diff --git a/lib/src/installer/completion_installation.dart b/lib/src/installer/completion_installation.dart
index 41921d1..065ad03 100644
--- a/lib/src/installer/completion_installation.dart
+++ b/lib/src/installer/completion_installation.dart
@@ -226,18 +226,16 @@ class CompletionInstallation {
     );
   }
 
-  String get _shellRCFilePath =>
-      _resolveHome(configuration!.shellRCFile, environment);
-
   /// Write a source to the completion global script in the shell configuration
   /// file, which its location is described by the [configuration].
   @visibleForTesting
   void writeToShellConfigFile(String rootCommand) {
     final configuration = this.configuration!;
+    final shellRunCommandFile = configuration.shell.runCommandFile();
 
     logger.info(
       'Adding dart cli completion config entry '
-      'to $_shellRCFilePath',
+      'to ${shellRunCommandFile.path}',
     );
 
     final completionConfigDirPath = completionConfigDir.path;
@@ -247,26 +245,25 @@ class CompletionInstallation {
       configuration.completionConfigForShellFileName,
     );
 
-    final shellRCFile = File(_shellRCFilePath);
-
-    if (!shellRCFile.existsSync()) {
+    if (!shellRunCommandFile.existsSync()) {
       throw CompletionInstallationException(
         rootCommand: rootCommand,
-        message: 'No configuration file found at ${shellRCFile.path}',
+        message: 'No configuration file found at ${shellRunCommandFile.path}',
       );
     }
 
     final containsLine =
-        shellRCFile.readAsStringSync().contains(completionConfigPath);
+        shellRunCommandFile.readAsStringSync().contains(completionConfigPath);
 
     if (containsLine) {
-      logger.warn('A completion config entry was already found on'
-          ' $_shellRCFilePath.');
+      logger.warn(
+        '''A completion config entry was already found on ${shellRunCommandFile.path}.''',
+      );
       return;
     }
 
     _sourceScriptOnFile(
-      configFile: shellRCFile,
+      configFile: shellRunCommandFile,
       scriptName: 'Completion',
       description: 'Completion scripts setup. '
           'Remove the following line to uninstall',
@@ -280,13 +277,16 @@ class CompletionInstallation {
   /// Tells the user to source the shell configuration file.
   void _logSourceInstructions(String rootCommand) {
     final level = logger.level;
+    final configuration = this.configuration!;
+    final shellRunCommandFile = configuration.shell.runCommandFile();
+
     logger
       ..level = Level.info
       ..info(
         '\n'
         'Completion files installed. To enable completion, run the following '
         'command in your shell:\n'
-        '${lightCyan.wrap('source $_shellRCFilePath')}'
+        '${lightCyan.wrap('source ${shellRunCommandFile.path}}')}'
         '\n',
       )
       ..level = level;
@@ -321,13 +321,3 @@ ${configuration!.sourceLineTemplate(scriptPath)}
     logger.info('Added config to $configFilePath');
   }
 }
-
-/// Resolve the home from a path string
-String _resolveHome(
-  String originalPath,
-  Map<String, String> environment,
-) {
-  final after = originalPath.split('~/').last;
-  final home = path.absolute(environment['HOME']!);
-  return path.join(home, after);
-}
diff --git a/lib/src/installer/shell_completion_configuration.dart b/lib/src/installer/shell_completion_configuration.dart
index 36b18d9..f9eff3f 100644
--- a/lib/src/installer/shell_completion_configuration.dart
+++ b/lib/src/installer/shell_completion_configuration.dart
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ class ShellCompletionConfiguration {
   /// {@macro shell_completion_configuration}
   const ShellCompletionConfiguration._({
     required this.shell,
-    required this.shellRCFile,
     required this.sourceLineTemplate,
     required this.scriptTemplate,
   });
@@ -41,10 +40,6 @@ class ShellCompletionConfiguration {
   /// {@macro system_shell}
   final SystemShell shell;
 
-  /// The location of a config file that is run upon shell start.
-  /// Eg: .bash_profile or .zshrc
-  final String shellRCFile;
-
   /// Generates a line to sources of a script file.
   final SourceStringTemplate sourceLineTemplate;
 
