diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e7d83e9..0791996 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ contributoor update   # Update to latest version
 contributoor logs     # Show logs
 ```
 
+If you chose to install contributoor under a custom directory, you will need to specify the directory when running the commands, for example:
+
+```bash
+contributoor --config-path /path/to/contributoor start
+```
+
 ## 🔨 Development
 
 <details>
diff --git a/install.bats b/install.bats
index bf6ef6f..76bc7ea 100644
--- a/install.bats
+++ b/install.bats
@@ -1026,7 +1026,11 @@ EOF
             *) return 0 ;;
         esac
     }
-    export -f detect_platform sudo docker
+    function contributoor() {
+        echo "Config Path         : $TEST_DIR/.contributoor/config.yaml"
+        return 0
+    }
+    export -f detect_platform sudo docker contributoor
     export HOME="$TEST_DIR"
     
     # Test 'no' response
@@ -1064,9 +1068,14 @@ EOF
             case "$2" in
                 "systemctl") return 0 ;;
                 "docker") return 0 ;;
+                "contributoor") return 0 ;;
                 *) command "$@" ;;
             esac
         }
+        contributoor() {
+            echo "Config Path         : $TEST_DIR/.contributoor/config.yaml"
+            return 0
+        }
         sudo() { 
             case "$1" in
                 "systemctl")
@@ -1098,7 +1107,7 @@ EOF
                 *) return 0 ;;
             esac
         }
-        export -f detect_platform command sudo docker
+        export -f detect_platform command sudo docker contributoor
         
         printf "y\n" | uninstall
     '
@@ -1134,6 +1143,16 @@ EOF
         
         # Setup mock functions
         detect_platform() { echo "darwin"; }
+        command() {
+            case "$2" in
+                "contributoor") return 0 ;;
+                *) return 1 ;;
+            esac
+        }
+        contributoor() {
+            echo "Config Path         : $TEST_DIR/.contributoor/config.yaml"
+            return 0
+        }
         sudo() { 
             case "$1" in
                 "launchctl")
@@ -1153,7 +1172,7 @@ EOF
                     ;;
             esac
         }
-        export -f detect_platform sudo
+        export -f detect_platform command sudo contributoor
         
         printf "y\n" | uninstall
     '
@@ -1165,32 +1184,95 @@ EOF
 }
 
 @test "uninstall handles missing components gracefully" {
-    # Create minimal test environment.
-    mkdir -p "$TEST_DIR"
+    # Create minimal test environment with config path
+    mkdir -p "$TEST_DIR/.contributoor"
+    touch "$TEST_DIR/.contributoor/config.yaml"
     
-    # Setup mock functions.
+    # Setup mock functions
     function detect_platform() { echo "linux"; }
     function command() {
         case "$2" in
             "systemctl") return 1 ;; # systemd not available
             "docker") return 1 ;; # docker not available
+            "contributoor") return 0 ;;
             *) command "$@" ;;
         esac
     }
+    function contributoor() {
+        echo "Config Path         : $TEST_DIR/.contributoor/config.yaml"
+        return 0
+    }
     function sudo() {
         "${@:2}"
         return 0
     }
-    export -f detect_platform command sudo
+    export -f detect_platform command sudo contributoor
     export HOME="$TEST_DIR"
     
-    # Run uninstall with 'yes' response.
+    # Run uninstall with 'yes' response
     run bash -c '
         source ./install.sh
         printf "y\n" | uninstall
     '
     
-    # Should complete successfully even with nothing to clean.
+    # Should complete successfully even with nothing to clean
     [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
     echo "$output" | grep -q "Contributoor has been uninstalled successfully"
+}
+
+@test "installation path expands tilde correctly" {
+    # Setup test environment
+    export HOME="$TEST_DIR"
+    CUSTOM_PATH="~/custom/contributoor"
+    EXPECTED_PATH="$TEST_DIR/custom/contributoor"
+
+    run bash -c "
+        source ./install.sh
+        CUSTOM_PATH='$CUSTOM_PATH'
+        # Expand ~ to \$HOME in a portable way
+        CUSTOM_PATH=\$(echo \"\$CUSTOM_PATH\" | sed \"s|^~|\$HOME|\")
+        echo \$CUSTOM_PATH
+    "
+
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "$output" = "$EXPECTED_PATH" ]
+}
+
+@test "uninstall handles tilde expansion in config path" {
+    # Create test environment with config in custom path
+    CUSTOM_DIR="$TEST_DIR/custom/contributoor"
+    mkdir -p "$CUSTOM_DIR"
+    touch "$CUSTOM_DIR/config.yaml"
+    export HOME="$TEST_DIR"
+    
+    # Run uninstall with config path using tilde
+    run bash -c '
+        source ./install.sh
+        CONFIG_PATH="~/custom/contributoor/config.yaml"
+        detect_platform() { echo "linux"; }
+        command() { return 1; }
+        export -f detect_platform command
+        printf "y\n" | CONFIG_PATH="$CONFIG_PATH" uninstall
+    '
+    
+    # Should expand ~ and find the config
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    echo "$output" | grep -q "custom/contributoor"
