diff --git a/Formula/labeler.rb b/Formula/labeler.rb
index ec6f555..31c893a 100644
--- a/Formula/labeler.rb
+++ b/Formula/labeler.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class Labeler < Formula
   desc "Utility that automates the labeling of resources output from kubectl, kustomize, and helm"
   homepage "https://github.com/clubanderson/labeler"
-  url "https://github.com/clubanderson/labeler/releases/download/v0.15.0/labeler"
+  url "https://github.com/clubanderson/labeler/releases/download/v0.16.0/labeler"
   # sha256 "26c5d47adbd0ed7d0a0d9f8a33a25bc242f7cdff2a661d8d6211f5279ca995d4"
 
   def install
diff --git a/pkg/src/labeler-helpers.go b/pkg/src/labeler-helpers.go
index 3d01060..334ad6c 100644
--- a/pkg/src/labeler-helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/src/labeler-helpers.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"os/user"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ func (p ParamsStruct) runHelmInTemplateMode(args []string) []byte {
 		log.Printf("labeler.go: [debug] modified command components: %v\n", modifiedCommandComponents)
 	}
 
-	output, err := p.runCmd("helm", modifiedCommandComponents)
+	output, err := p.runCmd("helm", modifiedCommandComponents, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		// log.Println("labeler.go: error (run helm):", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
@@ -395,7 +396,7 @@ func (p ParamsStruct) createCachedDiscoveryClient(restConfigCoreOrWds rest.Confi
 
 func (p ParamsStruct) useContext(contextName string) {
 	setContext := []string{"config", "use-context", contextName}
-	_, err := p.runCmd("kubectl", setContext)
+	_, err := p.runCmd("kubectl", setContext, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		// log.Printf("   🔴 error setting kubeconfig's current context: %v\n", err)
 	} else {
@@ -429,14 +430,36 @@ func DecodeYAML(yamlBytes []byte) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error) {
 	return obj, nil
 }
 
-func (p ParamsStruct) runCmd(cmdToRun string, cmdArgs []string) ([]byte, error) {
+func expandTilde(args []string) []string {
+	for i, arg := range args {
+		if strings.Contains(arg, "~") {
+			usr, err := user.Current()
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("Error getting current user: %v\n", err)
+				return args
+			}
+			args[i] = strings.ReplaceAll(args[i], "~", usr.HomeDir)
+		}
+	}
+	return args
+}
+
+func (p ParamsStruct) runCmd(cmdToRun string, cmdArgs []string, suppressOutput bool) ([]byte, error) {
+	cmdArgs = expandTilde(cmdArgs)
+
 	cmd := exec.Command(cmdToRun, cmdArgs...)
 	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, "PATH="+p.path)
 	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, "HOME="+p.homeDir)
+	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, "KUBECONFIG="+os.Getenv("KUBECONFIG"))
 
 	var outputBuf bytes.Buffer
-	cmd.Stdout = io.MultiWriter(&outputBuf)
-	cmd.Stderr = io.MultiWriter(&outputBuf)
+	if suppressOutput {
+		cmd.Stdout = io.MultiWriter(&outputBuf)
+	} else {
+		cmd.Stdout = io.MultiWriter(&outputBuf, os.Stdout)
+	}
+	cmd.Stderr = io.MultiWriter(&outputBuf, os.Stderr)
+	cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
 