@@ -60,7 +55,6 @@ class ShellCompletionConfiguration {
 @visibleForTesting
 final zshConfiguration = ShellCompletionConfiguration._(
   shell: SystemShell.zsh,
-  shellRCFile: '~/.zshrc',
   sourceLineTemplate: (String scriptPath) {
     return '[[ -f $scriptPath ]] && . $scriptPath || true';
   },
@@ -93,7 +87,6 @@ fi
 @visibleForTesting
 final bashConfiguration = ShellCompletionConfiguration._(
   shell: SystemShell.bash,
-  shellRCFile: '~/.bash_profile',
   sourceLineTemplate: (String scriptPath) {
     return '[ -f $scriptPath ] && . $scriptPath || true';
   },
diff --git a/lib/src/system_shell.dart b/lib/src/system_shell.dart
index 1ce1568..e989cda 100644
--- a/lib/src/system_shell.dart
+++ b/lib/src/system_shell.dart
@@ -9,17 +9,41 @@ import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
 /// {@endtemplate}
 enum SystemShell {
   /// The Zsh shell: https://www.zsh.org/
-  zsh('zsh'),
+  zsh(
+    'zsh',
+    runCommandFileName: '.zshrc',
+  ),
 
   /// GNU Bash shell: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/
-  bash('bash');
+  bash(
+    'bash',
+    runCommandFileName: '.bash_profile',
+  );
 
   /// {@macro system_shell}
-  const SystemShell(this.name);
+  const SystemShell(this.name, {required String runCommandFileName})
+      : _runCommandFileName = runCommandFileName;
 
   /// A descriptive string to identify the shell among others.
   final String name;
 
+  /// The name of a config file that is run upon shell start.
+  ///
+  /// For example: `.bash_profile` or `.zshrc`.
+  final String _runCommandFileName;
+
+  /// Retrieves, from the current environment, the run command (RC) [File]
+  /// for the shell.
+  ///
+  /// It is assumed that the RC file is located at the user's home directory.
+  File runCommandFile({Map<String, String>? environmentOverride}) {
+    final environment = environmentOverride ?? Platform.environment;
+
+    final home = path.absolute(environment['HOME']!);
+    final runCommandFilePath = path.join(home, _runCommandFileName);
+    return File(runCommandFilePath);
+  }
+
   /// Identifies the current shell based on the [Platform.environment].
   ///
   /// Pass [environmentOverride] to override the default value of
diff --git a/test/src/installer/shell_completion_configuration_test.dart b/test/src/installer/shell_completion_configuration_test.dart
index fc58cf3..b073145 100644
--- a/test/src/installer/shell_completion_configuration_test.dart
+++ b/test/src/installer/shell_completion_configuration_test.dart
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ void main() {
         expect(zshConfiguration.shell, SystemShell.zsh);
       });
 
-      test('shellRCFile', () {
-        expect(zshConfiguration.shellRCFile, '~/.zshrc');
-      });
-
       test('sourceStringTemplate', () {
         final result = zshConfiguration.sourceLineTemplate('./pans/snaps');
         expect(result, '[[ -f ./pans/snaps ]] && . ./pans/snaps || true');
@@ -66,10 +62,6 @@ fi
         expect(bashConfiguration.shell, SystemShell.bash);
       });
 
-      test('shellRCFile', () {
-        expect(bashConfiguration.shellRCFile, '~/.bash_profile');
-      });
-
       test('sourceStringTemplate', () {
         final result = bashConfiguration.sourceLineTemplate('./pans/snaps');
         expect(result, '[ -f ./pans/snaps ] && . ./pans/snaps || true');
diff --git a/test/src/system_shell_test.dart b/test/src/system_shell_test.dart
index fa819af..3d498a8 100644
--- a/test/src/system_shell_test.dart
+++ b/test/src/system_shell_test.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import 'package:cli_completion/parser.dart';
+import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
 
 void main() {
@@ -13,6 +14,26 @@ void main() {
       });
     });
 
+    group('runCommandFile', () {
+      const environment = {'HOME': '/foo/bar'};
+
+      test('bash path is correct', () {
+        const shell = SystemShell.bash;
+        final file = shell.runCommandFile(environmentOverride: environment);
+
+        final expectedPath = path.join(environment['HOME']!, '.bash_profile');
+        expect(file.path, equals(expectedPath));
+      });
+
+      test('zsh path is correct', () {
+        const shell = SystemShell.zsh;
+        final file = shell.runCommandFile(environmentOverride: environment);
+
+        final expectedPath = path.join(environment['HOME']!, '.zshrc');
+        expect(file.path, equals(expectedPath));
+      });
+    });
+
     group('current', () {
       test('instantiated without env', () {
         expect(