diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 43273647..5662ed51 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/anaskhan96/soup v1.2.5
 	github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo v0.27.1
 	github.com/darklab8/go-typelog v0.3.3
-	github.com/darklab8/go-utils v0.15.0
+	github.com/darklab8/go-utils v0.16.0
 	github.com/pkg/profile v1.7.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 525d9b09..9eb36629 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ github.com/darklab8/go-typelog v0.3.3 h1:ZBj26swTbqe0LtutxG2abnX5JJHz1QWOIvxM8GI
 github.com/darklab8/go-typelog v0.3.3/go.mod h1:AwwOf3dkp/tpevHFNbkB+PbwlDrUUgO1CVFkEnj+q5w=
 github.com/darklab8/go-utils v0.15.0 h1:Xsgl7chxJoUYgWwu5NnVo8jSqggKoxazT3I8T7407tM=
 github.com/darklab8/go-utils v0.15.0/go.mod h1:zApy0zIFiGCw496OIot7dl8i2cAsQMyPyf3PCMMpS3g=
+github.com/darklab8/go-utils v0.16.0 h1:xgzYrea74ps2EOWZQghnP0ah9TvD+2/iSsFg3jnUGSo=
+github.com/darklab8/go-utils v0.16.0/go.mod h1:zApy0zIFiGCw496OIot7dl8i2cAsQMyPyf3PCMMpS3g=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/enverant/env.go b/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/enverant/env.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c173001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/enverant/env.go
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+package enverant
+
+/*
+Manager for getting values from Environment variables
+*/
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/darklab8/go-typelog/typelog"
+	"github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_logus"
+)
+
+type Enverant struct {
+	file_envs map[string]interface{}
+}
+
+type EnverantOption func(m *Enverant)
+
+func NewEnverant(opts ...EnverantOption) *Enverant {
+	e := &Enverant{
+		file_envs: map[string]interface{}{},
+	}
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(e)
+	}
+	return e
+}
+
+func WithEnvFile(path string) EnverantOption {
+	return func(m *Enverant) {
+		m.file_envs = ReadJson(path)
+	}
+}
+
+func EnrichStr(value string) string {
+	// unhardcode later
+	if strings.Contains(value, "${env:HOME}") {
+		value = strings.ReplaceAll(value, "${env:HOME}", os.Getenv("HOME"))
+	}
+	return value
+}
+
+func (e *Enverant) GetStr(key string) string {
+	return e.GetStrOr(key, "")
+}
+
+func (e *Enverant) GetStrOr(key string, default_ string) string {
+
+	if value, ok := os.LookupEnv(key); ok {
+		return value
+	}
+
+	if value, ok := e.file_envs[key]; ok {
+		return EnrichStr(value.(string))
+	}
+
+	return default_
+}
+
+func (e *Enverant) GetBool(key string) bool {
+	return e.GetBoolOr(key, false)
+}
+
+func (e *Enverant) GetBoolOr(key string, default_ bool) bool {
+
+	if value, ok := os.LookupEnv(key); ok {
+		return value == "true"
+	}
+
+	if value, ok := e.file_envs[key]; ok {
+		switch v := value.(type) {
+		case bool:
+			return v
+		case string:
+			return v == "true"
+		default:
+			panic(fmt.Sprintln("unrecognized type for value", v, " in GetBoolOr"))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return default_
+}
+
+func (e *Enverant) GetInt(key string) int {
+	return e.GetIntOr(key, 0)
+}
+
+func (e *Enverant) GetIntOr(key string, default_ int) int {
+
+	if value, ok := os.LookupEnv(key); ok {
+		int_value, err := strconv.Atoi(value)
+		utils_logus.Log.CheckPanic(err, "expected to be int", typelog.String("key", key))
+		return int_value
+	}
+
+	if value, ok := e.file_envs[key]; ok {
+		switch v := value.(type) {
+		case int:
+			return v
+		case float64:
+			return int(v)
+		case string:
+			int_value, err := strconv.Atoi(v)
+			utils_logus.Log.CheckPanic(err, "expected to be int", typelog.String("key", key))
+			return int_value
+		default:
+			panic(fmt.Sprintln("unrecognized type for value", v, " in GetIntOr"))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return default_
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/enverant/json.go b/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/enverant/json.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c507446b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/enverant/json.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package enverant
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"regexp"
+
+	"github.com/darklab8/go-typelog/typelog"
+	"github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/regexy"
+	"github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_logus"
+)
+
+var regexConfiglines *regexp.Regexp
+
+func init() {
+	regexy.InitRegexExpression(&regexConfiglines, `^(.*)(?:// .*)$`)
+}
+
+func ReadJson(path string) map[string]interface{} {
+	env_map := make(map[string]interface{})
+
+	file, err := os.Open(path)
+	if utils_logus.Log.CheckWarn(err, "not found env file at path", typelog.String("path", path)) {
+		return env_map
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+	var cleaned_json bytes.Buffer
+
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		input_line := scanner.Text()
+		match := regexConfiglines.FindStringSubmatch(input_line)
+		if len(match) > 0 {
+			input_line = match[1]
+		}
+		cleaned_json.WriteString(input_line)
+	}
+
+	err = json.Unmarshal(cleaned_json.Bytes(), &env_map)
+	utils_logus.Log.CheckPanic(err, "failed to parse json with env vars")
+	return env_map
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/ptr.go b/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/ptr.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 43c9c9b3..00000000
--- a/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/ptr.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-package utils
-
-func Ptr[T any](v T) *T { return &v }
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/regex.go b/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/regexy/regexy.go
similarity index 69%
rename from vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/regex.go
rename to vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/regexy/regexy.go
index e7d8c6d9..7f555036 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/regex.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/regexy/regexy.go
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-package utils
+package regexy
 
 import (
 	"regexp"
 
