diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
index a0542d9..e6ed3bd 100644
--- a/errors.go
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"log"
 )
 
-var ErrCfgNotFound = fmt.Errorf("could not find config file")
-var ErrCfgParse = fmt.Errorf("error parsing config file")
-var ErrParseProjectCfg = fmt.Errorf("error parsing project.yaml")
-var ErrParseDeployTemplateCfg = fmt.Errorf("error parsing deploy.template.yaml")
+var ErrNoProjectCfg = fmt.Errorf("no project.[yaml|yml] found")
+var ErrParseProjectCfg = fmt.Errorf("error parsing project.[yaml|yml]")
+var ErrParseDeployTemplateCfg = fmt.Errorf("error parsing deploy.template.[yaml|yml]")
 
 var ErrNotMonorepo = fmt.Errorf("not a digitalocean serverless monorepo")
 var ErrNoPackagesFound = fmt.Errorf("no packages found")
diff --git a/handleprivaterepo.go b/handleprivaterepo.go
index 7fdfdf4..c669cb0 100644
--- a/handleprivaterepo.go
+++ b/handleprivaterepo.go
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/jrschumacher/doctl-serverless-go/pkg/projectconfig"
 	"golang.org/x/mod/modfile"
 )
 
-func cleanPrivateRepo(_ ProjectSpec) goPackageFunc {
+func cleanPrivateRepo(_ *projectconfig.ProjectSpec) goPackageFunc {
 	log.Print("cleaning private repos...")
 	return func(pkgDirName, actDirName string) error {
 		prefix := pkgPrefix(pkgDirName, actDirName)
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ func cleanPrivateRepo(_ ProjectSpec) goPackageFunc {
 	}
 }
 
-func clonePrivateRepo(projectCfg ProjectSpec) goPackageFunc {
+func clonePrivateRepo(projectCfg *projectconfig.ProjectSpec) goPackageFunc {
 	log.Print("checking for private repos...")
 
 	// check if GOPRIVATE is set in projectCfg
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e6b3c1e..5e350ff 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"reflect"
+
+	"github.com/jrschumacher/doctl-serverless-go/pkg/projectconfig"
 )
 
 const ProjectCfgFile = "project"
@@ -50,10 +52,23 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatal(errors.Join(ErrNotMonorepo, err))
 	}
 
+	// check project.yaml exists
+	var projectCfgFile string
+	for _, ext := range CfgExt {
+		f := path.Join(monorepoPath, ProjectCfgFile+ext)
+		if _, err := os.Stat(f); err == nil {
+			projectCfgFile = f
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if projectCfgFile == "" {
+		log.Fatal(errors.Join(ErrNotMonorepo, errors.Join(ErrNoProjectCfg, err)))
+	}
+
 	// read project yaml
 	log.Print("parsing project.yaml... ")
-	var projectCfg ProjectSpec
-	if err := parseCfg(monorepoPath, ProjectCfgFile, &projectCfg); err != nil {
+	projectCfg, err := projectconfig.Parse(projectCfgFile)
+	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(errors.Join(ErrParseProjectCfg, errors.Join(ErrNotMonorepo, err)))
 	}
 
@@ -90,7 +105,7 @@ func exitInvalidUsage() {
 	os.Exit(1)
 }
 
-func forEveryPackage(pkgsDirName string, projectCfg ProjectSpec, fns ...goPackageFunc) errMap {
+func forEveryPackage(pkgsDirName string, projectCfg *projectconfig.ProjectSpec, fns ...goPackageFunc) errMap {
 	pkgErrs := make(map[string]error)
 	for _, pkg := range projectCfg.Packages {
 		scope := pkg.Name
diff --git a/pkg/projectconfig/main.go b/pkg/projectconfig/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cec774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/projectconfig/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package projectconfig
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
+
+var ErrNotFound = fmt.Errorf("could not find config file")
+var ErrParse = fmt.Errorf("error parsing config file")
+
+func Parse(cfgPath string) (*ProjectSpec, error) {
+	cfg := &ProjectSpec{}
+	b, err := os.ReadFile(cfgPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Join(ErrNotFound, err)
+	}
+
+	// parse yaml
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(b, cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Join(ErrParse, err)
+	}
+	return cfg, nil
+}
diff --git a/types.go b/pkg/projectconfig/types.go
similarity index 89%
rename from types.go
rename to pkg/projectconfig/types.go
index 31a0027..cd3fd09 100644
--- a/types.go
+++ b/pkg/projectconfig/types.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package main
+package projectconfig
 
 type TriggerType string
 
@@ -60,3 +60,12 @@ type ProjectSpec struct {
 	Parameters      map[string]string `yaml:"parameters,omitempty"`      // Parameters to apply to all packages in the project
 	Environment     map[string]string `yaml:"environment,omitempty"`     // Environment to apply to all packages in the project
 }
+
+// Whisk Limits
+// https://github.com/apache/openwhisk-client-go/blob/13fc65f65684e04f401fee67b231b370c53b3dcd/whisk/shared.go#L96-L101
+type Limits struct {
+	Timeout     int `yaml:"timeout,omitempty"`     // in seconds
+	Memory      int `yaml:"memory,omitempty"`      // in MB
+	Logs        int `yaml:"logs,omitempty"`        // in MB
+	Concurrency int `yaml:"concurrency,omitempty"` // number of concurrent invocations allowed
+}
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 1ef151c..147fa0d 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"errors"
-	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
-
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 func pkgPrefix(s ...string) func(string) string {
@@ -18,22 +14,3 @@ func pkgPrefix(s ...string) func(string) string {
 		return "[" + strings.Join(s, "/") + "] " + m
 	}
 }
-
-func parseCfg(monorepoPath, cfgPath string, cfg interface{}) error {
-	for _, ext := range CfgExt {
-		b, err := os.ReadFile(path.Join(monorepoPath, cfgPath+ext))
-		if err == nil {
-			// check if cfg is nil and return
-			if cfg == nil {
-				return nil
-			}
-			// parse yaml
-			err = yaml.Unmarshal(b, cfg)
-			if err != nil {
-				return errors.Join(ErrCfgParse, err)
-			}
-			return nil
-		}
-	}
-	return ErrCfgNotFound
-}
diff --git a/whisk.go b/whisk.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e949e50..0000000
--- a/whisk.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-// https://github.com/apache/openwhisk-client-go/blob/13fc65f65684e04f401fee67b231b370c53b3dcd/whisk/shared.go#L96-L101
-type Limits struct {
-	Timeout     int `yaml:"timeout,omitempty"`     // in seconds
-	Memory      int `yaml:"memory,omitempty"`      // in MB
-	Logs        int `yaml:"logs,omitempty"`        // in MB
-	Concurrency int `yaml:"concurrency,omitempty"` // number of concurrent invocations allowed
-}