diff --git a/rbw.el b/rbw.el
index 63d70f7..8d52911 100644
--- a/rbw.el
+++ b/rbw.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 (defun rbw-get-password ()
   (interactive)
-  (kill-new (rbw/list-all)))
+  (if (rbw/unlocked) (kill-new (rbw/list-all)) (message "locked vault")))
 
 (defun rbw-add ()
   (interactive)
@@ -23,14 +23,17 @@
   (interactive)
   (let* ((output (rbw/list-all "--field user"))
          (output (string-trim-left output "Username: ")))
-    (kill-new output)))
+    (if (rbw/unlocked) (kill-new output) (message "locked vault"))))
 
 (defun rbw-generate ()
   (interactive)
   (let* ((length (read-number "password length: ")))
     (kill-new (rbw/generate length))))
 
-(defun rbw/sync () (shell-command "rbw sync"))
+(defun rbw-sync ()
+  (interactive)
+  (let* ((default-directory "/home/luis/"))
+    (shell-command "rbw sync")))
 
 (defun rbw/list-all (&optional options entries selected)
   (let* ((entries (if entries entries (rbw/list)))
@@ -44,21 +47,25 @@
       (rbw/list-all options (rbw/extract-multiple output selected) selected))))
 
 (defun rbw/generate (length &optional name user)
-  (let* ((length (number-to-string length))
+  (let* ((default-directory "/home/luis/")
+         (length (number-to-string length))
          (command (concat "rbw generate " length " " name " " user)))
     (shell-command-to-string command)))
 
 (defun rbw/unlocked ()
-  (if (string-empty-p (shell-command-to-string "rbw unlocked")) t nil))
+  (let* ((default-directory "/home/luis/"))
+    (if (string-empty-p (shell-command-to-string "rbw unlocked")) t nil)))
 
 (defun rbw/list ()
-  (let* ((output (shell-command-to-string "rbw list"))
+  (let* ((default-directory "/home/luis/")
+         (output (shell-command-to-string "rbw list"))
          (output (string-trim output))
          (entries (split-string output "\n")))
     entries))
 
 (defun rbw/get (entry &optional options)
-  (let* ((command (concat "rbw get " options " " entry " ; echo $?"))
+  (let* ((default-directory "/home/luis/")
+         (command (concat "rbw get " options " " entry " ; echo $?"))
          (output (shell-command-to-string command))
          (output (string-trim output))
          (output (split-string output "\n"))