diff --git a/External/FEXCore/Source/CMakeLists.txt b/External/FEXCore/Source/CMakeLists.txt
index d534350c6..b767f8252 100644
--- a/External/FEXCore/Source/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/External/FEXCore/Source/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 set (MAN_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/man CACHE PATH "MAN_DIR")
 
 set (FEXCORE_BASE_SRCS
-  Common/Paths.cpp
   Interface/Config/Config.cpp
   Utils/Allocator.cpp
   Utils/Allocator/64BitAllocator.cpp
diff --git a/External/FEXCore/Source/Common/Paths.cpp b/External/FEXCore/Source/Common/Paths.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c648dc29..000000000
--- a/External/FEXCore/Source/Common/Paths.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-#include "Common/Paths.h"
-#include <FEXCore/Utils/Allocator.h>
-#include <FEXCore/Utils/LogManager.h>
-#include <FEXCore/fextl/memory.h>
-#include <FEXCore/fextl/string.h>
-#include <FEXHeaderUtils/Filesystem.h>
-
-#include <cstdlib>
-#include <filesystem>
-#include <memory>
-#include <pwd.h>
-#include <system_error>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-namespace FEXCore::Paths {
-  fextl::string CachePath{};
-  fextl::string EntryCache{};
-
-  char const* FindUserHomeThroughUID() {
-    auto passwd = getpwuid(geteuid());
-    if (passwd) {
-      return passwd->pw_dir;
-    }
-    return nullptr;
-  }
-
-  const char *GetHomeDirectory() {
-    char const *HomeDir = getenv("HOME");
-
-    // Try to get home directory from uid
-    if (!HomeDir) {
-      HomeDir = FindUserHomeThroughUID();
-    }
-
-    // try the PWD
-    if (!HomeDir) {
-      HomeDir = getenv("PWD");
-    }
-
-    // Still doesn't exit? You get local
-    if (!HomeDir) {
-      HomeDir = ".";
-    }
-
-    return HomeDir;
-  }
-
-  void InitializePaths() {
-    char const *HomeDir = getenv("HOME");
-
-    if (!HomeDir) {
-      HomeDir = getenv("PWD");
-    }
-
-    if (!HomeDir) {
-      HomeDir = ".";
-    }
-
-    char *XDGDataDir = getenv("XDG_DATA_DIR");
-    if (XDGDataDir) {
-      CachePath = XDGDataDir;
-    }
-    else {
-      if (HomeDir) {
-        CachePath = HomeDir;
-      }
-    }
-
-    CachePath += "/.fex-emu/";
-    EntryCache = CachePath + "/EntryCache/";
-
-    // Ensure the folder structure is created for our Data
-    if (!FHU::Filesystem::Exists(EntryCache) &&
-        !FHU::Filesystem::CreateDirectories(EntryCache)) {
-      LogMan::Msg::DFmt("Couldn't create EntryCache directory: '{}'", EntryCache);
-    }
-  }
-
-  fextl::string GetCachePath() {
-    return CachePath;
-  }
-
-  fextl::string GetEntryCachePath() {
-    return EntryCache;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/External/FEXCore/Source/Common/Paths.h b/External/FEXCore/Source/Common/Paths.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 3cf13592a..000000000
--- a/External/FEXCore/Source/Common/Paths.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-#include <FEXCore/fextl/string.h>
-
-namespace FEXCore::Paths {
-  void InitializePaths();
-  void ShutdownPaths();
-
-  const char *GetHomeDirectory();
-
-  fextl::string GetCachePath();
-  fextl::string GetEntryCachePath();
-}
diff --git a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Config/Config.cpp b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Config/Config.cpp
index 4ca104ed4..37c7eac91 100644
--- a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Config/Config.cpp
+++ b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Config/Config.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include "Common/StringConv.h"
 #include "Common/StringUtils.h"
-#include "Common/Paths.h"
 
 #include <FEXCore/Config/Config.h>
 #include <FEXCore/Utils/Allocator.h>
@@ -109,71 +108,41 @@ namespace JSON {
   }
 }
 
-  fextl::string GetDataDirectory() {
-    fextl::string DataDir{};
+  enum Paths {
+    PATH_DATA_DIR = 0,
+    PATH_CONFIG_DIR_LOCAL,
+    PATH_CONFIG_DIR_GLOBAL,
+    PATH_CONFIG_FILE_LOCAL,
+    PATH_CONFIG_FILE_GLOBAL,
+    PATH_LAST,
+  };
+  static std::array<fextl::string, Paths::PATH_LAST> Paths;
 
-    char const *HomeDir = Paths::GetHomeDirectory();
-    char const *DataXDG = getenv("XDG_DATA_HOME");
-    char const *DataOverride = getenv("FEX_APP_DATA_LOCATION");
-    if (DataOverride) {
-      // Data override will override the complete directory
-      DataDir = DataOverride;
-    }
-    else {
-      DataDir = DataXDG ?: HomeDir;
-      DataDir += "/.fex-emu/";
-    }
-    return DataDir;
+  void SetDataDirectory(const std::string_view Path) {
+    Paths[PATH_DATA_DIR] = Path;
   }
 
-  fextl::string GetConfigDirectory(bool Global) {
-    fextl::string ConfigDir;
-    if (Global) {
-      ConfigDir = GLOBAL_DATA_DIRECTORY;
-    }
-    else {
-      char const *HomeDir = Paths::GetHomeDirectory();
-      char const *ConfigXDG = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
-      char const *ConfigOverride = getenv("FEX_APP_CONFIG_LOCATION");
-      if (ConfigOverride) {
-        // Config override completely overrides the config directory
-        ConfigDir = ConfigOverride;
-      }
-      else {
-        ConfigDir = ConfigXDG ? ConfigXDG : HomeDir;
-        ConfigDir += "/.fex-emu/";
-      }
-
-      // Ensure the folder structure is created for our configuration
-      if (!FHU::Filesystem::Exists(ConfigDir) &&
-          !FHU::Filesystem::CreateDirectories(ConfigDir)) {
-        // Let's go local in this case
-        return "./";
-      }
-    }
-
-    return ConfigDir;
+  void SetConfigDirectory(const std::string_view Path, bool Global) {
+    Paths[PATH_CONFIG_DIR_LOCAL + Global] = Path;
   }
 
-  fextl::string GetConfigFileLocation(bool Global) {
-    fextl::string ConfigFile{};
-    if (Global) {
-      ConfigFile = GetConfigDirectory(true) + "Config.json";
-    }
-    else {
-      const char *AppConfig = getenv("FEX_APP_CONFIG");
-      if (AppConfig) {
-        // App config environment variable overwrites only the config file
-        ConfigFile = AppConfig;
-      }
-      else {
-        ConfigFile = GetConfigDirectory(false) + "Config.json";
-      }
-    }
-    return ConfigFile;
+  void SetConfigFileLocation(const std::string_view Path, bool Global) {
+    Paths[PATH_CONFIG_FILE_LOCAL + Global] = Path;
   }
 
-  fextl::string GetApplicationConfig(const fextl::string &Filename, bool Global) {
+  fextl::string const& GetDataDirectory() {
+    return Paths[PATH_DATA_DIR];
+  }
+
+  fextl::string const& GetConfigDirectory(bool Global) {
+    return Paths[PATH_CONFIG_DIR_LOCAL + Global];
+  }
+
+  fextl::string const& GetConfigFileLocation(bool Global) {
+    return Paths[PATH_CONFIG_FILE_LOCAL + Global];
+  }
+
+  fextl::string GetApplicationConfig(const std::string_view Program, bool Global) {
     fextl::string ConfigFile = GetConfigDirectory(Global);
 
     if (!Global &&
@@ -181,7 +150,7 @@ namespace JSON {
         !FHU::Filesystem::CreateDirectories(ConfigFile)) {
       LogMan::Msg::DFmt("Couldn't create config directory: '{}'", ConfigFile);
       // Let's go local in this case
-      return "./" + Filename + ".json";
+      return fextl::fmt::format("./{}.json", Program);
     }
 
