diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 25e4aa81b..9e701ca4a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "monitor_cli"
-version = "0.1.6"
+version = "0.1.7"
 dependencies = [
  "async_timing_util",
  "clap",
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index 507d2a1d7..a51c2a29c 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "monitor_cli"
-version = "0.1.6"
+version = "0.1.7"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["MoghTech"]
 description = "monitor cli | tools to setup monitor system"
diff --git a/cli/src/helpers.rs b/cli/src/helpers.rs
index 1d0b69e41..24ab0e0dc 100644
--- a/cli/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/cli/src/helpers.rs
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ pub fn gen_periphery_config(sub_matches: &ArgMatches) {
         port,
         stats_polling_rate,
         allowed_ips,
-        repo_dir: "/repos".to_string(),
+        repo_dir,
         secrets: Default::default(),
         github_accounts: Default::default(),
         docker_accounts: Default::default(),