diff --git a/client/cmd/node/config.go b/client/cmd/node/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..720fa11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/cmd/node/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package node
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"source.quilibrium.com/quilibrium/monorepo/node/config"
+)
+
+func LoadConfig(configDirectory string) (*config.Config, error) {
+	NodeConfig, err := config.LoadConfig(configDirectory, "", false)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("invalid config directory: %s\n", configDirectory)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	return NodeConfig, nil
+}
diff --git a/client/cmd/node/node.go b/client/cmd/node/node.go
index a6c497e..e88b4a8 100644
--- a/client/cmd/node/node.go
+++ b/client/cmd/node/node.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ var NodeCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 
-		NodeConfig, err = config.LoadConfig(configDirectory, "", false)
+		NodeConfig, err = LoadConfig(configDirectory)
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Printf("invalid config directory: %s\n", configDirectory)
 			os.Exit(1)
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ func init() {
 	NodeCmd.AddCommand(installCmd)
 	NodeCmd.AddCommand(updateNodeCmd)
 	NodeCmd.AddCommand(nodeServiceCmd)
-
 	localOsType, localArch, err := utils.GetSystemInfo()
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error: %v\n", err)
diff --git a/client/cmd/node/prover.go b/client/cmd/node/prover.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3992a37..0000000
--- a/client/cmd/node/prover.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-package node
-
-import "github.com/spf13/cobra"
-
-var proverCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "prover",
-	Short: "Performs a configuration operation for given prover info",
-}
-
-func init() {
-	NodeCmd.AddCommand(proverCmd)
-}
diff --git a/client/cmd/node/premainnet-data/bridged.json b/client/cmd/node/prover/premainnet-data/bridged.json
similarity index 100%
rename from client/cmd/node/premainnet-data/bridged.json
rename to client/cmd/node/prover/premainnet-data/bridged.json
diff --git a/client/cmd/node/premainnet-data/first_retro.json b/client/cmd/node/prover/premainnet-data/first_retro.json
similarity index 100%
rename from client/cmd/node/premainnet-data/first_retro.json
rename to client/cmd/node/prover/premainnet-data/first_retro.json
diff --git a/client/cmd/node/premainnet-data/fourth_retro.json b/client/cmd/node/prover/premainnet-data/fourth_retro.json
similarity index 100%
rename from client/cmd/node/premainnet-data/fourth_retro.json
rename to client/cmd/node/prover/premainnet-data/fourth_retro.json
diff --git a/client/cmd/node/premainnet-data/second_retro.json b/client/cmd/node/prover/premainnet-data/second_retro.json
similarity index 100%
rename from client/cmd/node/premainnet-data/second_retro.json
rename to client/cmd/node/prover/premainnet-data/second_retro.json
diff --git a/client/cmd/node/premainnet-data/third_retro.json b/client/cmd/node/prover/premainnet-data/third_retro.json
similarity index 100%
rename from client/cmd/node/premainnet-data/third_retro.json
rename to client/cmd/node/prover/premainnet-data/third_retro.json
diff --git a/client/cmd/node/prover/prover.go b/client/cmd/node/prover/prover.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c18cc42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/cmd/node/prover/prover.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package prover
+
+import (
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	clientNode "source.quilibrium.com/quilibrium/monorepo/client/cmd/node"
+)
+
+var ConfigDirectory string
+
+var ProverCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "prover",
+	Short: "Performs a configuration operation for given prover info",
+	Run:   func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	ProverCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&ConfigDirectory, "config", ".config", "config directory (default is .config/)")
+	ProverCmd.AddCommand(proverPauseCmd)
+	ProverCmd.AddCommand(proverConfigMergeCmd)
+	clientNode.NodeCmd.AddCommand(ProverCmd)
+}
diff --git a/client/cmd/node/proverMerge.go b/client/cmd/node/prover/proverMerge.go
similarity index 85%
rename from client/cmd/node/proverMerge.go
rename to client/cmd/node/prover/proverMerge.go
index 54f87ad..4b71480 100644
--- a/client/cmd/node/proverMerge.go
+++ b/client/cmd/node/prover/proverMerge.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package node
+package prover
 
 import (
 	_ "embed"
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/shopspring/decimal"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"source.quilibrium.com/quilibrium/monorepo/node/config"
+	clientNode "source.quilibrium.com/quilibrium/monorepo/client/cmd/node"
+	nodeConfig "source.quilibrium.com/quilibrium/monorepo/node/config"
 )
 