     ConfigFile += "AppConfig/";
@@ -191,11 +160,10 @@ namespace JSON {
         !FHU::Filesystem::Exists(ConfigFile) &&
         !FHU::Filesystem::CreateDirectories(ConfigFile)) {
       // Let's go local in this case
-      return "./" + Filename + ".json";
+      return fextl::fmt::format("./{}.json", Program);
     }
 
-    ConfigFile += Filename + ".json";
-    return ConfigFile;
+    return fextl::fmt::format("{}{}.json", ConfigFile, Program);
   }
 
   void SetConfig(FEXCore::Context::Context *CTX, ConfigOption Option, uint64_t Config) {
diff --git a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Context/Context.cpp b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Context/Context.cpp
index 425bef118..4ef6c4140 100644
--- a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Context/Context.cpp
+++ b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Context/Context.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#include "Common/Paths.h"
 #include "Interface/Context/Context.h"
 #include "Interface/Core/Core.h"
 #include "Interface/Core/OpcodeDispatcher.h"
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ namespace FEXCore::HLE {
 
 namespace FEXCore::Context {
   void InitializeStaticTables(OperatingMode Mode) {
-    FEXCore::Paths::InitializePaths();
     X86Tables::InitializeInfoTables(Mode);
     IR::InstallOpcodeHandlers(Mode);
   }
diff --git a/External/FEXCore/include/FEXCore/Common/Paths.h b/External/FEXCore/include/FEXCore/Common/Paths.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 85ccbe89b..000000000
--- a/External/FEXCore/include/FEXCore/Common/Paths.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-#include <FEXCore/Utils/CompilerDefs.h>
-#include <FEXCore/fextl/string.h>
-
-namespace FEXCore::Paths {
-  FEX_DEFAULT_VISIBILITY const char *GetHomeDirectory();
-
-  FEX_DEFAULT_VISIBILITY fextl::string GetCachePath();
-
-  FEX_DEFAULT_VISIBILITY fextl::string GetEntryCachePath();
-}
diff --git a/External/FEXCore/include/FEXCore/Config/Config.h b/External/FEXCore/include/FEXCore/Config/Config.h
index da665ece5..d259786d8 100644
--- a/External/FEXCore/include/FEXCore/Config/Config.h
+++ b/External/FEXCore/include/FEXCore/Config/Config.h
@@ -102,10 +102,14 @@ namespace Type {
 #undef P
 }
 
-  FEX_DEFAULT_VISIBILITY fextl::string GetDataDirectory();
-  FEX_DEFAULT_VISIBILITY fextl::string GetConfigDirectory(bool Global);
-  FEX_DEFAULT_VISIBILITY fextl::string GetConfigFileLocation(bool Global = false);
-  FEX_DEFAULT_VISIBILITY fextl::string GetApplicationConfig(const fextl::string &Filename, bool Global);
+  FEX_DEFAULT_VISIBILITY void SetDataDirectory(std::string_view Path);
+  FEX_DEFAULT_VISIBILITY void SetConfigDirectory(const std::string_view Path, bool Global);
+  FEX_DEFAULT_VISIBILITY void SetConfigFileLocation(std::string_view Path, bool Global);
+
+  FEX_DEFAULT_VISIBILITY fextl::string const& GetDataDirectory();
+  FEX_DEFAULT_VISIBILITY fextl::string const& GetConfigDirectory(bool Global);
+  FEX_DEFAULT_VISIBILITY fextl::string const& GetConfigFileLocation(bool Global = false);
+  FEX_DEFAULT_VISIBILITY fextl::string GetApplicationConfig(const std::string_view Program, bool Global);
 
   using LayerValue = fextl::list<fextl::string>;
   using LayerOptions = fextl::unordered_map<ConfigOption, LayerValue>;
diff --git a/Source/Common/Config.cpp b/Source/Common/Config.cpp
index dfad91ff4..17f79a5eb 100644
--- a/Source/Common/Config.cpp
+++ b/Source/Common/Config.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <cstring>
 #include <linux/limits.h>
 #include <list>
+#include <pwd.h>
 #include <utility>
 #include <json-maker.h>
 
