diff --git a/cmd/finch/main.go b/cmd/finch/main.go
index 4f1a7f382..dfef4cbd9 100644
--- a/cmd/finch/main.go
+++ b/cmd/finch/main.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/runfinch/finch/pkg/command"
 	"github.com/runfinch/finch/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/runfinch/finch/pkg/dependency"
-	"github.com/runfinch/finch/pkg/dependency/credHelper"
+	"github.com/runfinch/finch/pkg/dependency/credhelper"
 	"github.com/runfinch/finch/pkg/dependency/vmnet"
 	"github.com/runfinch/finch/pkg/disk"
 	"github.com/runfinch/finch/pkg/flog"
@@ -121,7 +121,11 @@ func virtualMachineCommands(
 	fs afero.Fs,
 	fc *config.Finch,
 ) *cobra.Command {
-	optionalDepGroups := []*dependency.Group{vmnet.NewDependencyGroup(ecc, lcc, fs, fp, logger), credHelper.NewDependencyGroup(ecc, fs, fp, logger, fc, system.NewStdLib().Env("USER"), system.NewStdLib().Arch())}
+	optionalDepGroups := []*dependency.Group{
+		vmnet.NewDependencyGroup(ecc, lcc, fs, fp, logger),
+		credhelper.NewDependencyGroup(ecc, fs, fp, logger, fc, system.NewStdLib().Env("USER"),
+			system.NewStdLib().Arch()),
+	}
 	return newVirtualMachineCommand(
 		lcc,
 		logger,
diff --git a/pkg/config/nerdctl_config_applier_test.go b/pkg/config/nerdctl_config_applier_test.go
index 01090533e..c847a669b 100644
--- a/pkg/config/nerdctl_config_applier_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/nerdctl_config_applier_test.go
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ func Test_updateEnvironment(t *testing.T) {
 				fileBytes, err := afero.ReadFile(fs, "/home/mock_user.linux/.bashrc")
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 				assert.Equal(t,
-					[]byte("\nexport DOCKER_CONFIG=\"/Users/mock_user/.finch\"\n[ -L /usr/local/bin/docker-credential-ecr-login ] || sudo ln -s "+
+					[]byte("\nexport DOCKER_CONFIG=\"/Users/mock_user/.finch\""+
+						"\n[ -L /usr/local/bin/docker-credential-ecr-login ] || sudo ln -s "+
 						"/Users/mock_user/.finch/cred-helpers/docker-credential-ecr-login /usr/local/bin/"+
 						"\n[ -L $HOME/.aws ] || ln -s  /Users/mock_user/.aws $HOME/.aws\n"+
 						"[ -L /root/.aws ] || sudo ln -fs  /Users/mock_user/.aws /root/.aws"), fileBytes)
@@ -75,7 +76,8 @@ func Test_updateEnvironment(t *testing.T) {
 			postRunCheck: func(t *testing.T, fs afero.Fs) {
 				fileBytes, err := afero.ReadFile(fs, "/home/mock_user.linux/.bashrc")
 				require.NoError(t, err)
-				assert.Equal(t, []byte(`export DOCKER_CONFIG="/Users/mock_user/.finch"`+"\n"+"[ -L /usr/local/bin/docker-credential-ecr-login ] "+
+				assert.Equal(t, []byte(`export DOCKER_CONFIG="/Users/mock_user/.finch"`+"\n"+
+					"[ -L /usr/local/bin/docker-credential-ecr-login ] "+
 					"|| sudo ln -s /Users/mock_user/.finch/cred-helpers/docker-credential-ecr-login /usr/local/bin/"+
 					"\n"+"[ -L $HOME/.aws ] || ln -s  /Users/mock_user/.aws $HOME/.aws"+"\n"+
 					"[ -L /root/.aws ] || sudo ln -fs  /Users/mock_user/.aws /root/.aws"), fileBytes)
diff --git a/pkg/dependency/credHelper/cred_helper.go b/pkg/dependency/credhelper/cred_helper.go
similarity index 81%
rename from pkg/dependency/credHelper/cred_helper.go
rename to pkg/dependency/credhelper/cred_helper.go
index 8413cdd27..67aa9e727 100644
--- a/pkg/dependency/credHelper/cred_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/dependency/credhelper/cred_helper.go
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-package credHelper
+// Package credhelper for integrating credential helpers into Finch
+package credhelper
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ const (
 	errMsg      = "Failed to finish installing credential helper"
 )
 
