diff --git a/start b/start
index bb5df55..e8615be 100755
--- a/start
+++ b/start
@@ -4,9 +4,15 @@
 export GSGP_ID="$( cut -d' ' -f1 < TITLE )"
 export GSGP_TITLE="$( cut -d' ' -f2- < TITLE )"
 
+# we'll provide the ability to specify the profile in the future
 export GSGP_PROFILE=default
 
-opening_scene="$( dirname $0)/util/scene-runner start"
+# path to current profile
+export GSGP_PROFILE_PATH="$HOME/.$GSGP_ID/profiles/$GSGP_PROFILE"
 
+# create path in case it does not yet exist
+mkdir -p "$GSGP_PROFILE_PATH" 2>/dev/null
+
+opening_scene="$( dirname $0)/util/scene-runner start"
 screen -c screenrc $opening_scene
 
diff --git a/test/common b/test/common
index 4d82645..3724971 100644
--- a/test/common
+++ b/test/common
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 export GSGP_ID=gsgptest
 export GSGP_TITLE="Test Suite"
 export GSGP_PROFILE=TEST
+export GSGP_PROFILE_PATH=/tmp/gsgp-test
 
 . "$( dirname $0 )/../util/common"
 
diff --git a/util/common b/util/common
index af766eb..76b0795 100644
--- a/util/common
+++ b/util/common
@@ -1,18 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [ ! "$GSGP_ID" ]; then
-    echo "ID unavailable" >&2
+if [ ! "$GSGP_PROFILE_PATH" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Profile path unavailable" >&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ ! "$GSGP_PROFILE" ]; then
-    echo "Profile unavailable" >&2
-    exit 2
-fi
-
-# path to current profile
-export GSGP_PROFILE_PATH="$HOME/.$GSGP_ID/profiles/$GSGP_PROFILE"
-
-# create path in case it does not yet exist
-mkdir -p "$GSGP_PROFILE_PATH" 2>/dev/null
-