diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eda3552..05687b8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,18 +7,12 @@ src/EllieBot/data/marmalades/
 
 # other
 
-command_errors*.txt
 output/
 src/EllieBot/output
 src/EllieBot/creds.yml
-
+src/EllieBot/data/creds.yml
 src/EllieBot/Command Errors*.txt
 
-src/EllieBot/creds.yml
-# credentials file before and after v3
-src/EllieBot/credentials.json 
-src/EllieBot/old_credentials.json 
-src/EllieBot/credentials.json.bak
 src/EllieBot/data/EllieBot.db
 # scripts
 ellie-menu.ps1
diff --git a/src/EllieBot/Bot.cs b/src/EllieBot/Bot.cs
index c9b7f25..38b08ac 100644
--- a/src/EllieBot/Bot.cs
+++ b/src/EllieBot/Bot.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public sealed class Bot : IBot
     private IContainer Services { get; set; }
 
     public bool IsReady { get; private set; }
-    public int ShardId { get; set; }
+    public int ShardId { get; }
 
     private readonly IBotCreds _creds;
     private readonly CommandService _commandService;
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ public sealed class Bot : IBot
     private readonly Assembly[] _loadedAssemblies;
     // private readonly InteractionService _interactionService;
 
-    public Bot(int shardId, int? totalShards, string credPath = null)
+    public Bot(int shardId, int? totalShards)
     {
         ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfLessThan(shardId, 0);
 
         ShardId = shardId;
-        _credsProvider = new BotCredsProvider(totalShards, credPath);
+        _credsProvider = new BotCredsProvider(totalShards);
         _creds = _credsProvider.GetCreds();
 
         LogSetup.SetupLogger(shardId, _creds);
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ public sealed class Bot : IBot
 
             Log.Information("Initializing Owner Id...");
             var info = await Client.GetApplicationInfoAsync();
-            _credsProvider.ModifyCredsFile(x => x.OwnerIds = new[] { info.Owner.Id });
+            _credsProvider.ModifyCredsFile(x => x.OwnerIds = [info.Owner.Id]);
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
diff --git a/src/EllieBot/Modules/Administration/Self/CheckForUpdatesService.cs b/src/EllieBot/Modules/Administration/Self/CheckForUpdatesService.cs
index 699140d..211d332 100644
--- a/src/EllieBot/Modules/Administration/Self/CheckForUpdatesService.cs
+++ b/src/EllieBot/Modules/Administration/Self/CheckForUpdatesService.cs
@@ -10,47 +10,33 @@ public sealed class ToastielabReleaseModel
     [JsonPropertyName("tag_name")]
     public required string TagName { get; init; }
 }
-public sealed class CheckForUpdatesService : IEService, IReadyExecutor
+
+public sealed class CheckForUpdatesService(
+    BotConfigService bcs,
+    IBotCredsProvider bcp,
+    IHttpClientFactory httpFactory,
+    DiscordSocketClient client,
+    IMessageSenderService sender)
+    : IEService, IReadyExecutor
 {
-    private readonly BotConfigService _bcs;
-    private readonly IBotCredsProvider _bcp;
-    private readonly IHttpClientFactory _httpFactory;
-    private readonly DiscordSocketClient _client;
-    private readonly IMessageSenderService _sender;
-
-
     private const string RELEASES_URL = "https://toastielab.dev/api/v1/repos/EllieBotDevs/elliebot/releases";
 
-    public CheckForUpdatesService(
-        BotConfigService bcs,
-        IBotCredsProvider bcp,
-        IHttpClientFactory httpFactory,
-        DiscordSocketClient client,
-        IMessageSenderService sender)
-    {
-        _bcs = bcs;
-        _bcp = bcp;
-        _httpFactory = httpFactory;
-        _client = client;
-        _sender = sender;
-    }
-
     public async Task OnReadyAsync()
     {
-        if (_client.ShardId != 0)
+        if (client.ShardId != 0)
             return;
 
         using var timer = new PeriodicTimer(TimeSpan.FromHours(1));
         while (await timer.WaitForNextTickAsync())
         {
-            var conf = _bcs.Data;
+            var conf = bcs.Data;
 
             if (!conf.CheckForUpdates)
                 continue;
 
             try
             {
-                using var http = _httpFactory.CreateClient();
+                using var http = httpFactory.CreateClient();
                 var toastielabRelease = (await http.GetFromJsonAsync<ToastielabReleaseModel[]>(RELEASES_URL))
                     ?.FirstOrDefault();
 
@@ -72,7 +58,7 @@ public sealed class CheckForUpdatesService : IEService, IReadyExecutor
                     UpdateLastKnownVersion(latestVersion);
 
                     // pull changelog
-                    var changelog = await http.GetStringAsync("https://toastielab.dev/EllieBotDevs/elliebot/raw/branch/v5/CHANGELOG.md");
+                    var changelog = await http.GetStringAsync("https://toastielab.dev/EllieBotDevs/elliebot/raw/branch/v6/CHANGELOG.md");
 
                     var thisVersionChangelog = GetVersionChangelog(latestVersion, changelog);
 
@@ -83,24 +69,24 @@ public sealed class CheckForUpdatesService : IEService, IReadyExecutor
                         continue;
                     }
 
