diff --git a/src/modules/espresso/Espresso.Shell/Core/APIHelper.cs b/src/modules/espresso/Espresso.Shell/Core/APIHelper.cs
index 879d0f2b27..3d5b29b4a8 100644
--- a/src/modules/espresso/Espresso.Shell/Core/APIHelper.cs
+++ b/src/modules/espresso/Espresso.Shell/Core/APIHelper.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-using System;
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 namespace Espresso.Shell.Core
diff --git a/src/modules/espresso/Espresso.Shell/Core/SettingsHelper.cs b/src/modules/espresso/Espresso.Shell/Core/SettingsHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2960155d1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/espresso/Espresso.Shell/Core/SettingsHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Threading;
+
+namespace Espresso.Shell.Core
+{
+    public class SettingsHelper
+    {
+        const int ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION = 32;
+        const int ERROR_LOCK_VIOLATION = 33;
+
+        public static FileStream GetSettingsFile(string path, int retries)
+        {
+            for (int i = 0; i < retries; i++)
+            {
+                FileStream fileStream = null;
+                try
+                {
+                    fileStream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.None);
+                    return fileStream;
+                }
+                catch (IOException ex)
+                {
+                    var errorCode = Marshal.GetHRForException(ex) & ((1 << 16) - 1);
+                    if (errorCode == ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION || errorCode == ERROR_LOCK_VIOLATION)
+                    {
+                        Console.WriteLine("There was another process using the file, so couldn't pick the settings up.");
+                    }
+
+                    Thread.Sleep(50);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/espresso/Espresso.Shell/Models/EspressoSettingsModel.cs b/src/modules/espresso/Espresso.Shell/Models/EspressoSettingsModel.cs
index 8fd358861b..cb005bbc0c 100644
--- a/src/modules/espresso/Espresso.Shell/Models/EspressoSettingsModel.cs
+++ b/src/modules/espresso/Espresso.Shell/Models/EspressoSettingsModel.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace Espresso.Shell.Models
 {
diff --git a/src/modules/espresso/Espresso.Shell/Program.cs b/src/modules/espresso/Espresso.Shell/Program.cs
index bbe9b84f5f..c7dac47540 100644
--- a/src/modules/espresso/Espresso.Shell/Program.cs
+++ b/src/modules/espresso/Espresso.Shell/Program.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-using Espresso.Shell.Core;
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using Espresso.Shell.Core;
 using Espresso.Shell.Models;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System;
 using System.CommandLine;
 using System.CommandLine.Invocation;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Threading;
 
 namespace Espresso.Shell
@@ -15,13 +18,12 @@ namespace Espresso.Shell
         private static Mutex mutex = null;
         private const string appName = "Espresso";
 
-        const int ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION = 32;
-        const int ERROR_LOCK_VIOLATION = 33;
+        public static Mutex Mutex { get => mutex; set => mutex = value; }
 
         static int Main(string[] args)
         {
             bool instantiated;
-            mutex = new Mutex(true, appName, out instantiated);
+            Mutex = new Mutex(true, appName, out instantiated);
 
             if (!instantiated)
             {
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ namespace Espresso.Shell
             {
                 EspressoSettingsModel settings = null;
 
-                var fileStream = GetSettingsFile(fullPath, 10);
+                var fileStream = SettingsHelper.GetSettingsFile(fullPath, 10);
                 if (fileStream != null)
                 {
                     using (fileStream)
@@ -240,35 +242,9 @@ namespace Espresso.Shell
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 Console.WriteLine($"There was a problem reading the configuration file.\n{ex.Message}");
-                //ForceExit($"There was a problem reading the configuration file.\n{ex.Message}", 1);
             }
         }
 
-        private static FileStream GetSettingsFile(string path, int retries)
-        {
-            for (int i = 0; i < retries; i++)
-            {
-                FileStream fileStream = null;
-                try
-                {
-                    fileStream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.None);
-                    return fileStream;
-                }
-                catch (IOException ex)
-                {
-                    var errorCode = Marshal.GetHRForException(ex) & ((1 << 16) - 1);
-                    if (errorCode == ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION || errorCode == ERROR_LOCK_VIOLATION)
-                    {
-                        Console.WriteLine("There was another process using the file, so couldn't pick the settings up.");
-                    }
-
-                    Thread.Sleep(50);
-                }
-            }
-
-            return null;
-        }
-
         private static void ResetNormalPowerState()
         {
             bool success = APIHelper.SetNormalKeepAwake();