diff --git a/internal/config/project.go b/internal/config/project.go
index 247f907d..a453fed1 100644
--- a/internal/config/project.go
+++ b/internal/config/project.go
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ type ProjectConfigManager interface {
 	ReadProjectConfigFile(ctx context.Context) (ProjectConfig, error)
 	WriteProjectConfigFile(ctx context.Context, projectConfig ProjectConfig) (string, error)
 	ProjectConfigJSONFileExists(projectDirPath string) bool
-	GetProjectDirPath() (string, error)
 
 	Cache() cache.Cacher
 }
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ func (c *ProjectConfig) InitProjectID(ctx context.Context, overwriteExistingProj
 	defer span.Finish()
 
 	// Check that current directory is a project
-	if _, err := c.GetProjectDirPath(); err != nil {
+	if _, err := GetProjectDirPath(c.fs, c.os); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
@@ -245,7 +244,7 @@ func (c *ProjectConfig) ReadProjectConfigFile(ctx context.Context) (ProjectConfi
 
 	var projectConfig ProjectConfig
 
-	projectDirPath, err := c.GetProjectDirPath()
+	projectDirPath, err := GetProjectDirPath(c.fs, c.os)
 	if err != nil {
 		return projectConfig, err
 	}
@@ -285,7 +284,7 @@ func (c *ProjectConfig) WriteProjectConfigFile(ctx context.Context, projectConfi
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	projectDirPath, err := c.GetProjectDirPath()
+	projectDirPath, err := GetProjectDirPath(c.fs, c.os)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -308,21 +307,21 @@ func (c *ProjectConfig) ProjectConfigJSONFileExists(projectDirPath string) bool
 
 // GetProjectDirPath returns the path to the project directory or an error if not a Slack project
 // TODO(@mbrooks) Standardize the definition of a validate project directory and merge with `cmdutil.ValidProjectDirectoryOrExit`
-func (c *ProjectConfig) GetProjectDirPath() (string, error) {
-	currentDir, _ := c.os.Getwd()
+func GetProjectDirPath(fs afero.Fs, os types.Os) (string, error) {
+	currentDir, _ := os.Getwd()
 
 	// Verify project-level hooks.json exists
 	projectHooksJSONPath := GetProjectHooksJSONFilePath(currentDir)
-	if _, err := c.fs.Stat(projectHooksJSONPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if _, err := fs.Stat(projectHooksJSONPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 
 		// Fallback check for slack.json and .slack/slack.json file
 		// DEPRECATED(semver:major): remove both fallbacks next major release
 		projectSlackJSONPath := filepath.Join(currentDir, "slack.json")
-		if _, err := c.fs.Stat(projectSlackJSONPath); err == nil {
+		if _, err := fs.Stat(projectSlackJSONPath); err == nil {
 			return currentDir, nil
 		}
 		projectDotSlackSlackJSONPath := filepath.Join(currentDir, ".slack", "slack.json")
-		if _, err := c.fs.Stat(projectDotSlackSlackJSONPath); err == nil {
+		if _, err := fs.Stat(projectDotSlackSlackJSONPath); err == nil {
 			return currentDir, nil
 		}
 		return "", slackerror.New(slackerror.ErrInvalidAppDirectory)
@@ -333,7 +332,7 @@ func (c *ProjectConfig) GetProjectDirPath() (string, error) {
 
 // Cache loads the cached project values
 func (c *ProjectConfig) Cache() cache.Cacher {
-	path, err := c.GetProjectDirPath()
+	path, err := GetProjectDirPath(c.fs, c.os)
 	if err != nil {
 		return &cache.Cache{}
 	}
diff --git a/internal/config/project_mock.go b/internal/config/project_mock.go
index 83e9a48e..8037dbfc 100644
--- a/internal/config/project_mock.go
+++ b/internal/config/project_mock.go
@@ -83,11 +83,6 @@ func (m *ProjectConfigMock) ProjectConfigJSONFileExists(projectDirPath string) b
 	return args.Bool(0)
 }
 
-func (m *ProjectConfigMock) GetProjectDirPath() (string, error) {
-	args := m.Called()
-	return args.String(0), args.Error(1)
-}
-
 // Cache returns a persistent mock cache
 func (m *ProjectConfigMock) Cache() cache.Cacher {
 	args := m.Called()
diff --git a/internal/config/project_test.go b/internal/config/project_test.go
index 3bb96db4..ab94c713 100644
--- a/internal/config/project_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/project_test.go
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ func Test_ProjectConfig_ReadProjectConfigFile(t *testing.T) {
 		addProjectMocks(t, fs)
 		projectConfig := NewProjectConfig(fs, os)
 
-		projectDirPath, err := projectConfig.GetProjectDirPath()
+		projectDirPath, err := GetProjectDirPath(fs, os)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		projectConfigFilePath := GetProjectConfigJSONFilePath(projectDirPath)
 
@@ -462,8 +462,7 @@ func Test_ProjectConfig_GetProjectDirPath(t *testing.T) {
 		err := fs.Remove(GetProjectHooksJSONFilePath(slackdeps.MockWorkingDirectory))
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		projectConfig := NewProjectConfig(fs, os)
-		projectDirPath, err := projectConfig.GetProjectDirPath()
+		projectDirPath, err := GetProjectDirPath(fs, os)
 		require.Error(t, err)
 		require.Empty(t, projectDirPath)
 	})
@@ -478,8 +477,7 @@ func Test_ProjectConfig_GetProjectDirPath(t *testing.T) {
 		// Use project mocks to create project in filesystem
 		addProjectMocks(t, fs)
 
-		projectConfig := NewProjectConfig(fs, os)
-		projectDirPath, err := projectConfig.GetProjectDirPath()
+		projectDirPath, err := GetProjectDirPath(fs, os)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Equal(t, slackdeps.MockWorkingDirectory, projectDirPath) // MockWorkingDirectory is the test's project directory
 	})
@@ -796,6 +794,6 @@ func addProjectMocks(t require.TestingT, fs afero.Fs) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Fixture: project/.slack/hooks.json file
-	err = afero.WriteFile(fs, GetProjectHooksJSONFilePath(slackdeps.MockWorkingDirectory), []byte("{}\n"), 0600)
+	err = afero.WriteFile(fs, GetProjectHooksJSONFilePath(slackdeps.MockWorkingDirectory), []byte("{}\n"), 0644)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
diff --git a/internal/slackdeps/os_mock.go b/internal/slackdeps/os_mock.go
index 04d91a18..bc93c55f 100644
--- a/internal/slackdeps/os_mock.go
+++ b/internal/slackdeps/os_mock.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 const MockHomeDirectory = "/Users/user.name"
 
 // MockWorkingDirectory is the default returned by Getwd().
-const MockWorkingDirectory = "/Users/user.name/app"
+const MockWorkingDirectory = "/Users/user.name/project"
 
 // MockCustomConfigDirectory is a custom config directory for ConfigDirFlag
 const MockCustomConfigDirectory = "/tmp/tmp.user.name.123"
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ func (m *OsMock) AddDefaultMocks() {
 	m.On("UserHomeDir").Return(MockHomeDirectory, nil)
 	m.On("GetExecutionDir").Return(MockHomeDirectory, nil)
 	m.On("SetExecutionDir", mock.Anything)
+	m.On("IsNotExist", nil).Return(false)
 	m.On("IsNotExist", mock.Anything).Return(true)
 	m.On("Exit", mock.Anything).Return()
 	m.On("Stat", mock.Anything).Return()