diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
index 131896c..821ffca 100644
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import           GHup
 import           GitHub.Auth
 import           HPath
 import           Options.Applicative
+import           System.Console.Pretty
 import           System.Exit
 
 
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ data ForkOptions = ForkOptions
   }
 
 data ConfigOptions = ConfigOptions {
-  oAuth :: ByteString
+    oAuth :: ByteString
+  , bPath :: Maybe ByteString
   }
 
 
@@ -45,8 +47,18 @@ opts = subparser
   )
 
 configOpts :: Parser ConfigOptions
-configOpts = ConfigOptions <$> strOption
-  (short 'o' <> long "oauth" <> metavar "OAUTH" <> help "The OAUTH token")
+configOpts =
+  ConfigOptions
+    <$> strOption
+          (short 'o' <> long "oauth" <> metavar "OAUTH" <> help
+            "The OAUTH token"
+          )
+    <*> optional
+          (strOption
+            ((short 'p') <> long "base-path" <> metavar "BASE_PATH" <> help
+              "The base path to clone into"
+            )
+          )
 
 forkOpts :: Parser ForkOptions
 forkOpts =
@@ -82,8 +94,10 @@ main = do
           Just p  -> prepareRepoForPR' repo (Just p) newBranch
           Nothing -> fail "Repo path must be absolute"
         Nothing -> prepareRepoForPR' repo Nothing newBranch
-    Config (ConfigOptions {..}) -> writeSettings (OAuth oAuth) <&> Right
-    Del    (DelOptions {..}   ) -> deleteFork' del
+    Config (ConfigOptions {..}) -> do
+      p <- maybe (pure Nothing) (fmap Just . parseAbs) bPath
+      writeSettings (Settings (OAuth oAuth) p) <&> Right
+    Del (DelOptions {..}) -> deleteFork' del
   case e of
-    Right () -> putStrLn "success!"
-    Left  t  -> die t
+    Right () -> _info "success!"
+    Left  t  -> die (color Red $ t)
diff --git a/ghup.cabal b/ghup.cabal
index adf10f7..61098be 100644
--- a/ghup.cabal
+++ b/ghup.cabal
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ library
                        , hpath-io        ^>= 0.13.1
                        , http-client     ^>= 0.6.4
                        , mtl             ^>= 2.2
+                       , pretty-terminal ^>= 0.1
                        , safe-exceptions ^>= 0.1
                        , streamly        ^>= 0.7
                        , text            ^>= 1.2
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ library
   hs-source-dirs:      lib
   ghc-options:         -Wall
   default-language:    Haskell2010
-  default-extensions:  LambdaCase, MultiWayIf, RecordWildCards
+  default-extensions:  LambdaCase, MultiWayIf, RecordWildCards, TupleSections
 
 executable ghup
   main-is:             Main.hs
@@ -47,9 +48,10 @@ executable ghup
                        , github               ^>= 0.24
                        , hpath                ^>= 0.11
                        , optparse-applicative ^>= 0.15
+                       , pretty-terminal      ^>= 0.1
   hs-source-dirs:      app
   default-language:    Haskell2010
-  default-extensions:  LambdaCase, MultiWayIf, RecordWildCards
+  default-extensions:  LambdaCase, MultiWayIf, RecordWildCards, TupleSections
 
 source-repository head
   type:     git
diff --git a/lib/GHup.hs b/lib/GHup.hs
index 32834d6..2ef3a7b 100644
--- a/lib/GHup.hs
+++ b/lib/GHup.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric      #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances  #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE QuasiQuotes        #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE StandaloneDeriving #-}
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -Wno-orphans    #-}
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ module GHup
     ForkResult(..)
   , CloneMethod(..)
   , ProcessError(..)
+  , Settings(..)
   -- * Settings
   , getSettings
   , writeSettings
@@ -24,6 +26,10 @@ module GHup
   -- * Parsers
   , parseURL
   , ghURLParser
+  -- * Utils
+  , _info
+  , _warn
+  , _err
   )
 where
 
