diff --git a/src/gui/src/Fingerprint.cpp b/src/gui/src/Fingerprint.cpp
index 6eefdcd5..502a4a06 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/Fingerprint.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/src/Fingerprint.cpp
@@ -34,20 +34,9 @@ Fingerprint::Fingerprint(const QString& filename)
 
 void Fingerprint::trust(const QString& fingerprintText)
 {
-	CoreInterface coreInterface;
-	QString profileDir = coreInterface.getProfileDir();
+	Fingerprint::persistDirectory();
 
-	QString dirName = QString("%1/%2")
-	  .arg(profileDir)
-	  .arg(kDirName);
-
-	QDir dir(dirName);
-	if (!dir.exists()) {
-		dir.mkpath(".");
-	}
-
-	QString path = QString("%1/%2").arg(dirName).arg(m_Filename);
-	QFile file(path);
+	QFile file(filePath());
 	if (file.open(QIODevice::Append))
 	{
 		QTextStream out(&file);
@@ -58,19 +47,12 @@ void Fingerprint::trust(const QString& fingerprintText)
 
 bool Fingerprint::exists(const QString& fingerprintText)
 {
-	CoreInterface coreInterface;
-	QString profileDir = coreInterface.getProfileDir();
-
-	QString dirName = QString("%1/%2")
-	  .arg(profileDir)
-	  .arg(kDirName);
-
+	QString dirName = Fingerprint::directoryPath();
 	if (!QDir(dirName).exists()) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	QString path = QString("%1/%2").arg(dirName).arg(m_Filename);
-	QFile file(path);
+	QFile file(filePath());
 
 	if (file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
 	{
@@ -88,6 +70,30 @@ bool Fingerprint::exists(const QString& fingerprintText)
 	return false;
 }
 
+QString Fingerprint::filePath() const
+{
+	QString dir = Fingerprint::directoryPath();
+	return QString("%1/%2").arg(dir).arg(m_Filename);
+}
+
+void Fingerprint::persistDirectory()
+{
+	QDir dir(Fingerprint::directoryPath());
+	if (!dir.exists()) {
+		dir.mkpath(".");
+	}
+}
+
+QString Fingerprint::directoryPath()
+{
+	CoreInterface coreInterface;
+	QString profileDir = coreInterface.getProfileDir();
+
+	return QString("%1/%2")
+	  .arg(profileDir)
+	  .arg(kDirName);
+}
+
 bool Fingerprint::localFingerprintExists()
 {
 	CoreInterface coreInterface;
diff --git a/src/gui/src/Fingerprint.h b/src/gui/src/Fingerprint.h
index 179afef9..0da2a7fc 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/Fingerprint.h
+++ b/src/gui/src/Fingerprint.h
@@ -27,14 +27,16 @@ private:
 public:
 	void trust(const QString& fingerprintText);
 	bool exists(const QString& fingerprintText);
+	QString filePath() const;
 
 public:
 	static Fingerprint local();
 	static Fingerprint trustedServers();
 	static Fingerprint trustedClients();
-
+	static QString directoryPath();
 	static QString localFingerprint();
 	static bool localFingerprintExists();
+	static void persistDirectory();
 
 private:
 	QString m_Filename;
diff --git a/src/gui/src/PluginManager.cpp b/src/gui/src/PluginManager.cpp
index 3c548a15..d62432be 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/PluginManager.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/src/PluginManager.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "DataDownloader.h"
 #include "QUtility.h"
 #include "ProcessorArch.h"
+#include "Fingerprint.h"
 
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QDir>
@@ -40,8 +41,6 @@ static QString kCertificateLifetime = "365";
 static QString kCertificateSubjectInfo = "/CN=Synergy";
 static QString kCertificateFilename = "Synergy.pem";
 static QString kUnixOpenSslCommand = "openssl";
-static const char kFingerprintDir[] = "ssl/fingerprints";
-static const char kFingerprintLocalFilename[] = "local.txt";
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
 static const char kWinPluginExt[] = ".dll";
@@ -233,13 +232,7 @@ void PluginManager::generateCertificate()
 
 	// write the standard output into file
 	filename.clear();
-	filename.append(m_ProfileDir);
-	filename.append(QDir::separator()).append(kFingerprintDir);
-	QDir dir(filename);
-	if (!dir.exists()) {
-		dir.mkpath(".");
-	}
-	filename.append(QDir::separator()).append(kFingerprintLocalFilename);
+	filename.append(Fingerprint::local().filePath());
 
 	// only write the fingerprint part
 	int i = m_standardOutput.indexOf("=");