+    [ ! -d "$CUSTOM_DIR" ]
+}
+
+@test "uninstall fails with non-existent config path after tilde expansion" {
+    export HOME="$TEST_DIR"
+    
+    run bash -c '
+        source ./install.sh
+        CONFIG_PATH="~/nonexistent/config.yaml"
+        detect_platform() { echo "linux"; }
+        command() { return 1; }
+        export -f detect_platform command
+        printf "y\n" | CONFIG_PATH="$CONFIG_PATH" uninstall
+    '
+    
+    [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+    echo "$output" | grep -q "Config file not found at: $TEST_DIR/nonexistent/config.yaml"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 19dbce6..bad4712 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -89,10 +89,11 @@ warn() {
 }
 
 usage() {
-    echo "Usage: $0 [-p path] [-v version] [-u]"
+    echo "Usage: $0 [-p path] [-v version] [-u] [-c config_path]"
     echo "  -p: Path to install contributoor (default: $HOME/.contributoor)"
     echo "  -v: Version of contributoor to install without 'v' prefix (default: latest, example: 0.0.6)"
     echo "  -u: Uninstall Contributoor"
+    echo "  -c: Path to config.yaml (only used with -u for uninstall)"
     exit 1
 }
 
@@ -599,11 +600,37 @@ EOF
 }
 
 uninstall() {
+    # Try to determine the installation directory
+    local install_dir=""
+    
+    # If config path was provided via -c, use it
+    if [ -n "${CONFIG_PATH:-}" ]; then
+        # Expand ~ to $HOME in a portable way
+        CONFIG_PATH=$(echo "$CONFIG_PATH" | sed "s|^~|$HOME|")
+        if [ ! -f "$CONFIG_PATH" ]; then
+            fail "Config file not found at: $CONFIG_PATH"
+        fi
+        install_dir=$(dirname "$CONFIG_PATH")
+    else
+        # Try using contributoor status
+        if command -v contributoor >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            local config_path=$(contributoor status 2>/dev/null | grep "Config Path" | cut -d':' -f2 | tr -d ' ')
+            if [ -n "$config_path" ]; then
+                install_dir=$(dirname "$config_path")
+            fi
+        fi
+        
+        # If we couldn't determine the install directory, ask user to specify.
+        if [ -z "$install_dir" ]; then
+            fail "Could not determine installation directory.\nIt's likely you installed contributoor under a custom directory.\n\nPlease specify the directory when running the uninstaller:\n./install.sh -u -c /path/to/custom/config.yaml"
+        fi
+    fi
+
     printf "\n${COLOR_RED}Warning, this will:${COLOR_RESET}\n"
     printf " • Stop and remove any contributoor services (systemd/launchd)\n"
     printf " • Stop and remove any contributoor Docker containers and images\n"
     printf " • Remove contributoor from your PATH\n"
-    printf " • Delete all contributoor data from ${HOME}/.contributoor\n\n"
+    printf " • Delete all contributoor data from ${install_dir}\n\n"
     printf "Are you sure you want to uninstall? [y/N]: "
     read -r confirm
     case "$(echo "$confirm" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" in
@@ -663,19 +690,20 @@ uninstall() {
     fi
 
     # Remove PATH entry from shell config
+    local bin_path="$install_dir/bin"
     for rc in "$HOME/.bashrc" "$HOME/.zshrc" "$HOME/.bash_profile" "$HOME/.profile"; do
         if [ -f "$rc" ]; then
             temp_file=$(mktemp)
-            grep -v "export PATH=.*contributoor.*bin" "$rc" > "$temp_file"
+            grep -v "export PATH=.*$bin_path" "$rc" > "$temp_file"
             mv "$temp_file" "$rc"
             success "Cleaned PATH from $rc"
         fi
     done
 
-    # Remove contributoor directory
-    if [ -d "$HOME/.contributoor" ]; then
-        rm -rf "$HOME/.contributoor"
-        success "Removed contributoor directory"
+    # Remove contributoor directory using detected path
+    if [ -d "$install_dir" ]; then
+        rm -rf "$install_dir"
+        success "Removed contributoor directory: $install_dir"
     fi
 
     printf "\n\n${COLOR_GREEN}Contributoor has been uninstalled successfully${COLOR_RESET}\n\n"
@@ -684,16 +712,24 @@ uninstall() {
 
 main() {
     # Parse arguments
-    while getopts "p:v:hu" FLAG; do
+    SHOULD_UNINSTALL=false
+    while getopts "p:v:c:hu" FLAG; do
         case "$FLAG" in
             p) CONTRIBUTOOR_PATH="$OPTARG" ;;
             v) CONTRIBUTOOR_VERSION="$OPTARG" ;;
-            u) uninstall ;;
+            c) CONFIG_PATH="$OPTARG" ;;
+            u) SHOULD_UNINSTALL=true ;;
             h) usage ;;
             *) usage ;;
         esac
     done
 
+    # Handle uninstall if requested
+    if [ "$SHOULD_UNINSTALL" = true ]; then
+        uninstall
+        exit 0
+    fi
+
     # Setup environment
     CONTRIBUTOOR_BIN="$CONTRIBUTOOR_PATH/bin"
     ARCH=$(detect_architecture)
@@ -726,6 +762,8 @@ main() {
         read -r CUSTOM_PATH
     fi
     if [ -n "$CUSTOM_PATH" ]; then
+        # Expand ~ to $HOME in a portable way
+        CUSTOM_PATH=$(echo "$CUSTOM_PATH" | sed "s|^~|$HOME|")
         CONTRIBUTOOR_PATH="$CUSTOM_PATH"
         CONTRIBUTOOR_BIN="$CONTRIBUTOOR_PATH/bin"
     fi