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ namespace FEX::Config {
     char **const envp,
     bool ExecFDInterp,
     const std::string_view ProgramFDFromEnv) {
+    FEX::Config::InitializeConfigs();
     FEXCore::Config::Initialize();
     FEXCore::Config::AddLayer(FEXCore::Config::CreateGlobalMainLayer());
     FEXCore::Config::AddLayer(FEXCore::Config::CreateMainLayer());
@@ -197,4 +199,105 @@ namespace FEX::Config {
     }
     return {};
   }
+
+  char const* FindUserHomeThroughUID() {
+    auto passwd = getpwuid(geteuid());
+    if (passwd) {
+      return passwd->pw_dir;
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
+  const char *GetHomeDirectory() {
+    char const *HomeDir = getenv("HOME");
+
+    // Try to get home directory from uid
+    if (!HomeDir) {
+      HomeDir = FindUserHomeThroughUID();
+    }
+
+    // try the PWD
+    if (!HomeDir) {
+      HomeDir = getenv("PWD");
+    }
+
+    // Still doesn't exit? You get local
+    if (!HomeDir) {
+      HomeDir = ".";
+    }
+
+    return HomeDir;
+  }
+
+  fextl::string GetDataDirectory() {
+    fextl::string DataDir{};
+
+    char const *HomeDir = GetHomeDirectory();
+    char const *DataXDG = getenv("XDG_DATA_HOME");
+    char const *DataOverride = getenv("FEX_APP_DATA_LOCATION");
+    if (DataOverride) {
+      // Data override will override the complete directory
+      DataDir = DataOverride;
+    }
+    else {
+      DataDir = DataXDG ?: HomeDir;
+      DataDir += "/.fex-emu/";
+    }
+    return DataDir;
+  }
+
+  fextl::string GetConfigDirectory(bool Global) {
+    fextl::string ConfigDir;
+    if (Global) {
+      ConfigDir = GLOBAL_DATA_DIRECTORY;
+    }
+    else {
+      char const *HomeDir = GetHomeDirectory();
+      char const *ConfigXDG = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
+      char const *ConfigOverride = getenv("FEX_APP_CONFIG_LOCATION");
+      if (ConfigOverride) {
+        // Config override completely overrides the config directory
+        ConfigDir = ConfigOverride;
+      }
+      else {
+        ConfigDir = ConfigXDG ? ConfigXDG : HomeDir;
+        ConfigDir += "/.fex-emu/";
+      }
+
+      // Ensure the folder structure is created for our configuration
+      if (!FHU::Filesystem::Exists(ConfigDir) &&
+          !FHU::Filesystem::CreateDirectories(ConfigDir)) {
+        // Let's go local in this case
+        return "./";
+      }
+    }
+
+    return ConfigDir;
+  }
+
+  fextl::string GetConfigFileLocation(bool Global) {
+    fextl::string ConfigFile{};
+    if (Global) {
+      ConfigFile = GetConfigDirectory(true) + "Config.json";
+    }
+    else {
+      const char *AppConfig = getenv("FEX_APP_CONFIG");
+      if (AppConfig) {
+        // App config environment variable overwrites only the config file
+        ConfigFile = AppConfig;
+      }
+      else {
+        ConfigFile = GetConfigDirectory(false) + "Config.json";
+      }
+    }
+    return ConfigFile;
+  }
+
+  void InitializeConfigs() {
+    FEXCore::Config::SetDataDirectory(GetDataDirectory());
+    FEXCore::Config::SetConfigDirectory(GetConfigDirectory(false), false);
+    FEXCore::Config::SetConfigDirectory(GetConfigDirectory(true), true);
+    FEXCore::Config::SetConfigFileLocation(GetConfigFileLocation(false), false);
+    FEXCore::Config::SetConfigFileLocation(GetConfigFileLocation(true), true);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/Source/Common/Config.h b/Source/Common/Config.h
index 8cbefcf4e..6cae21d6b 100644
--- a/Source/Common/Config.h
+++ b/Source/Common/Config.h
@@ -47,4 +47,12 @@ namespace FEX::Config {
     bool ExecFDInterp,
     const std::string_view ProgramFDFromEnv
   );
+
+  const char *GetHomeDirectory();
+
+  fextl::string GetDataDirectory();
+  fextl::string GetConfigDirectory(bool Global);
+  fextl::string GetConfigFileLocation(bool Global);
+
+  void InitializeConfigs();
 }
diff --git a/Source/Tools/FEXConfig/Main.cpp b/Source/Tools/FEXConfig/Main.cpp
index ba9c70cd5..0bcdb0bff 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/FEXConfig/Main.cpp
+++ b/Source/Tools/FEXConfig/Main.cpp
@@ -972,6 +972,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
   GlobalTime = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
 
