diff --git a/netclient/daemon/macos.go b/netclient/daemon/macos.go
index bf991ca2..8301ed3b 100644
--- a/netclient/daemon/macos.go
+++ b/netclient/daemon/macos.go
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ func SetupMacDaemon() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	_, errN := os.Stat("~/Library/LaunchAgents")
-	if os.IsNotExist(errN) {
-		os.Mkdir("~/Library/LaunchAgents", 0755)
-	}
 	err = CreateMacService(MAC_SERVICE_NAME)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -64,7 +60,7 @@ func RestartLaunchD() {
 
 // StopLaunchD - stop launch daemon
 func StopLaunchD() {
-	ncutils.RunCmd("launchctl unload  /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/"+MAC_SERVICE_NAME+".plist", true)
+	ncutils.RunCmd("launchctl unload  /Library/LaunchDaemons/"+MAC_SERVICE_NAME+".plist", true)
 }
 
 // CreateMacService - Creates the mac service file for LaunchDaemons
diff --git a/netclient/ncutils/netclientutils.go b/netclient/ncutils/netclientutils.go
index 2ddbea16..72a4bb72 100644
--- a/netclient/ncutils/netclientutils.go
+++ b/netclient/ncutils/netclientutils.go
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ const NO_DB_RECORDS = "could not find any records"
 // LINUX_APP_DATA_PATH - linux path
 const LINUX_APP_DATA_PATH = "/etc/netclient"
 
+// MAC_APP_DATA_PATH - linux path
+const MAC_APP_DATA_PATH = "/Applications/Netclient"
+
 // WINDOWS_APP_DATA_PATH - windows path
 const WINDOWS_APP_DATA_PATH = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Netclient"
 
@@ -265,7 +268,7 @@ func GetNetclientPath() string {
 	if IsWindows() {
 		return WINDOWS_APP_DATA_PATH
 	} else if IsMac() {
-		return "/etc/netclient/"
+		return MAC_APP_DATA_PATH
 	} else {
 		return LINUX_APP_DATA_PATH
 	}
@@ -301,7 +304,7 @@ func GetNetclientServerPath(server string) string {
 	if IsWindows() {
 		return WINDOWS_APP_DATA_PATH + "\\" + server + "\\"
 	} else if IsMac() {
-		return "/etc/netclient/" + server + "/"
+		return MAC_APP_DATA_PATH + "/" + server + "/"
 	} else {
 		return LINUX_APP_DATA_PATH + "/" + server
 	}
@@ -312,7 +315,7 @@ func GetNetclientPathSpecific() string {
 	if IsWindows() {
 		return WINDOWS_APP_DATA_PATH + "\\"
 	} else if IsMac() {
-		return "/etc/netclient/config/"
+		return MAC_APP_DATA_PATH + "/config/"
 	} else {
 		return LINUX_APP_DATA_PATH + "/config/"
 	}
@@ -491,11 +494,9 @@ func CheckUID() {
 
 // CheckWG - Checks if WireGuard is installed. If not, exit
 func CheckWG() {
-	var _, err = exec.LookPath("wg")
 	uspace := GetWireGuard()
-	if err != nil {
+	if !HasWG() {
 		if uspace == "wg" {
-			logger.Log(0, err.Error())
 			log.Fatal("WireGuard not installed. Please install WireGuard (wireguard-tools) and try again.")
 		}
 		logger.Log(0, "running with userspace wireguard: ", uspace)
@@ -504,6 +505,12 @@ func CheckWG() {
 	}
 }
 
+// HasWG - returns true if wg command exists
+func HasWG() bool {
+	var _, err = exec.LookPath("wg")
+	return err == nil
+}
+
 // ConvertKeyToBytes - util to convert a key to bytes to use elsewhere
 func ConvertKeyToBytes(key *[32]byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	var buffer bytes.Buffer
diff --git a/netclient/ncutils/netclientutils_darwin.go b/netclient/ncutils/netclientutils_darwin.go
index 590a1863..157a58fc 100644
--- a/netclient/ncutils/netclientutils_darwin.go
+++ b/netclient/ncutils/netclientutils_darwin.go
@@ -1,19 +1,28 @@
 package ncutils
 
 import (
-	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/logger"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/logger"
 )
 
+// WHITESPACE_PLACEHOLDER - used with RunCMD - if a path has whitespace, use this to avoid running path as 2 args in RunCMD
+const WHITESPACE_PLACEHOLDER = "+-+-+-+"
+
 // RunCmd - runs a local command
 func RunCmd(command string, printerr bool) (string, error) {
+
 	args := strings.Fields(command)
+	// return whitespace after split
+	for i, arg := range args {
+		args[i] = strings.Replace(arg, WHITESPACE_PLACEHOLDER, " ", -1)
+	}
 	cmd := exec.Command(args[0], args[1:]...)
 	cmd.Wait()
 	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil && printerr {
-		logger.Log(0, "error running command:", command)
+		logger.Log(0, "error running command:", strings.Join(args, " "))
 		logger.Log(0, strings.TrimSuffix(string(out), "\n"))
 	}
 	return string(out), err
diff --git a/netclient/wireguard/mac.go b/netclient/wireguard/mac.go
index 1c77c6de..e7f0b441 100644
--- a/netclient/wireguard/mac.go
+++ b/netclient/wireguard/mac.go
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ func addRoute(addr string, iface string) error {
 // setConfig - sets configuration of the wireguard interface from the config file
 func setConfig(realIface string, confPath string) error {
 	confString := getConfig(confPath)
+	// pathFormatted := strings.Replace(confPath, " ", "\\ ", -1)
 	err := os.WriteFile(confPath+".tmp", []byte(confString), 0600)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ func setConfig(realIface string, confPath string) error {
 
 // getConfig - gets config from config file and strips out incompatible fields
 func getConfig(path string) string {
+	// pathFormatted := strings.Replace(path, " ", "\\ ", -1)
 	var confCmd = "grep -v -e Address -e MTU -e PostUp -e PostDown "
 	confRaw, _ := ncutils.RunCmd(confCmd+path, false)
 	return confRaw