-                    var creds = _bcp.GetCreds();
+                    var creds = bcp.GetCreds();
                     await creds.OwnerIds
                                .Select(async x =>
                                {
-                                   var user = await _client.GetUserAsync(x);
+                                   var user = await client.GetUserAsync(x);
                                    if (user is null)
                                        return;
 
-                                   var eb = _sender.CreateEmbed()
+                                   var eb = sender.CreateEmbed()
                                                    .WithOkColor()
                                                    .WithAuthor($"EllieBot v{latest} Released!")
                                                    .WithTitle("Changelog")
-                                                   .WithUrl("https://toastielab.dev/EllieBotDevs/elliebot/src/branch/v5/CHANGELOG.md")
+                                                   .WithUrl("https://toastielab.dev/EllieBotDevs/elliebot/src/branch/v6/CHANGELOG.md")
                                                    .WithDescription(thisVersionChangelog.TrimTo(4096))
                                                    .WithFooter(
                                                        "You may disable these messages by typing '.conf bot checkforupdates false'");
 
-                                   await _sender.Response(user).Embed(eb).SendAsync();
+                                   await sender.Response(user).Embed(eb).SendAsync();
                                })
                                .WhenAll();
                 }
@@ -152,7 +138,7 @@ public sealed class CheckForUpdatesService : IEService, IReadyExecutor
 
     private const string LAST_KNOWN_VERSION_PATH = "data/last_known_version.txt";
 
-    private Version? GetLastKnownVersion()
+    private static Version? GetLastKnownVersion()
     {
         if (!File.Exists(LAST_KNOWN_VERSION_PATH))
             return null;
@@ -162,8 +148,8 @@ public sealed class CheckForUpdatesService : IEService, IReadyExecutor
             : null;
     }
 
-    private void UpdateLastKnownVersion(Version version)
+    private static void UpdateLastKnownVersion(Version version)
     {
-        File.WriteAllText("data/last_known_version.txt", version.ToString());
+        File.WriteAllText(LAST_KNOWN_VERSION_PATH, version.ToString());
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/EllieBot/Modules/Searches/_common/StreamNotifications/Providers/TwitchHelixProvider.cs b/src/EllieBot/Modules/Searches/_common/StreamNotifications/Providers/TwitchHelixProvider.cs
index f369110..d63abea 100644
--- a/src/EllieBot/Modules/Searches/_common/StreamNotifications/Providers/TwitchHelixProvider.cs
+++ b/src/EllieBot/Modules/Searches/_common/StreamNotifications/Providers/TwitchHelixProvider.cs
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public sealed class TwitchHelixProvider : Provider
 
         if (token is null)
         {
-            Log.Warning("Twitch client id and client secret key are not added to creds.yml or incorrect");
+            Log.Warning("Twitch client id and client secret key are not added to data/creds.yml or incorrect");
             return Array.Empty<StreamData>();
         }
 
diff --git a/src/EllieBot/Program.cs b/src/EllieBot/Program.cs
index 5a74a96..f0e553b 100644
--- a/src/EllieBot/Program.cs
+++ b/src/EllieBot/Program.cs
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ if (args.Length > 0 && args[0] != "run")
 }
 
 
-await new Bot(shardId, totalShards, Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("EllieBot__creds")).RunAndBlockAsync();
\ No newline at end of file
+await new Bot(shardId, totalShards).RunAndBlockAsync();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/EllieBot/_common/Impl/BotCredsProvider.cs b/src/EllieBot/_common/Impl/BotCredsProvider.cs
index d883522..ad94a38 100644
--- a/src/EllieBot/_common/Impl/BotCredsProvider.cs
+++ b/src/EllieBot/_common/Impl/BotCredsProvider.cs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ namespace EllieBot.Services;
 
 public sealed class BotCredsProvider : IBotCredsProvider
 {
-    private const string CREDS_FILE_NAME = "creds.yml";
-    private const string CREDS_EXAMPLE_FILE_NAME = "creds_example.yml";
+    private const string CREDS_FILE_NAME = "data/creds.yml";
+    private const string CREDS_EXAMPLE_FILE_NAME = "data/creds_example.yml";
 
     private string CredsPath { get; }
 
@@ -22,20 +22,12 @@ public sealed class BotCredsProvider : IBotCredsProvider
 
     private readonly object _reloadLock = new();
 
-    public BotCredsProvider(int? totalShards = null, string credPath = null)
+    public BotCredsProvider(int? totalShards = null)
     {
         _totalShards = totalShards;
 
-        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(credPath))
-        {
-            CredsPath = credPath;
-            CredsExamplePath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(credPath), CREDS_EXAMPLE_FILE_NAME);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            CredsPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), CREDS_FILE_NAME);
-            CredsExamplePath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), CREDS_EXAMPLE_FILE_NAME);
-        }
+        CredsPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), CREDS_FILE_NAME);
+        CredsExamplePath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), CREDS_EXAMPLE_FILE_NAME);
 
         try
         {
@@ -61,8 +53,8 @@ public sealed class BotCredsProvider : IBotCredsProvider
             }
 
             _config = new ConfigurationBuilder().AddYamlFile(CredsPath, false, true)
-                                                .AddEnvironmentVariables("EllieBot_")
-                                                .Build();
+                .AddEnvironmentVariables("EllieBot_")
+                .Build();
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {