diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 9900001..1e8a314 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 const initializeGitRepo = require("./lib/initializeRepo");
+const initializeGitGlobal = require("./lib/globalRepos");
 const emojifyCommit = require("./lib/emojifyCommit");
 const getCommitMessage = require("./lib/getCommitMessage");
 const writeMessage = require("./lib/writeMessage");
diff --git a/lib/getConfig.js b/lib/getConfig.js
index 9ea01d3..7db81b1 100644
--- a/lib/getConfig.js
+++ b/lib/getConfig.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 const cosmiconfig = require("cosmiconfig");
 const explorer = cosmiconfig("commoji");
+const path = require("path");
+const fs = require("fs");
 
 module.exports = getConfig = () => {
   const result = explorer.searchSync();
@@ -8,5 +10,5 @@ module.exports = getConfig = () => {
     return result.config;
   }
 
-  return explorer.loadSync("./.defaultrc.json").config;
+  return explorer.loadSync(path.resolve(__dirname, "../.defaultrc.json")).config;
 };
diff --git a/lib/globalRepos.js b/lib/globalRepos.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edc680b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/globalRepos.js
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+const fs = require("fs");
+const path = require("path");
+const readline = require('readline');
+const { exec } = require('child_process');
+const homedir = require('os').homedir();
+
+// Takes the commit message and runs it through commoji
+const commojiHook = `#!/bin/sh
+prepareCommitMsgPath="$PWD/.git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg"
+preCommitPath="$PWD/.git/hooks/pre-commit"
+
+if [ -f "$preCommitPath" ]
+then
+  $preCommitPath
+fi
+
+if [ -f "$prepareCommitMsgPath" ]
+then
+  $prepareCommitMsgPath $1
+fi
+
+exec < /dev/tty
+commoji $1
+`;
+// Where the global hook will be located
+const gitHooksPath = "/usr/local/share/git-core/templates/hooks";
+// Command to run to set up global hooks path (git 2.9)
+const cmdConfigCoreHooksPath = "git config --global core.hooksPath";
+// Path where prepare-commit-msg will reside (has our commojiHook)
+const prepareMessageHook = path.join(gitHooksPath, "prepare-commit-msg");
+
+/**
+ */
+
+ module.exports = globalRepos = async () => {
+	let hookExists;
+
+	try {
+		// Synchronously test the user's permissions for the file
+		// F_OK: Constant for fs.access(). File is visible to the calling process
+		fs.accessSync(gitHooksPath, fs.constants.F_OK);
+		hookExists = true;
+	} catch(_) {
+		hookExists = false;
+	}
+
+	if (hookExists) {
+		const rl = readline.createInterface({
+			input: process.stdin,
+			output: process.stdout
+		});
+
+		rl.question(`
+A prepare-commit-msg hook already exists at ${gitHooksPath}. 
+Would you like to overwite the existing hook? (y/N) 
+`, async (answer) => {
+			// Exit if user does not want to override their hook
+			if (!answer.match(/^(y|yes)$/gi)) {
+				rl.close();
+				return;
+			}
+
+			// Close readline
+			rl.close();
+
+			// Create folders where hook will reside if does not exist
+			await exec(`mkdir -p ${gitHooksPath}`, err => {
+				if (err) {
+					console.log(`Unable to make folders ${gitHooksPath}: ${err}`);
+					return;
+				}
+			});
+
+			// Create prepare-commit-msg file if does not exist
+			await exec(`touch ${prepareMessageHook}`, err => {
+				if (err) {
+					console.log(`Unable to create file ${prepareMessageHook}: ${err}`);
+					return;
+				}
+			});
+
+			await exec(`chmod +x ${prepareMessageHook}`, err => {
+				if (err) {
+					console.log(`Unable to add executionable permission to ${prepareMessageHook}`)
+					return;
+				}
+			});
+
+			// Write hook to folder (replace any existing)
+			fs.writeFileSync(prepareMessageHook, commojiHook, {mode: 0o777});
+
+		// Set up global config so commit will look at that hook by default (git 2.9)
+			await exec(`${cmdConfigCoreHooksPath} ${gitHooksPath}`, err => {
+				if (err) {
+					console.log(`Unable to set up global core.hooks_path '${cmdConfigCoreHooksPath} ${gitHooksPath}': ${err}`);
+					return;
+				}
+				console.log("✨ Successfully installed commoji globally 🌏 ! You can now commit as you normally would.")
+			});
+		});
+	}
+ }
diff --git a/lib/initializeRepo.js b/lib/initializeRepo.js
index 6f76987..7099ccc 100644
--- a/lib/initializeRepo.js
+++ b/lib/initializeRepo.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
 
+// Runs it with the location of the commit message
 const commojiHook = `#!/bin/sh
 exec < /dev/tty
 commoji $1