+// NewDependencyGroup returns a dependency group that contains all the dependencies required to make credhelper work.
 func NewDependencyGroup(
 	execCmdCreator command.Creator,
 	fs afero.Fs,
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ func NewDependencyGroup(
 
 type helperConfig struct {
 	binaryName    string
-	credHelperUrl string
+	credHelperURL string
 	hash          string
 	installFolder string
 	finchPath     string
@@ -52,12 +54,12 @@ func newDeps(
 ) []dependency.Dependency {
 	var deps []dependency.Dependency
 
-	credHelperUrl := fmt.Sprintf("https://amazon-ecr-credential-helper-releases.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com"+
+	credHelperURL := fmt.Sprintf("https://amazon-ecr-credential-helper-releases.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com"+
 		"/0.7.0/linux-%s/docker-credential-ecr-login", arch)
 	installFolder := fmt.Sprintf("/Users/%s/.finch/cred-helpers/", user)
 	finchPath := fmt.Sprintf("/Users/%s/.finch/", user)
 	hc := helperConfig{
-		binaryName: "docker-credential-ecr-login", credHelperUrl: credHelperUrl,
+		binaryName: "docker-credential-ecr-login", credHelperURL: credHelperURL,
 		hash: "sha256:ff14a4da40d28a2d2d81a12a7c9c36294ddf8e6439780c4ccbc96622991f3714", installFolder: installFolder,
 		finchPath: finchPath,
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/dependency/credHelper/cred_helper_binary.go b/pkg/dependency/credhelper/cred_helper_binary.go
similarity index 92%
rename from pkg/dependency/credHelper/cred_helper_binary.go
rename to pkg/dependency/credhelper/cred_helper_binary.go
index 892e4aae8..508bba30f 100644
--- a/pkg/dependency/credHelper/cred_helper_binary.go
+++ b/pkg/dependency/credhelper/cred_helper_binary.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-package credHelper
+package credhelper
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/runfinch/finch/pkg/path"
 )
 
+// ConfigFile is taken from https://github.com/docker/cli/blob/master/cli/config/configfile/file.go
 type ConfigFile struct {
 	AuthConfigs          map[string]interface{}       `json:"auths,omitempty"`
 	HTTPHeaders          map[string]string            `json:"HttpHeaders,omitempty"`
@@ -81,7 +82,6 @@ func updateConfigFile(bin *binaries) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	if !fileExists {
-
 		file, err := bin.fs.Create(cfgPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -98,16 +98,17 @@ func updateConfigFile(bin *binaries) error {
 			return err
 		}
 		bytes, err := afero.ReadAll(fileRead)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		var cfg ConfigFile
 		err = json.Unmarshal(bytes, &cfg)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		credsStore := cfg.CredentialsStore
-		defer fileRead.Close()
+		defer fileRead.Close() //nolint:errcheck // closing the file
 		if strings.Compare(credsStore, binCfgName) != 0 {
-
-			//populate credsStore field with correct name
 			file, err := bin.fs.OpenFile(cfgPath, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0o755)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ func updateConfigFile(bin *binaries) error {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			defer file.Close()
+			defer file.Close() //nolint:errcheck // closing the file before exit
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ func updateConfigFile(bin *binaries) error {
 }
 
 func (bin *binaries) credHelperConfigName() string {
-	return strings.Replace(bin.hcfg.binaryName, "docker-credential-", "", -1)
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(bin.hcfg.binaryName, "docker-credential-", "")
 }
 
