diff --git a/src/commands/node/chopsticks/start.ts b/src/commands/node/chopsticks/start.ts
index c79e83da..bde4a77f 100644
--- a/src/commands/node/chopsticks/start.ts
+++ b/src/commands/node/chopsticks/start.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Flags } from "@oclif/core";
 import { execaCommand } from "execa";
 import { SwankyCommand } from "../../../lib/swankyCommand.js";
-import { swankyNodeCheck } from "../../../lib/index.js";
+import { ensureSwankyNodeInstalled } from "../../../lib/index.js";
 import { pathExists } from "fs-extra/esm";
 import { ConfigError, FileError } from "../../../lib/errors.js";
 export class StartChopsticks extends SwankyCommand<typeof StartChopsticks> {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export class StartChopsticks extends SwankyCommand<typeof StartChopsticks> {
   async run(): Promise<void> {
     const { flags } = await this.parse(StartChopsticks);
 
-    swankyNodeCheck(this.swankyConfig);
+    ensureSwankyNodeInstalled(this.swankyConfig);
 
     const chopsticksConfigPath = flags.config ?? this.swankyConfig.node.chopsticks?.configPath;
 
diff --git a/src/commands/node/start.ts b/src/commands/node/start.ts
index 6a09fb29..89155083 100644
--- a/src/commands/node/start.ts
+++ b/src/commands/node/start.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Flags } from "@oclif/core";
 import { execaCommand } from "execa";
 import { SwankyCommand } from "../../lib/swankyCommand.js";
 import semver from "semver";
-import { swankyNodeCheck } from "../../lib/index.js";
+import { ensureSwankyNodeInstalled } from "../../lib/index.js";
 export class StartNode extends SwankyCommand<typeof StartNode> {
   static description = "Start a local node";
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class StartNode extends SwankyCommand<typeof StartNode> {
   async run(): Promise<void> {
     const { flags } = await this.parse(StartNode);
 
-    swankyNodeCheck(this.swankyConfig);
+    ensureSwankyNodeInstalled(this.swankyConfig);
 
     // Run persistent mode by default. non-persistent mode in case flag is provided.
     // Non-Persistent mode (`--dev`) allows all CORS origin, without `--dev`, users need to specify origins by `--rpc-cors`.
diff --git a/src/lib/command-utils.ts b/src/lib/command-utils.ts
index 53f1040f..accfe86b 100644
--- a/src/lib/command-utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/command-utils.ts
@@ -207,9 +207,3 @@ export function configName(): string {
 
   return process.env.SWANKY_CONFIG?.split("/").pop() ?? DEFAULT_CONFIG_NAME;
 }
-
-export function swankyNodeCheck(config: SwankyConfig){
-  if(config.node.localPath === "") {
-    throw new FileError('Swanky node is not installed. Please run `swanky node:install` first.');
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib/config.ts b/src/lib/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd98d235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { SwankyConfig } from "../index.js";
+import { FileError } from "./errors.js";
+
+export function ensureSwankyNodeInstalled(config: SwankyConfig) {
+    if (config.node.localPath === "") {
+        throw new FileError('Swanky node is not installed. Please run `swanky node:install` first.');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/index.ts b/src/lib/index.ts
index b14b6f9c..2d961da5 100644
--- a/src/lib/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export * from "./account.js";
 export * from "./command-utils.js";
+export * from "./config.js";
 export * as consts from "./consts.js";
 export * from "./crypto.js";
 export * from "./nodeInfo.js";