Sprintf("\ntldr spec version %v\n", meta.TldrSpec)
+	}())
+
+	f := rootCmd.Flags()
+	// config flags
+	f.String("log-level", "", "Set log level [debug, info, warn, error]")
+	f.StringP("dir", "d", "", "Set root directory to use for tilde")
+	f.StringP("config", "c", "", "Set path to config file")
+	f.String("color", "", "Enable or disable color output")
+
+	// command-ish flags
+	f.BoolP("list", "l", false, "List all commands in cache")
+	f.BoolP("update", "u", false, "Update local cache")
+	f.Bool("clear-cache", false, "Clear local cache")
+	f.Bool("seed-config", false, "Creates the default configuration file at the default location")
+	f.StringP("render", "f", "", "Render a local file")
+
+	// command related flags
+	f.StringP("style", "s", "", "Set output style [fancy, plain, raw]")
+	f.StringP("language", "L", "", "Override language")
+	f.StringP("platform", "p", utils.Platform(), "Override operating system")
+}
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index fd6da21..3fd3cc3 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ View community driven and simplified man pages in your terminal`,
 		config.Read()
 
 		log.SetLevel(log.ParseLevel(viper.GetString("log_level")))
+		where.SetRoot(viper.GetString("root_dir"))
 		return nil
 	},
+	Args: cobra.MaximumNArgs(2),
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		log.Debug(viper.AllSettings())
 
@@ -68,6 +70,13 @@ View community driven and simplified man pages in your terminal`,
 // Execute adds all child commands to the root command and sets flags appropriately.
 // This is called by main.main(). It only needs to happen once to the rootCmd.
 func Execute() {
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+func init() {
 	cc.Init(&cc.Config{
 		RootCmd:         rootCmd,
 		Headings:        cc.HiCyan + cc.Bold + cc.Underline,
@@ -78,35 +87,4 @@ func Execute() {
 		FlagsDataType:   cc.Italic + cc.HiBlue,
 		NoExtraNewlines: true,
 	})
-
-	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
-		log.Error(err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-}
-
-func init() {
-	rootCmd.SetVersionTemplate(func() string {
-		return `tilde {{printf "version %s" .Version}}` +
-			fmt.Sprintf("\ntldr spec version %v\n", meta.TldrSpec)
-	}())
-
-	f := rootCmd.Flags()
-	// config flags
-	f.String("log-level", "", "Set log level [debug, info, warn, error]")
-	f.StringP("dir", "d", "", "Set root directory to use for tilde")
-	f.StringP("config", "c", "", "Set path to config file")
-	f.String("color", "", "Enable or disable color output")
-
-	// command-ish flags
-	f.BoolP("list", "l", false, "List all commands in cache")
-	f.BoolP("update", "u", false, "Update local cache")
-	f.Bool("clear-cache", false, "Clear local cache")
-	f.Bool("seed-config", false, "Creates the default configuration file at the default location")
-	f.StringP("render", "f", "", "Render a local file")
-
-	// command related flags
-	f.StringP("style", "s", "", "Set output style [fancy, plain, raw]")
-	f.StringP("language", "L", "", "Override language")
-	f.StringP("platform", "p", utils.Platform(), "Override operating system")
 }