@@ -48,6 +54,10 @@ import           HPath.IO
 import           Prelude                 hiding ( readFile
                                                 , writeFile
                                                 )
+import           System.Console.Pretty
+import           System.IO                      ( hPutStrLn
+                                                , stderr
+                                                )
 import           System.Posix.ByteString        ( getEnv
                                                 , RawFilePath
                                                 )
@@ -88,12 +98,23 @@ data UrlParseResult = UrlParseResult {
 
 
 data Settings = Settings {
-  auth :: Auth
+    auth     :: Auth
+  , basePath :: Maybe (Path Abs)
 } deriving (Eq, Read, Show)
 
 
 deriving instance Read Auth
 
+instance Read (Path Abs) where
+  readsPrec p input =
+    let str = readsPrec p input :: [(String, String)]
+    in  case str of
+          [(s, n)] -> case parseAbs (UTF8.fromString s) of
+            Just p' -> [(p', n)]
+            Nothing -> []
+          _ -> []
+
+
 
 
 
@@ -103,17 +124,16 @@ deriving instance Read Auth
 
 
 
-writeSettings :: Auth -> IO ()
-writeSettings auth = do
+writeSettings :: Settings -> IO ()
+writeSettings settings = do
   sf <- getSettingsFile
-  let settings = Settings auth
   let fileperms =
         ownerWriteMode
           `unionFileModes` ownerReadMode
           `unionFileModes` groupWriteMode
           `unionFileModes` groupReadMode
   writeFile sf (Just fileperms) (u8 . show $ settings)
-  putStrLn ("Written config to file " <> (UTF8.toString $ toFilePath sf))
+  _info ("Written config to file " <> (UTF8.toString $ toFilePath sf))
 
 
 getSettingsFile :: IO (Path Abs)
@@ -136,7 +156,7 @@ getSettings = runExceptT (fromEnv <|> fromFile)
   fromEnv :: ExceptT String IO Settings
   fromEnv = do
     (lift $ getEnv (u8 "GITHUB_TOKEN")) >>= \case
-      Just t  -> pure $ Settings (OAuth t)
+      Just t  -> pure $ Settings (OAuth t) Nothing
       Nothing -> throwError "Not found"
   fromFile :: ExceptT String IO Settings
   fromFile = do
@@ -163,9 +183,12 @@ prepareRepoForPR' :: ByteString       -- ^ string that contains repo url
                   -> Maybe (Path b)   -- ^ base path where the repo should be cloned
                   -> Maybe ByteString -- ^ PR branch name to switch to
                   -> IO (Either String ())
-prepareRepoForPR' repoString repobase branch = runExceptT $ do
+prepareRepoForPR' repoString mRepobase branch = runExceptT $ do
   UrlParseResult {..} <- liftEither $ parseURL repoString
   Settings {..}       <- ExceptT getSettings
+  repobase            <- case mRepobase of
+    Just r  -> fmap Just $ lift $ toAbs r
+    Nothing -> pure basePath
   ExceptT $ prepareRepoForPR auth owner repo repobase branch
 
 
@@ -190,6 +213,10 @@ prepareRepoForPR am owner repo repobase branch = runExceptT $ do
   case branch of
     Just b  -> withExceptT show $ ExceptT $ createBranch b repodest
     Nothing -> pure ()
+  lift $ _info
+    (  "To change to the repo dir, run:\n\tcd "
+    <> (UTF8.toString $ toFilePath repodest)
+    )
 
 
 forkRepository :: AuthMethod am
@@ -238,8 +265,7 @@ createBranch branch repodir =
 
 -- | Same as deleteFork, but gets the auth from the config file
 -- and parses the owner/repo from the given repo url string.
-deleteFork' :: ByteString
-           -> IO (Either String ())
+deleteFork' :: ByteString -> IO (Either String ())
 deleteFork' repoString = runExceptT $ do
   UrlParseResult {..} <- liftEither $ parseURL repoString
   Settings {..}       <- ExceptT getSettings
@@ -326,3 +352,16 @@ getHomeDirectory = do
     Nothing -> do
       h <- PU.homeDirectory <$> (PU.getEffectiveUserID >>= PU.getUserEntryForID)
       pure $ u8 h -- this is a guess
+
+
+_info :: String -> IO ()
+_info = putStrLn . color Green
+
+_warn :: String -> IO ()
+_warn = _stderr . color Yellow
+
+_err :: String -> IO ()
+_err = _stderr . color Red
+
+_stderr :: String -> IO ()
+_stderr = hPutStrLn stderr