diff --git a/cmd/sync.ts b/cmd/sync.ts
index f45401d..f23d698 100644
--- a/cmd/sync.ts
+++ b/cmd/sync.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export const registerSyncCommand = (p: Command) => {
         .command("sync")
         .action(() => {
             const getMixFiles = (): { name: string, content: MixFile}[] => {
-                const files = readdirSync(process.cwd(), { withFileTypes: true })
+                const files = readdirSync(isDev ? process.cwd() : homedir(), { withFileTypes: true })
                 .filter((dirent) => dirent.isFile() && dirent.name.endsWith("mix.hjson") && !dirent.name.startsWith("_"))
                 .map((dirent) => ({
                     name: dirent.name,
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ export const registerSyncCommand = (p: Command) => {
             }
 
             const getLockFile = (): MixLockFile => {
-                return h.parse(readFileSync("mix.lock", "utf-8"));
+                const mixDir = isDev ? "" : path.join(homedir(), ".mix");
+                return h.parse(readFileSync(path.join(mixDir, "mix.lock"), "utf-8"));
             }
 
             const diff = (file: MixFile, lock: MixLockFile) => {
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index f704ae7..a55b4b6 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const program = new Command();
 program
   .name('mix')
   .description('a declerative file-based package manager for windows.')
-  .version('0.0.5', '-v, --version', 'output the current version');
+  .version('0.0.6', '-v, --version', 'output the current version');
 
 registerCommands(program);
 program.parse();
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2c1b556..901c53a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@grng/mix",
-  "version": "0.0.4",
+  "version": "0.0.6",
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   },