 	err := cmd.Start()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -444,11 +467,11 @@ func (p ParamsStruct) runCmd(cmdToRun string, cmdArgs []string) ([]byte, error)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// err = cmd.Wait()
-	// if err != nil {
-	// 	// log.Println("labeler.go: error waiting for command to complete:", err)
-	// 	log.Printf(string(outputBuf.Bytes()))
-	// 	return nil, err
-	// }
+	err = cmd.Wait()
+	if err != nil {
+		// log.Println("labeler.go: error waiting for command to complete:", err)
+		// log.Printf(string(outputBuf.Bytes()))
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	return outputBuf.Bytes(), nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/src/labeler-piped.go b/pkg/src/labeler-piped.go
index 74ab786..a71a46d 100644
--- a/pkg/src/labeler-piped.go
+++ b/pkg/src/labeler-piped.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func (p ParamsStruct) helmOrKubectl(r io.Reader, w io.Writer, input []string) er
 		modifiedCommandComponents := append(strings.Split(modifiedCommand, " ")[1:])
 		// log.Printf("labeler.go: modified command: %q\n", modifiedCommand)
 		// log.Printf("labeler.go: modified command components: %q\n", modifiedCommandComponents)
-		output, err := p.runCmd("helm", modifiedCommandComponents)
+		output, err := p.runCmd("helm", modifiedCommandComponents, true)
 		if err != nil {
 			// log.Println("labeler.go: error (running helm):", err)
 			os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/pkg/src/labeler-plugin-bp-creator.go b/pkg/src/labeler-plugin-bp-creator.go
index 2da9563..e716cb8 100644
--- a/pkg/src/labeler-plugin-bp-creator.go
+++ b/pkg/src/labeler-plugin-bp-creator.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func (p ParamsStruct) PluginCreateBP(reflect bool) []string {
 		log.Printf("  🚀 Attempting to create %v object %q in WDS namespace %q", k, n, p.params[nsArg])
 		p.createObjForPlugin(gvk, yamlData, n, r, p.params["namespaceArg"])
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println(string(yamlData))
+		fmt.Printf("%v", string(yamlData))
 	}
 	return []string{}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/src/labeler-plugin-ocm-creator.go b/pkg/src/labeler-plugin-ocm-creator.go
index 0abb30f..7cff332 100644
--- a/pkg/src/labeler-plugin-ocm-creator.go
+++ b/pkg/src/labeler-plugin-ocm-creator.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (p ParamsStruct) PluginCreateMW(reflect bool) []string {
 		log.Printf("  🚀 Attempting to create %v object %q in namespace %q", k, n, p.params["namespaceArg"])
 		p.createObjForPlugin(gvk, yamlData, n, r, p.params["namespaceArg"])
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println(string(yamlData))
+		fmt.Printf("%v", string(yamlData))
 	}
 	return []string{}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/src/labeler-plugin-remote-deploy.go b/pkg/src/labeler-plugin-remote-deploy.go
index dc8aa49..251ee91 100644
--- a/pkg/src/labeler-plugin-remote-deploy.go
+++ b/pkg/src/labeler-plugin-remote-deploy.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func (p ParamsStruct) PluginRemoteDeployTo(reflect bool) []string {
 					log.Printf("labeler.go: [debug] modified command components: %v\n", modifiedCommand)
 				}
 
-				output, err := p.runCmd("kubectl", modifiedCommand[1:])
+				output, err := p.runCmd("kubectl", modifiedCommand[1:], false)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Println(err)
 				} else {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (p ParamsStruct) PluginRemoteDeployTo(reflect bool) []string {
 					log.Printf("labeler.go: [debug] modified command components: %v\n", modifiedCommand)
 				}
 
-				output, err := p.runCmd("helm", modifiedCommand[1:])
+				output, err := p.runCmd("helm", modifiedCommand[1:], false)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Println(err)
 				} else {
diff --git a/pkg/src/labeler.go b/pkg/src/labeler.go
index a31b39d..fff2cc5 100755
--- a/pkg/src/labeler.go
+++ b/pkg/src/labeler.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"os/user"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 )
 
-var version = "0.15.0"
+var version = "0.16.0"
 
 type ResourceStruct struct {
 	Group      string
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ type ParamsStruct struct {
 	homeDir       string
 	path          string
 	originalCmd   string
+	kubeconfig    string
 	ClientSet     *kubernetes.Clientset
 	RestConfig    *rest.Config
 	DynamicClient *dynamic.DynamicClient
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ func (p ParamsStruct) aliasRun(args []string) error {
 		if p.flags["l-debug"] {
 			log.Println("labeler.go: [debug] before args: ", args)
 		}
-		// Run the command with the parsed flags
 
+		// Run the command with the parsed flags
 		if args[0] == "k" || args[0] == "kubectl" {
 			if p.flags["l-debug"] {
 				log.Println("labeler.go: [debug] after args: ", args)
@@ -219,13 +219,12 @@ func (p ParamsStruct) aliasRun(args []string) error {
 			originalCommand := strings.Join(args, " ")
 			p.originalCmd = originalCommand
 
-			cmd := exec.Command(args[0], args[1:]...)
-			out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+			// cmd := exec.Command(args[0], args[1:]...)
+			out, err := p.runCmd(args[0], args[1:], false)
+			// out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 			if err != nil {
-				fmt.Printf("%v", string(out))
+				// fmt.Printf("%v", string(out))
 				os.Exit(1)
-			} else {
-				fmt.Printf("%v", string(out))
 			}
 
 			p.ClientSet, p.RestConfig, p.DynamicClient = p.switchContext()
@@ -235,12 +234,10 @@ func (p ParamsStruct) aliasRun(args []string) error {
 
 		} else if args[0] == "helm" {
 			// run the original helm command without the extra labeler flags
-			output, err := p.runCmd("helm", args[1:])
+			_, err := p.runCmd("helm", args[1:], false)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Println(err)
+				// log.Println(err)
 				os.Exit(1)
-			} else {
-				fmt.Printf("%v", string(output))
 			}
 
 			// now run helm as template and label the output
@@ -277,6 +274,7 @@ func (p ParamsStruct) aliasRun(args []string) error {
 					v := strings.Split(vCSV, ",")
 					if key == v[0] {
 						if p.pluginPtrs[pkey].IsValid() {
+							log.Printf("\nlabeler plugin: %q:\n\n", pkey)
 							p.pluginPtrs[pkey].Call(fnArgs)
 						}
 					}