diff --git a/src/__mocks__/service.mocks.js b/src/__mocks__/service.mocks.js
index d9523df..b399b1f 100644
--- a/src/__mocks__/service.mocks.js
+++ b/src/__mocks__/service.mocks.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export const mockFsService = {
   readJsonFile: vi.fn(),
   writeJsonFile: vi.fn(),
   writeFile: vi.fn(),
+  toRelativePath: vi.fn(),
 };
 
 export const mockShellService = {
diff --git a/src/services/configService.js b/src/services/configService.js
index c899b98..9185177 100644
--- a/src/services/configService.js
+++ b/src/services/configService.js
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ export class ConfigService {
   };
 
   toRelative = (str) => {
-    throw new Error("This code does not belong in this file. Move it.");
-    return path.relative(this.config.codexInstallPath, str);
+    return this.fs.toRelativePath(this.config.codexInstallPath, str);
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/services/configService.test.js b/src/services/configService.test.js
index 70b6307..ee58b0f 100644
--- a/src/services/configService.test.js
+++ b/src/services/configService.test.js
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ describe("ConfigService", () => {
     it("writes the config file values to the config TOML file", () => {
       const publicIp = "1.2.3.4";
       const bootstrapNodes = ["boot111", "boot222", "boot333"];
+      const relativeDataDirPath = "..\\../datadir";
+
+      mockFsService.toRelativePath.mockReturnValue(relativeDataDirPath);
 
       configService.writeCodexConfigFile(publicIp, bootstrapNodes);
 
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@ describe("ConfigService", () => {
 
       expect(mockFsService.writeFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         expectedDefaultConfig.codexConfigFilePath,
-        `data-dir=\"${formatPath(expectedDefaultConfig.dataDir)}"${newLine}` +
+        `data-dir=\"${formatPath(relativeDataDirPath)}"${newLine}` +
           `log-level="DEBUG"${newLine}` +
           `log-file="${formatPath(logsPath)}"${newLine}` +
           `storage-quota=${expectedDefaultConfig.storageQuota}${newLine}` +
@@ -191,6 +194,11 @@ describe("ConfigService", () => {
             })
             .join(",")}]${newLine}`,
       );
+
+      expect(mockFsService.toRelativePath).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expectedDefaultConfig.codexInstallPath,
+        expectedDefaultConfig.dataDir,
+      );
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/services/fsService.js b/src/services/fsService.js
index 68f108d..52556d4 100644
--- a/src/services/fsService.js
+++ b/src/services/fsService.js
@@ -66,4 +66,8 @@ export class FsService {
   writeFile = (filePath, content) => {
     fs.writeFileSync(filePath, content);
   };
+
+  toRelativePath = (from, to) => {
+    return path.relative(from, to);
+  };
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/mainMenu.js b/src/ui/mainMenu.js
index dd52439..bb399e7 100644
--- a/src/ui/mainMenu.js
+++ b/src/ui/mainMenu.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export class MainMenu {
   };
 
   showNotRunningMenu = async () => {
-    await this.ui.askMultipleChoice("Codex is not running", [
+    await this.ui.askMultipleChoice("Codex is installed but not running", [
       {
         label: "Start Codex",
         action: this.processControl.startCodexProcess,
diff --git a/src/ui/mainMenu.test.js b/src/ui/mainMenu.test.js
index e05d2b6..f31de9a 100644
--- a/src/ui/mainMenu.test.js
+++ b/src/ui/mainMenu.test.js
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ describe("mainmenu", () => {
       await mainmenu.showNotRunningMenu();
 
       expect(mockUiService.askMultipleChoice).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        "Codex is not running",
+        "Codex is installed but not running",
         [
           {
             label: "Start Codex",