diff --git a/monitarr/libmonitarr/include/actions.hpp b/monitarr/libmonitarr/include/actions.hpp
index b8434f0..decb380 100644
--- a/monitarr/libmonitarr/include/actions.hpp
+++ b/monitarr/libmonitarr/include/actions.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "utils/config.hpp"
 
 namespace monitarr {
+struct app_config;
 struct server_cfg;
 class data_db;
 
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ class data_db;
 
 [[nodiscard]] auto list_queue(const server_cfg &server) -> int;
 
+[[nodiscard]] auto load_config(std::string &cfg_file) -> app_config;
+
 void remove_stalled(std::string_view download_id, std::string_view title,
                     std::uint64_t episode_id, std::uint64_t movie_id,
                     const server_cfg &server, data_db *state_db = nullptr);
diff --git a/monitarr/libmonitarr/src/actions.cpp b/monitarr/libmonitarr/src/actions.cpp
index ae8a559..5308303 100644
--- a/monitarr/libmonitarr/src/actions.cpp
+++ b/monitarr/libmonitarr/src/actions.cpp
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
 #include "data_db.hpp"
 #include "settings.hpp"
+#include "utils/common.hpp"
 #include "utils/error.hpp"
 #include "utils/string.hpp"
+#include "utils/unix.hpp"
+#include "utils/windows.hpp"
 
 namespace monitarr {
 auto create_client(const server_cfg &server) -> httplib::Client {
@@ -88,6 +91,32 @@ auto list_queue(const server_cfg &server) -> int {
   return 0;
 }
 
+auto load_config(std::string &cfg_file) -> app_config {
+  MONITARR_USES_FUNCTION_NAME();
+
+  auto cfg_dir = utils::get_environment_variable("MONITARR_CFG_DIR");
+  if (cfg_dir.empty()) {
+    cfg_dir = utils::path::combine(".", {"config"});
+  }
+
+  if (not utils::file::directory{cfg_dir}.create_directory()) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(fmt::format("failed to create config dir|{}",
+                                         cfg_dir,
+                                         utils::get_last_error_code()));
+  }
+
+  cfg_file = utils::path::combine(cfg_dir, {"monitarr.json"});
+
+  utils::error::handle_info(function_name,
+                            fmt::format("loading config|{}", cfg_file));
+  app_config cfg{};
+  cfg.load(cfg_file);
+  if (not utils::file::file{cfg_file}.exists()) {
+    cfg.save(cfg_file);
+  }
+
+  return cfg;
+}
 void remove_stalled(std::string_view download_id, std::string_view title,
                     std::uint64_t episode_id, std::uint64_t movie_id,
                     const server_cfg &server, data_db *state_db) {
@@ -148,5 +177,4 @@ void remove_stalled(std::string_view download_id, std::string_view title,
                                            episode_id, response->status));
   }
 }
-
 } // namespace monitarr
diff --git a/monitarr/monitarr/main.cpp b/monitarr/monitarr/main.cpp
index 1a3f5e8..ee25fc3 100644
--- a/monitarr/monitarr/main.cpp
+++ b/monitarr/monitarr/main.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "initialize.hpp"
 
+#include "actions.hpp"
 #include "args.hpp"
 #include "block_cmd.hpp"
 #include "config_cmd.hpp"
@@ -12,39 +13,7 @@
 #include "settings.hpp"
 #include "show_cmd.hpp"
 #include "usage_cmd.hpp"
-#include "utils/common.hpp"
 #include "utils/file.hpp"
-#include "utils/unix.hpp"
-#include "utils/windows.hpp"
-
-namespace monitarr {
-[[nodiscard]] static auto load_config(std::string &cfg_file) -> app_config {
-  MONITARR_USES_FUNCTION_NAME();
-
-  auto cfg_dir = utils::get_environment_variable("MONITARR_CFG_DIR");
-  if (cfg_dir.empty()) {
-    cfg_dir = utils::path::combine(".", {"config"});
-  }
-
-  if (not utils::file::directory{cfg_dir}.create_directory()) {
-    throw std::runtime_error(fmt::format("failed to create config dir|{}",
-                                         cfg_dir,
-                                         utils::get_last_error_code()));
-  }
-
-  cfg_file = utils::path::combine(cfg_dir, {"monitarr.json"});
-
-  utils::error::handle_info(function_name,
-                            fmt::format("loading config|{}", cfg_file));
-  app_config cfg{};
-  cfg.load(cfg_file);
-  if (not utils::file::file{cfg_file}.exists()) {
-    cfg.save(cfg_file);
-  }
-
-  return cfg;
-}
-} // namespace monitarr
 
 using namespace monitarr;