diff --git a/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_edit.bash b/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_edit.bash
index 9f9bbb6..fbee22e 100644
--- a/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_edit.bash
+++ b/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_edit.bash
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # docker-finance | modern accounting for the power-user
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2021-2024 Aaron Fiore (Founder, Evergreen Crypto LLC)
+# Copyright (C) 2021-2025 Aaron Fiore (Founder, Evergreen Crypto LLC)
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ function lib_edit::__edit()
         ;;
       meta)
         [ -z "$global_conf_meta" ] && lib_utils::die_fatal
+        [ -z "$global_conf_visidata" ] && lib_utils::die_fatal
 
         local _dir
         _dir="$(dirname $global_conf_meta)"
@@ -282,10 +283,10 @@ function lib_edit::__edit()
         #  - If saved to original, opening with `--skip` will clobber the
         #    original file's comments.
         local -r _skip="$(grep -E "^//!" $_path | wc -l)"
-        local -r _args=("--quitguard" "--motd-url" "file:///dev/null" "--filetype" "csv" "--skip" "$_skip" "$_path")
+        local -r _visidata=("--visidata-dir" "$global_conf_visidata" "--quitguard" "--motd-url" "file:///dev/null" "--filetype" "csv" "--skip" "$_skip" "$_path")
 
         lib_utils::deps_check "visidata"
-        visidata "${_args[@]}" || lib_utils::die_fatal
+        visidata "${_visidata[@]}" || lib_utils::die_fatal
 
         # TODO: HACK: visidata saves w/ DOS-style carriage...
         #   ...but there seems to be no option out of this.
diff --git a/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_hledger.bash b/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_hledger.bash
index 32e921b..1285ca2 100644
--- a/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_hledger.bash
+++ b/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_hledger.bash
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # docker-finance | modern accounting for the power-user
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2021-2024 Aaron Fiore (Founder, Evergreen Crypto LLC)
+# Copyright (C) 2021-2025 Aaron Fiore (Founder, Evergreen Crypto LLC)
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -164,9 +164,10 @@ function lib_hledger::__hledger-ui()
 function lib_hledger::__hledger-vui()
 {
   [ -z "${global_base_args[*]}" ] && lib_utils::die_fatal
+  [ -z "$global_conf_visidata" ] && lib_utils::die_fatal
 
-  hledger "${global_base_args[@]}" print -O csv "$@" \
-    | visidata --motd-url file:///dev/null --filetype csv
+  local -r _visidata=("--visidata-dir" "$global_conf_visidata" "--motd-url" "file:///dev/null" "--filetype" "csv")
+  visidata "${_visidata[@]}" < <(hledger "${global_base_args[@]}" print -O csv "$@")
 }
 
 function lib_hledger::__hledger-web()
diff --git a/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_meta.bash b/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_meta.bash
index cd3f9b0..e651d94 100644
--- a/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_meta.bash
+++ b/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_meta.bash
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # docker-finance | modern accounting for the power-user
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2021-2024 Aaron Fiore (Founder, Evergreen Crypto LLC)
+# Copyright (C) 2021-2025 Aaron Fiore (Founder, Evergreen Crypto LLC)
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ $(echo $global_meta_header | xsv headers -)
 
 function lib_meta::__meta()
 {
+  [ -z "$global_conf_visidata" ] && lib_utils::die_fatal
+
   lib_utils::deps_check "visidata"
 
   # TODO: can visidata regex multiple columns from the commandline?
@@ -130,8 +132,8 @@ function lib_meta::__meta()
   done
 
   # Display as stream
-  cat "$_base_file" \
-    | visidata --motd-url file:///dev/null --filetype csv
+  local -r _visidata=("--visidata-dir" "$global_conf_visidata" "--motd-url" "file:///dev/null" "--filetype" "csv")
+  visidata "${_visidata[@]}" < <(cat "$_base_file")
 
   # Enforce cleanup
   [ -d "$_tmp_dir" ] && rm -fr "$_tmp_dir"
diff --git a/container/src/finance/lib/lib_finance.bash b/container/src/finance/lib/lib_finance.bash
index 95793b8..16da9b0 100644
--- a/container/src/finance/lib/lib_finance.bash
+++ b/container/src/finance/lib/lib_finance.bash
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # docker-finance | modern accounting for the power-user
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2021-2024 Aaron Fiore (Founder, Evergreen Crypto LLC)
+# Copyright (C) 2021-2025 Aaron Fiore (Founder, Evergreen Crypto LLC)
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ function lib_finance::finance()
   declare -grx global_conf_hledger="${global_child_profile_flow}/docker-finance.d/hledger/hledger.conf"
   declare -grx global_conf_meta="${global_child_profile_flow}/docker-finance.d/meta/meta.csv"
   declare -grx global_conf_subscript="${global_child_profile_flow}/docker-finance.d/shell/subscript.bash"
+  declare -grx global_conf_visidata="${global_child_profile_flow}/docker-finance.d/visidata" # dir for config/addons
 
   # Implementation "libraries" (requires previously set globals)
   source "${DOCKER_FINANCE_CONTAINER_REPO}/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_edit.bash" || exit 1