 func (bin *binaries) fullInstallPath() string {
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ func (bin *binaries) Installed() bool {
 		bin.l.Error(err)
 		return false
 	}
-	defer file.Close()
+	defer file.Close() //nolint:errcheck // closing the file
 	if strings.Compare(hash.String(), bin.hcfg.hash) != 0 {
 		bin.l.Info("Hash of the installed credential helper binary does not match")
 		err := bin.fs.Remove(bin.fullInstallPath())
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ func (bin *binaries) Install() error {
 	}
 
 	curlCmd := bin.cmdCreator.Create("curl", "--retry", "5", "--retry-max-time", "30", "--url",
-		bin.hcfg.credHelperUrl, "--output", bin.fullInstallPath())
+		bin.hcfg.credHelperURL, "--output", bin.fullInstallPath())
 
 	_, err = curlCmd.Output()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/dependency/credHelper/cred_helper_binary_test.go b/pkg/dependency/credhelper/cred_helper_binary_test.go
similarity index 91%
rename from pkg/dependency/credHelper/cred_helper_binary_test.go
rename to pkg/dependency/credhelper/cred_helper_binary_test.go
index 30c9dadd4..dc13ddac7 100644
--- a/pkg/dependency/credHelper/cred_helper_binary_test.go
+++ b/pkg/dependency/credhelper/cred_helper_binary_test.go
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@
 
 // Ensures that the binaries required for networking are installed in a privileged location.
 // More information here: https://github.com/lima-vm/socket_vmnet
-package credHelper
+package credhelper
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/runfinch/finch/pkg/config"
 	"io/fs"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/runfinch/finch/pkg/config"
+
 	"github.com/runfinch/finch/pkg/mocks"
 	"github.com/runfinch/finch/pkg/path"
 
@@ -29,17 +30,21 @@ func Test_credHelperConfigName(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	got := newCredHelperBinary("", nil, nil, nil, nil, "user",
-		helperConfig{"docker-credential-cred-helper", "", "",
-			"", ""}).credHelperConfigName()
+		helperConfig{
+			"docker-credential-cred-helper", "", "",
+			"", "",
+		}).credHelperConfigName()
 	assert.Equal(t, "cred-helper", got)
-
 }
+
 func Test_fullInstallPath(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	got := newCredHelperBinary("", nil, nil, nil, nil, "user",
-		helperConfig{"docker-credential-cred-helper", "", "", "/folder/",
-			""}).fullInstallPath()
+		helperConfig{
+			"docker-credential-cred-helper", "", "", "/folder/",
+			"",
+		}).fullInstallPath()
 	assert.Equal(t, "/folder/docker-credential-cred-helper", got)
 }
 
@@ -72,7 +77,6 @@ func Test_updateConfigFile(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "file doesn't exist",
 			mockSvc: func(t *testing.T, mFs afero.Fs, l *mocks.Logger) {
 				require.NoError(t, mFs.MkdirAll("/mock_prefix/.finch/", fs.ModeDir))
-
 			},
 			postRunCheck: func(t *testing.T, fs afero.Fs) {
 				fileBytes, err := afero.ReadFile(fs, "mock_prefix/.finch/config.json")
@@ -97,7 +101,6 @@ func Test_updateConfigFile(t *testing.T) {
 					fileData, 0o666)
 
 				require.NoError(t, err)
-
 			},
 			postRunCheck: func(t *testing.T, fs afero.Fs) {
 				fileBytes, err := afero.ReadFile(fs, "mock_prefix/.finch/config.json")
@@ -121,10 +124,12 @@ func Test_updateConfigFile(t *testing.T) {
 			mFs := afero.NewMemMapFs()
 			l := mocks.NewLogger(ctrl)
 			tc.mockSvc(t, mFs, l)
-			hc := helperConfig{"docker-credential-binary", "",
+			hc := helperConfig{
+				"docker-credential-binary", "",
 				"sha256:e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855", "mock_prefix/cred-helpers/",
-				"mock_prefix/.finch/"}
-			//hash of an empty file
+				"mock_prefix/.finch/",
+			}
+			// hash of an empty file
 			got := updateConfigFile(newCredHelperBinary(mockFinchPath, mFs, nil, l, nil, "", hc))
 