 var DryRun bool
@@ -30,35 +31,35 @@ var proverConfigMergeCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 
-		primaryConfig, err := config.LoadConfig(args[0], "", true)
+		primaryConfig, err := nodeConfig.LoadConfig(args[0], "", true)
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Printf("invalid config directory: %s\n", args[0])
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 
 		otherPaths := []string{}
-		peerIds := []string{GetPeerIDFromConfig(primaryConfig).String()}
+		peerIds := []string{clientNode.GetPeerIDFromConfig(primaryConfig).String()}
 		for _, p := range args[1:] {
 			if !path.IsAbs(p) {
 				fmt.Printf("%s is not an absolute path\n", p)
 			}
-			cfg, err := config.LoadConfig(p, "", true)
+			cfg, err := nodeConfig.LoadConfig(p, "", true)
 			if err != nil {
 				fmt.Printf("invalid config directory: %s\n", p)
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
 
-			peerId := GetPeerIDFromConfig(cfg).String()
+			peerId := clientNode.GetPeerIDFromConfig(cfg).String()
 			peerIds = append(peerIds, peerId)
 			otherPaths = append(otherPaths, p)
 		}
 
 		if DryRun {
-			bridged := []*BridgedPeerJson{}
-			firstRetro := []*FirstRetroJson{}
-			secondRetro := []*SecondRetroJson{}
-			thirdRetro := []*ThirdRetroJson{}
-			fourthRetro := []*FourthRetroJson{}
+			bridged := []*clientNode.BridgedPeerJson{}
+			firstRetro := []*clientNode.FirstRetroJson{}
+			secondRetro := []*clientNode.SecondRetroJson{}
+			thirdRetro := []*clientNode.ThirdRetroJson{}
+			fourthRetro := []*clientNode.FourthRetroJson{}
 
 			err = json.Unmarshal(bridgedPeersJsonBinary, &bridged)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ var proverConfigMergeCmd = &cobra.Command{
 					p,
 				)
 			}
-			err := config.SaveConfig(args[0], primaryConfig)
+			err := nodeConfig.SaveConfig(args[0], primaryConfig)
 			if err != nil {
 				panic(err)
 			}
@@ -233,5 +234,5 @@ var fourthRetroJsonBinary []byte
 
 func init() {
 	proverConfigMergeCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&DryRun, "dry-run", false, "Evaluate seniority score without merging configs")
-	proverCmd.AddCommand(proverConfigMergeCmd)
+	ProverCmd.AddCommand(proverConfigMergeCmd)
 }
diff --git a/client/cmd/node/proverPause.go b/client/cmd/node/prover/proverPause.go
similarity index 86%
rename from client/cmd/node/proverPause.go
rename to client/cmd/node/prover/proverPause.go
index e19eef7..e99a5d5 100644
--- a/client/cmd/node/proverPause.go
+++ b/client/cmd/node/prover/proverPause.go
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-package node
+package prover
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -13,12 +14,16 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/anypb"
+	clientNode "source.quilibrium.com/quilibrium/monorepo/client/cmd/node"
 	"source.quilibrium.com/quilibrium/monorepo/go-libp2p-blossomsub/pb"
+	nodeConfig "source.quilibrium.com/quilibrium/monorepo/node/config"
 	"source.quilibrium.com/quilibrium/monorepo/node/execution/intrinsics/token/application"
 	"source.quilibrium.com/quilibrium/monorepo/node/p2p"
 	"source.quilibrium.com/quilibrium/monorepo/node/protobufs"
 )
 
+var NodeConfig *nodeConfig.Config
+
 var proverPauseCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "pause",
 	Short: "Pauses a prover",
@@ -28,13 +33,23 @@ var proverPauseCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		logger, err := zap.NewProduction()
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+
+		NodeConfig, err = clientNode.LoadConfig(ConfigDirectory)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("invalid config directory: %s\n", ConfigDirectory)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+
 		pubsub := p2p.NewBlossomSub(NodeConfig.P2P, logger)
 		intrinsicFilter := p2p.GetBloomFilter(application.TOKEN_ADDRESS, 256, 3)
 		pubsub.Subscribe(
 			append([]byte{0x00}, intrinsicFilter...),
 			func(message *pb.Message) error { return nil },
 		)
-		key, err := GetPrivKeyFromConfig(NodeConfig)
+		key, err := clientNode.GetPrivKeyFromConfig(NodeConfig)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
@@ -145,5 +160,5 @@ func publishMessage(
 }
 
 func init() {
-	proverCmd.AddCommand(proverPauseCmd)
+	ProverCmd.AddCommand(proverPauseCmd)
 }