+  FEX::Config::InitializeConfigs();
+
   // Attempt to open the config passed in
   if (argc > 1) {
     if (OpenFile(argv[1], true)) {
diff --git a/Source/Tools/FEXLoader/FEXLoader.cpp b/Source/Tools/FEXLoader/FEXLoader.cpp
index e92ae7c53..d59d3f7ad 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/FEXLoader/FEXLoader.cpp
+++ b/Source/Tools/FEXLoader/FEXLoader.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ $end_info$
 #include "AOT/AOTGenerator.h"
 #include "Common/ArgumentLoader.h"
 #include "Common/FEXServerClient.h"
+#include "Common/Config.h"
 #include "ELFCodeLoader.h"
 #include "VDSO_Emulation.h"
 #include "LinuxSyscalls/LinuxAllocator.h"
diff --git a/Source/Tools/FEXLoader/LinuxSyscalls/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Tools/FEXLoader/LinuxSyscalls/CMakeLists.txt
index a34b3600e..65cd7a106 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/FEXLoader/LinuxSyscalls/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Tools/FEXLoader/LinuxSyscalls/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ PRIVATE
 
 target_link_libraries(LinuxEmulation
 PRIVATE
+  Common
   FEXCore
   FEX_Utils
 )
diff --git a/Source/Tools/FEXLoader/LinuxSyscalls/FileManagement.cpp b/Source/Tools/FEXLoader/LinuxSyscalls/FileManagement.cpp
index 8be9f1afe..e5325b9c6 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/FEXLoader/LinuxSyscalls/FileManagement.cpp
+++ b/Source/Tools/FEXLoader/LinuxSyscalls/FileManagement.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ desc: Rootfs overlay logic
 $end_info$
 */
 
+#include "Common/Config.h"
 #include "Common/FDUtils.h"
 
 #include "FEXCore/Config/Config.h"
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ $end_info$
 #include "LinuxSyscalls/Syscalls.h"
 #include "LinuxSyscalls/x64/Syscalls.h"
 
-#include <FEXCore/Common/Paths.h>
 #include <FEXCore/Utils/LogManager.h>
 #include <FEXCore/fextl/fmt.h>
 #include <FEXCore/fextl/list.h>
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static void LoadThunkDatabase(fextl::unordered_map<fextl::string, ThunkDBObject>
       return;
     }
 
-    std::string_view HomeDirectory = FEXCore::Paths::GetHomeDirectory();
+    std::string_view HomeDirectory = FEX::Config::GetHomeDirectory();
 
     for( json_t const* Library = json_getChild( DB ); Library != nullptr; Library = json_getSibling( Library )) {
       // Get the user defined name for the library