diff --git a/src/commands/create-issue.ts b/src/commands/create-issue.ts
index 415360d..ca59361 100644
--- a/src/commands/create-issue.ts
+++ b/src/commands/create-issue.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import fs from "node:fs";
 
 import CreateIssueOpt from "./opts/create-issue-opt.js";
 import {SleekCommand} from "../sleek-command.js";
-import {createIssue, getRepoName, getRepoOwner, validateInputFileSchema} from "../service/create-issue-svc.js";
+import {createIssue, validateInputFileSchema} from "../service/create-issue-svc.js";
 import {issueData} from "../types/issue.js";
 
 const Ajv = _Ajv as unknown as typeof _Ajv.default;
@@ -31,11 +31,9 @@ export default class CreateIssue extends SleekCommand {
         // validateChart(helmCharName, helmChartVersion);
 
         // create issue base in the file input
-        const repo = flags.repo || getRepoName();
-        const owner = flags.repoOwner || getRepoOwner();
         const title = `Onboarding ${(data.body as issueData).sellerMarketPlaceAlias} ${(data.body as issueData).addon.name}@${(data.body as issueData).addon.version}`;
         const body= `Issue body:\n\n\`\`\`yaml\n${fileContents}\`\`\`\n`;
-        const createIssueResponse = await createIssue(repo, owner, title, body,this, ['pending'])
+        const createIssueResponse = await createIssue(title, body,this, ['pending'])
 
         this.log(`Issue created: ${createIssueResponse.body?.data.html_url}`)
     }
diff --git a/src/service/create-issue-svc.ts b/src/service/create-issue-svc.ts
index 0992a52..e4a0c4a 100644
--- a/src/service/create-issue-svc.ts
+++ b/src/service/create-issue-svc.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ import type {OctokitResponse} from "@octokit/types/dist-types/OctokitResponse.js
 
 const Ajv = _Ajv as unknown as typeof _Ajv.default;
 
-export async function createIssue(repo: string, owner: string, title: string, body: string, callerCommand: SleekCommand, labels: string[] = []): Promise<svcResponse<OctokitResponse<any>>> {
+export const createIssue = async (title: string, body: string, callerCommand: SleekCommand, labels: string[] = []): Promise<svcResponse<OctokitResponse<any>>> => {
+    return createIssueOnRepo(getRepoName(), getRepoOwner(), title, body, callerCommand, labels)
+}
+const createIssueOnRepo = async (repo: string, owner: string, title: string, body: string, callerCommand: SleekCommand, labels: string[]): Promise<svcResponse<OctokitResponse<any>>> => {
     const octokitOptions = {
         auth: process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN,
     };
@@ -67,10 +70,10 @@ function getSchemaUrl(): string {
     return 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elamaran11/aws-sleek-transformer/f96009d3feb4967b4d92fd57f4d1bd2cf148e1a9/src/schemas/issue-creation.schema.json'
 }
 
-export function getRepoOwner() {
+function getRepoOwner() {
     return 'cloudsoft-fusion';
 }
 
-export function getRepoName() {
+function getRepoName() {
     return 'aws-k8s-addons'
 }