 			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, got)
@@ -165,7 +170,6 @@ func TestBinaries_Installed(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "folder exists file doesn't exist",
 			mockSvc: func(t *testing.T, mFs afero.Fs, l *mocks.Logger) {
 				require.NoError(t, mFs.MkdirAll("/mock_prefix/cred-helpers/", fs.ModeDir))
-
 			},
 			want: false,
 		},
@@ -195,10 +199,12 @@ func TestBinaries_Installed(t *testing.T) {
 			mFs := afero.NewMemMapFs()
 			l := mocks.NewLogger(ctrl)
 			tc.mockSvc(t, mFs, l)
-			hc := helperConfig{"docker-credential-binary", "",
+			hc := helperConfig{
+				"docker-credential-binary", "",
 				"sha256:e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855", "mock_prefix/cred-helpers/",
-				"mock_prefix/.finch/"}
-			//hash of an empty file
+				"mock_prefix/.finch/",
+			}
+			// hash of an empty file
 			got := newCredHelperBinary(mockFinchPath, mFs, nil, l, nil, "", hc).Installed()
 
 			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, got)
@@ -228,7 +234,8 @@ func TestBinaries_Install(t *testing.T) {
 				creator.EXPECT().Create("mkdir", "-p", "mock_prefix/cred-helpers/").Return(cmd)
 				creator.EXPECT().Create("curl", "--retry", "5", "--retry-max-time", "30", "--url",
 					"https://amazon-ecr-credential-helper-releases.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com"+
-						"/0.7.0/linux-arm64/docker-credential-ecr-login", "--output", "mock_prefix/cred-helpers/docker-credential-ecr-login").Return(cmd)
+						"/0.7.0/linux-arm64/docker-credential-ecr-login", "--output",
+					"mock_prefix/cred-helpers/docker-credential-ecr-login").Return(cmd)
 			},
 			want: nil,
 		},
@@ -246,13 +253,15 @@ func TestBinaries_Install(t *testing.T) {
 			creator := mocks.NewCommandCreator(ctrl)
 			tc.mockSvc(l, cmd, creator, mFs)
 
-			credHelperUrl := "https://amazon-ecr-credential-helper-releases.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com" +
+			credHelperURL := "https://amazon-ecr-credential-helper-releases.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com" +
 				"/0.7.0/linux-arm64/docker-credential-ecr-login"
 
-			hc := helperConfig{"docker-credential-ecr-login", credHelperUrl,
+			hc := helperConfig{
+				"docker-credential-ecr-login", credHelperURL,
 				"sha256:ff14a4da40d28a2d2d81a12a7c9c36294ddf8e6439780c4ccbc96622991f3714",
 				"mock_prefix/cred-helpers/",
-				"mock_prefix/.finch/"}
+				"mock_prefix/.finch/",
+			}
 			fc := "ecr-login"
 			got := newCredHelperBinary(mockFinchPath, mFs, creator, l, &config.Finch{CredsHelper: &fc}, "", hc).Install()
 			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, got)
diff --git a/pkg/dependency/credHelper/cred_helper_test.go b/pkg/dependency/credhelper/cred_helper_test.go
similarity index 97%
rename from pkg/dependency/credHelper/cred_helper_test.go
rename to pkg/dependency/credhelper/cred_helper_test.go
index c5613fba9..7d106e63f 100644
--- a/pkg/dependency/credHelper/cred_helper_test.go
+++ b/pkg/dependency/credhelper/cred_helper_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-package credHelper
+package credhelper
 
 import (
 	"testing"