diff --git a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Gif.py b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Gif.py
index 231462f..94708a7 100644
--- a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Gif.py
+++ b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Gif.py
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ class BotGif():
                 self.valid_api[gif_api]["apikey"] = apikey
 
         for validgifapi in list(self.valid_api.keys()):
+            botcommands.dict['counts'] += 1
             command_dict = {
                             "comtype": "gif_prefix",
                             "validcoms": [validgifapi]
                             }
-            botcommands.dict['counts'] += 1
             botcommands.register(command_dict)
 
     def setup_gif(self):
diff --git a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Read.py b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Read.py
index 0f3a056..c23dda5 100644
--- a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Read.py
+++ b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Read.py
@@ -15,8 +15,18 @@ class BotRead():
     def __init__(self):
         self.dict = dict()
 
-    def config_dir(self):
-        return
+    def get_config_dirs(self, config_dir_name):
+        dir_to_scan = []
+        for plugin_dir in set(sopel_modules.__path__):
+            configsdir = os.path.join(plugin_dir, "SpiceBot_Configs")
+            cfgdir = os.path.join(configsdir, config_dir_name)
+            dir_to_scan.append(cfgdir)
+
+        extradir = eval("botconfig." + config_dir_name)
+        if len(extradir):
+            for extracfgdir in extradir:
+                dir_to_scan.append(extracfgdir)
+        return dir_to_scan
 
     def json_to_dict(self, directories, configtypename="Config File", log_from='read_directory_json_to_dict', logging=True):
 
diff --git a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot_Core_Processing/StartupMonologue.py b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot_Core_Processing/StartupMonologue.py
index f8aafab..ec49264 100644
--- a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot_Core_Processing/StartupMonologue.py
+++ b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot_Core_Processing/StartupMonologue.py
@@ -33,10 +33,15 @@ def bot_startup_monologue_channels(bot, trigger):
 @sopel.module.event(SpiceBot.events.BOT_COMMANDS)
 @sopel.module.rule('.*')
 def bot_startup_monologue_commands(bot, trigger):
-    availablecomsnum, availablecomsfiles = 0, 0
+    availablecomsnum, availablecomsfiles = 0, []
     for commandstype in list(SpiceBot.commands.dict['commands'].keys()):
         availablecomsnum += len(list(SpiceBot.commands.dict['commands'][commandstype].keys()))
-    availablecomsfiles += SpiceBot.commands.dict['counts']
+        for validcom in list(SpiceBot.commands.dict['commands'][commandstype].keys()):
+            if "filepath" in list(SpiceBot.commands.dict['commands'][commandstype][validcom].keys()):
+                filepath = SpiceBot.commands.dict['commands'][commandstype][validcom]["filepath"].lower()
+                if filepath not in availablecomsfiles:
+                    availablecomsfiles.append(filepath)
+    availablecomsfiles = len(availablecomsfiles)
     displayval = "There are " + str(availablecomsnum) + " commands available in " + str(availablecomsfiles) + " files."
     SpiceBot.startupmonologue.dict["commands"] = displayval
     SpiceBot.logs.log('SpiceBot_StartupMonologue', displayval)