diff --git a/Validate v4 adn v5.ps1 b/Validate v4 adn v5.ps1
index f45ebe8b..5a41d504 100644
--- a/Validate v4 adn v5.ps1	
+++ b/Validate v4 adn v5.ps1	
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ ipmo ./dbachecks.psd1
 
 # 
 
-$Checks = 'AdHocDistributedQueriesEnabled','AdHocWorkload',  'DefaultTrace', 'OleAutomationProceduresDisabled', 'CrossDBOwnershipChaining', 'ScanForStartupProceduresDisabled', 'RemoteAccessDisabled', 'SQLMailXPsDisabled', 'DAC', 'OLEAutomation'
-$Checks = 'AdHocDistributedQueriesEnabled'
+$Checks = 'DefaultFilePath','AdHocDistributedQueriesEnabled','AdHocWorkload',  'DefaultTrace', 'OleAutomationProceduresDisabled', 'CrossDBOwnershipChaining', 'ScanForStartupProceduresDisabled', 'RemoteAccessDisabled', 'SQLMailXPsDisabled', 'DAC', 'OLEAutomation'
+$Checks = 'DefaultFilePath'
 Compare-v4andv5Results -Checks $Checks
 
 # Load the function below and then you can keep running the checks defined above in v4 and v5 and compare the performance
@@ -134,6 +134,6 @@ For v5 we ran
 $password = ConvertTo-SecureString "dbatools.IO" -AsPlainText -Force
 $cred = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList "sqladmin", $password
 $Sqlinstances = 'localhost,7401', 'localhost,7402', 'localhost,7403'
-Invoke-DbcCheck -SqlInstance $Sqlinstances -SqlCredential $cred -Check $Checks -legacy $false -PassThru -show None
+Invoke-DbcCheck -SqlInstance $Sqlinstances -SqlCredential $cred -Check $Checks -legacy $false
 Invoke-DbcCheck -SqlInstance $Sqlinstances -SqlCredential $cred -Check $Checks -legacy $true 
 #>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/checks/Instancev5.Tests.ps1 b/checks/Instancev5.Tests.ps1
index 1611a731..04ca1b18 100644
--- a/checks/Instancev5.Tests.ps1
+++ b/checks/Instancev5.Tests.ps1
@@ -120,3 +120,14 @@ Describe "Ad Hoc Distributed Queries" -Tag AdHocDistributedQueriesEnabled, secur
         }
     }
 }
+Describe "Default File Path" -Tag DefaultFilePath, Instance -ForEach $InstancesToTest {
+    $skip = Get-DbcConfigValue skip.instance.DefaultFilePath
+    Context "Checking Default Data File Path on <_.Name>" {
+        It "Default Data File Path should not be on the C Drive on <_.Name>"  -Skip:$skip {
+            $PSItem.Settings.DefaultFile.substring(0, 1) | Should -Not -Be "C" -Because 'Default Data file path should not be your C:\ drive'
+        }
+        It "Default Log File Path should not be on the C Drive on <_.Name>"  -Skip:$skip {
+            $PSItem.Settings.DefaultLog.substring(0, 1) | Should -Not -Be "C" -Because 'Default Log file path should not be your C:\ drive'
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/internal/functions/NewGet-AllInstanceInfo.ps1 b/internal/functions/NewGet-AllInstanceInfo.ps1
index 60e8307f..9eccf540 100644
--- a/internal/functions/NewGet-AllInstanceInfo.ps1
+++ b/internal/functions/NewGet-AllInstanceInfo.ps1
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ function NewGet-AllInstanceInfo {
     $Instance.SetDefaultInitFields([Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Login], $false)
     $Instance.SetDefaultInitFields([Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent.Job], $false)
     $Instance.SetDefaultInitFields([Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.StoredProcedure], $false)
+    $Instance.SetDefaultInitFields([Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Information], $false)
+    $Instance.SetDefaultInitFields([Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Settings], $false)
+
     
     # Server Initial fields
     $ServerInitFields = $Instance.GetDefaultInitFields([Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server])
@@ -18,6 +21,11 @@ function NewGet-AllInstanceInfo {
     $StoredProcedureInitFields = $Instance.GetDefaultInitFields([Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.StoredProcedure])
     $StoredProcedureInitFields.Add("Startup") | Out-Null # So we can check SPs start up for the CIS checks
 
+    # Information Initial Fields
+
+    # Settings Initial Fields
+    $SettingsInitFields = $Instance.GetDefaultInitFields([Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Settings])
+
     # Configuration cannot have default init fields :-)
     $configurations = $false
 
@@ -64,7 +72,12 @@ function NewGet-AllInstanceInfo {
             $configurations = $true
             $ConfigValues | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name 'AdHocDistributedQueriesEnabled' -Value  (Get-DbcConfigValue policy.security.AdHocDistributedQueriesEnabled)
         }
-
+        'DefaultFilePath' {
+            $SettingsInitFields.Add("DefaultFile") | Out-Null # so we can check file paths
+            $SettingsInitFields.Add("DefaultLog") | Out-Null # so we can check file paths
+            $Instance.SetDefaultInitFields([Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Settings], $SettingsInitFields)
+        }
+       
         Default { }
     }
 
@@ -78,11 +91,12 @@ function NewGet-AllInstanceInfo {
         Name          = $Instance.Name
         ConfigValues  = $ConfigValues
         VersionMajor  = $Instance.VersionMajor
-        Configuration = if ($configurations) { $Instance.Configuration }else { $null }
+        Configuration = if ($configurations) { $Instance.Configuration } else { $null }
+        Settings      = $Instance.Settings
     }
-    if($ScanForStartupProceduresDisabled){
-        $StartUpSPs = $Instance.Databases['master'].StoredProcedures.Where{$_. Name -ne 'sp_MSrepl_startup' -and $_.StartUp -eq $true}.count
-        if ($StartUpSPs -eq 0)  {
+    if ($ScanForStartupProceduresDisabled) {
+        $StartUpSPs = $Instance.Databases['master'].StoredProcedures.Where{ $_. Name -ne 'sp_MSrepl_startup' -and $_.StartUp -eq $true }.count
+        if ($StartUpSPs -eq 0) {
             $testInstanceObject.Configuration.ScanForStartupProcedures.ConfigValue = 0
         } 
     }