diff --git a/sftp.go b/sftp.go
index 589b406..55d9216 100644
--- a/sftp.go
+++ b/sftp.go
@@ -8,25 +8,20 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
 )
 
-var (
-	dstPath  string = "/home/wyatt/"
-	srcPath  string = "/var/log/"
-	filename string = "dpkg.log"
-)
-
-func (s SSHConnection) getFile(client *ssh.Client) {
-	sftp, err := sftp.NewClient(client)
-	//var srcFile []*os.File
-	//var dstFile []*os.File
-
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Errorf("Error")
-	}
-
-	defer sftp.Close()
+func (s SSHConnection) getFile(client *ssh.Client) []*os.File {
+	homedir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
+	var dstFiles []*os.File
 
 	for _, j := range s.Logs {
-		srcFile, err := sftp.Open(srcPath + j)
+		sftp, err := sftp.NewClient(client)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Errorf("Error")
+		}
+
+		defer sftp.Close()
+
+		srcFile, err := sftp.Open(j)
 
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Errorf("Error")
@@ -34,7 +29,9 @@ func (s SSHConnection) getFile(client *ssh.Client) {
 
 		defer srcFile.Close()
 
-		dstFile, err := os.Create(dstPath + j)
+		h := slashSeperator(j)
+
+		dstFile, err := os.Create(homedir + "/" + h)
 
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Errorf("Error")
@@ -42,6 +39,9 @@ func (s SSHConnection) getFile(client *ssh.Client) {
 
 		defer dstFile.Close()
 		srcFile.WriteTo(dstFile)
+
+		dstFiles = append(dstFiles, dstFile)
 	}
 
+	return dstFiles
 }
diff --git a/ssh.go b/ssh.go
index ca0289d..d948b5f 100644
--- a/ssh.go
+++ b/ssh.go
@@ -94,23 +94,19 @@ func (s SSHConnection) openSession(client SSHClients) SSHSessions {
 func (s SSHConnection) executeSFTP(execute SSHClients) SSHSFTP {
 	// execute order 66 lol
 	sftp := SSHSFTP{}
-	homedir := os.Getenv("HOME")
+	homedir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
 
 	for _, j := range execute {
-		// TODO: this is just a placeholder, change to the actual tarring executable
-		s.getFile(j)
+		slashed := s.getFile(j)
+		for _, k := range slashed {
+			name := osfileToSting(k)
+			err := gzipit(homedir+"/"+name, ".")
 
-		err := gzipit(homedir+filename, ".")
-
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Errorf("Cannot gzip file(s)", err)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Errorf("Cannot gzip file(s)", err)
+			}
 		}
-
 	}
 
 	return sftp
 }
-
-func (s SSHConnection) gzipItUp() {
-	// TODO: placeholder function??
-}
diff --git a/string.go b/string.go
index aa937e3..ff3c6c4 100644
--- a/string.go
+++ b/string.go
@@ -1,7 +1,31 @@
 package main
 
-import "time"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
+)
 
 func timeToString(currentTime time.Time) string {
 	return currentTime.String()
 }
+
+func osfileToSting(currentOsFile *os.File) string {
+	file, err := os.Open(currentOsFile.Name())
+
+	fileinfo, err := file.Stat()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Heyo, there's no file here!\n")
+	}
+
+	name := fileinfo.Name()
+	return name
+}
+
+func slashSeperator(unslashed string) string {
+	s := unslashed
+	_, file := filepath.Split(s)
+	return file
+}