diff --git a/tubearchivist/config/management/commands/ta_connection.py b/tubearchivist/config/management/commands/ta_connection.py
index 4e0f59aa..94b5e0dc 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/config/management/commands/ta_connection.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/config/management/commands/ta_connection.py
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ Functionality:
 - check that all connections are working
 """
 
-from os import environ
 from time import sleep
 
 import requests
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
 from home.src.es.connect import ElasticWrap
+from home.src.ta.settings import EnvironmentSettings
 from home.src.ta.ta_redis import RedisArchivist
 
 TOPIC = """
@@ -156,10 +156,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                 "    🗙 path.repo env var not found. "
                 + "set the following env var to the ES container:\n"
                 + "    path.repo="
-                + environ.get(
-                    "ES_SNAPSHOT_DIR", "/usr/share/elasticsearch/data/snapshot"
-                ),
+                + EnvironmentSettings.ES_SNAPSHOT_DIR
             )
-            self.stdout.write(self.style.ERROR(f"{message}"))
+            self.stdout.write(self.style.ERROR(message))
             sleep(60)
             raise CommandError(message)
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/es/snapshot.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/es/snapshot.py
index d77f0761..0cff51e6 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/es/snapshot.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/es/snapshot.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ functionality:
 """
 
 from datetime import datetime
-from os import environ
 from time import sleep
 from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
 
@@ -20,9 +19,7 @@ class ElasticSnapshot:
     REPO_SETTINGS = {
         "compress": "true",
         "chunk_size": "1g",
-        "location": environ.get(
-            "ES_SNAPSHOT_DIR", "/usr/share/elasticsearch/data/snapshot"
-        ),
+        "location": EnvironmentSettings.ES_SNAPSHOT_DIR,
     }
     POLICY = "ta_daily"
 
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/settings.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/settings.py
index db609c76..16f36994 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/settings.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/settings.py
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ class EnvironmentSettings:
     ES_URL: str = str(environ.get("ES_URL"))
     ES_PASS: str = str(environ.get("ELASTIC_PASSWORD"))
     ES_USER: str = str(environ.get("ELASTIC_USER", "elastic"))
+    ES_SNAPSHOT_DIR: str = str(
+        environ.get(
+            "ES_SNAPSHOT_DIR", "/usr/share/elasticsearch/data/snapshot"
+        )
+    )
     ES_DISABLE_VERIFY_SSL: bool = bool(environ.get("ES_DISABLE_VERIFY_SSL"))
 
     def print_generic(self):
@@ -78,6 +83,7 @@ class EnvironmentSettings:
             ES_URL: {self.ES_URL}
             ES_PASS: *****
             ES_USER: {self.ES_USER}
+            ES_SNAPSHOT_DIR: {self.ES_SNAPSHOT_DIR}
             ES_DISABLE_VERIFY_SSL: {self.ES_DISABLE_VERIFY_SSL}"""
         )