 	"github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_logus"
+	"github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_os"
 	"github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_types"
 )
 
@@ -12,5 +13,5 @@ func InitRegexExpression(regex **regexp.Regexp, expression utils_types.RegExp) {
 
 	*regex, err = regexp.Compile(string(expression))
 	utils_logus.Log.CheckPanic(err, "failed to init regex",
-		utils_logus.Regex(expression), utils_logus.FilePath(GetCurrentFile()))
+		utils_logus.Regex(expression), utils_logus.FilePath(utils_os.GetCurrentFile()))
 }
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_env/env.go b/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_env/env.go
deleted file mode 100644
index be2dc338..00000000
--- a/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_env/env.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-package utils_env
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"strconv"
-
-	"github.com/darklab8/go-typelog/typelog"
-	"github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_logus"
-)
-
-type EnvConfig struct{}
-
-func NewEnvConfig() EnvConfig {
-	return EnvConfig{}
-}
-
-func (e EnvConfig) GetEnvWithDefault(key string, default_ string) string {
-	if value, ok := os.LookupEnv(key); ok {
-		return value
-	} else {
-		return default_
-	}
-}
-
-func (e EnvConfig) GetEnvBool(key string) bool {
-	return os.Getenv(key) == "true"
-}
-
-func (e EnvConfig) GetEnvBoolWithDefault(key string, default_ bool) bool {
-	if value, ok := os.LookupEnv(key); ok {
-		return value == "true"
-	}
-	return default_
-}
-
-func (e EnvConfig) GetEnv(key string) string {
-	return os.Getenv(key)
-}
-
-func (e EnvConfig) GetIntWithDefault(key string, default_ int) int {
-	if value, ok := os.LookupEnv(key); ok {
-		int_value, err := strconv.Atoi(value)
-		utils_logus.Log.CheckPanic(err, "expected to be int", typelog.String("key", key))
-		return int_value
-	}
-	return default_
-}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/os.go b/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_os/get.go
similarity index 98%
rename from vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/os.go
rename to vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_os/get.go
index 28448728..c1149a98 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/os.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_os/get.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package utils
+package utils_os
 
 import (
 	"os"
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_os/os.go b/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_os/os.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76558920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_os/os.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package utils_os
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_logus"
+	"github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_types"
+)
+
+func GetDirsSimply(path utils_types.FilePath) []utils_types.FilePath {
+	dirs := []utils_types.FilePath{}
+	files, err := os.ReadDir(string(path))
+
+	utils_logus.Log.CheckError(err, "no such directory", utils_logus.FilePath(path))
+
+	for _, fileInfo := range files {
+		if fileInfo.IsDir() {
+			dirs = append(dirs, utils_types.FilePath(filepath.Join(string(path), fileInfo.Name())))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return dirs
+}
+
+func GetRecursiveDirs(path utils_types.FilePath) []utils_types.FilePath {
+	dirs := GetDirsSimply(path)
+	copied_dirs := []utils_types.FilePath{}
+	copied_dirs = append(copied_dirs, dirs...)
+	for _, dir := range copied_dirs {
+		nested_dirs := GetRecursiveDirs(dir)
+		dirs = append(dirs, nested_dirs...)
+	}
+	return dirs
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_settings/settings.go b/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_settings/settings.go
index 688199b8..8b028f70 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_settings/settings.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_settings/settings.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package utils_settings
 
-import "github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_env"
+import "github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/enverant"
 
 type UtilsEnvs struct {
 	IsDevEnv             bool
@@ -10,9 +10,14 @@ type UtilsEnvs struct {
 var Envs UtilsEnvs
 
 func init() {
-	envs := utils_env.NewEnvConfig()
+	envs := enverant.NewEnverant()
+	GetEnvs(envs)
+}
+
+func GetEnvs(envs *enverant.Enverant) UtilsEnvs {
 	Envs = UtilsEnvs{
-		IsDevEnv:             envs.GetEnvBool("DEV_ENV"),
-		AreTestsRegenerating: envs.GetEnvBool("DARK_TEST_REGENERATE"),
+		IsDevEnv:             envs.GetBoolOr("DEV_ENV", false),
+		AreTestsRegenerating: envs.GetBoolOr("DARK_TEST_REGENERATE", false),
 	}
+	return Envs
 }
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_types/types.go b/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_types/types.go
index cd5b2be0..43f85260 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_types/types.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_types/types.go
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ func (f FilePath) ToString() string { return string(f) }
 
 func (f FilePath) Base() FilePath { return FilePath(filepath.Base(string(f))) }
 
+func (f FilePath) Dir() FilePath { return FilePath(filepath.Dir(string(f))) }
+
+func (f FilePath) Join(paths ...string) FilePath {
+	paths = append([]string{string(f)}, paths...)
+	return FilePath(filepath.Join(paths...))
+}
+
 type RegExp string
 
 type TemplateExpression string
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 49152f5a..c5422a61 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo
 # github.com/darklab8/go-typelog v0.3.3
 ## explicit; go 1.21.1
 github.com/darklab8/go-typelog/typelog
-# github.com/darklab8/go-utils v0.15.0
+# github.com/darklab8/go-utils v0.16.0
 ## explicit; go 1.21.1
 github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils
+github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/enverant
+github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/regexy
 github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/timeit
-github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_env
 github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_logus
+github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_os
 github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_settings
 github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/utils_types
 github.com/darklab8/go-utils/utils/worker