diff --git a/openbb_terminal/config_terminal.py b/openbb_terminal/config_terminal.py
index d412d2e0663b..93f1b147e55c 100644
--- a/openbb_terminal/config_terminal.py
+++ b/openbb_terminal/config_terminal.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 # IMPORTATION INTERNAL
 from openbb_terminal.core.config import (  # pylint: disable=unused-import  # noqa
-    make_paths,
+    paths_helper,
 )
 from openbb_terminal.core.config.paths import USER_ENV_FILE, REPOSITORY_ENV_FILE
 from .helper_classes import TerminalStyle as _TerminalStyle
diff --git a/openbb_terminal/core/config/paths.py b/openbb_terminal/core/config/paths.py
index 751ccf0e9ca6..6fdfed29bc8e 100644
--- a/openbb_terminal/core/config/paths.py
+++ b/openbb_terminal/core/config/paths.py
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@
 USER_ENV_FILE = SETTINGS_DIRECTORY / ".env"
 
 USER_DATA_DIRECTORY = HOME_DIRECTORY / "OpenBBUserData"
+
+CUSTOM_IMPORTS_DIRECTORY = USER_DATA_DIRECTORY / "custom_imports"
diff --git a/openbb_terminal/core/config/make_paths.py b/openbb_terminal/core/config/paths_helper.py
similarity index 66%
rename from openbb_terminal/core/config/make_paths.py
rename to openbb_terminal/core/config/paths_helper.py
index bcff3972752a..93656f237644 100644
--- a/openbb_terminal/core/config/make_paths.py
+++ b/openbb_terminal/core/config/paths_helper.py
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 # IMPORTATION STANDARD
 import os
 from typing import List
+import shutil
+
 from openbb_terminal.core.config.paths import (
     SETTINGS_DIRECTORY,
     USER_DATA_DIRECTORY,
     USER_ENV_FILE,
     REPOSITORY_ENV_FILE,
+    CUSTOM_IMPORTS_DIRECTORY,
+    REPOSITORY_DIRECTORY,
 )
 
 
@@ -29,11 +33,23 @@ def create_files(list_files: List):
                 pass
 
 
+def copy_files(from_dir, to_dir):
+    """
+    Copy default/example files from the repo
+    to the user data folder"""
+
+    if from_dir.exists():
+        shutil.copytree(from_dir, to_dir, dirs_exist_ok=True)
+
+
 dirs_list = [
     SETTINGS_DIRECTORY,
     USER_DATA_DIRECTORY,
     USER_DATA_DIRECTORY / "styles",
+    CUSTOM_IMPORTS_DIRECTORY,
+    CUSTOM_IMPORTS_DIRECTORY / "econometrics",
 ]
 dirs_files = [USER_ENV_FILE, REPOSITORY_ENV_FILE]
 create_paths(dirs_list)
 create_files(dirs_files)
+copy_files(REPOSITORY_DIRECTORY / "custom_imports", CUSTOM_IMPORTS_DIRECTORY)
diff --git a/openbb_terminal/dashboards/futures.ipynb b/openbb_terminal/dashboards/futures.ipynb
index 847a97a2cb58..fcf8c6aaee78 100644
--- a/openbb_terminal/dashboards/futures.ipynb
+++ b/openbb_terminal/dashboards/futures.ipynb
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
     "import plotly.graph_objs as go\n",
     "import yfinance as yf\n",
     "import pandas as pd\n",
-    "from IPython.display import display"
+    "from IPython.display import display\n",
+    "from pathlib import Path\n",
+    "\n",
+    "from openbb_terminal.core.config.paths import CUSTOM_IMPORTS_DIRECTORY"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -25,9 +28,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "full_path = os.path.abspath(\n",
-    "    os.path.join(os.getcwd(), \"..\", \"..\", \"custom_imports\", \"dashboards\", \"futures.csv\")\n",
-    ")\n",
+    "full_path = CUSTOM_IMPORTS_DIRECTORY / \"dashboards\" / \"futures.csv\"\n",
     "df = pd.read_csv(full_path)\n",
     "months = [\"F\", \"G\", \"H\", \"J\", \"K\", \"M\", \"N\", \"Q\", \"U\", \"V\", \"X\", \"Z\"]"
    ]
@@ -282,7 +283,7 @@
  ],
  "metadata": {
   "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": "Python 3 (ipykernel)",
+   "display_name": "Python 3.9.13 ('obb')",
    "language": "python",
    "name": "python3"
   },
@@ -296,12 +297,17 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.10.4"
+   "version": "3.9.13"
   },
   "metadata": {
    "interpreter": {
     "hash": "e896a00ead8b521528d79ac9ef24990696f2b751eb283ab8e0d078c9c4971ffc"
    }
+  },
+  "vscode": {
+   "interpreter": {
+    "hash": "ab0e87f2bc73919b75956d1b3e303320699d53da895be1bb46287d7dc67c6497"
+   }
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
diff --git a/openbb_terminal/econometrics/econometrics_controller.py b/openbb_terminal/econometrics/econometrics_controller.py
index 05f6c908302c..c753e2540cb0 100644
--- a/openbb_terminal/econometrics/econometrics_controller.py
+++ b/openbb_terminal/econometrics/econometrics_controller.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import openbb_terminal.econometrics.regression_model
 import openbb_terminal.econometrics.regression_view
+from openbb_terminal.core.config.paths import CUSTOM_IMPORTS_DIRECTORY
 from openbb_terminal import feature_flags as obbff
 from openbb_terminal.decorators import log_start_end
 from openbb_terminal.helper_funcs import (
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ def __init__(self, queue: List[str] = None):
             for file_type in self.file_types
             for filepath in chain(
                 Path(obbff.EXPORT_FOLDER_PATH).rglob(f"*.{file_type}"),
-                Path("custom_imports").rglob(f"*.{file_type}"),
+                Path(CUSTOM_IMPORTS_DIRECTORY / "econometrics").rglob(f"*.{file_type}"),
             )
             if filepath.is_file()
         }
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ def print_help(self):
         mt = MenuText("econometrics/")
         mt.add_param(
             "_data_loc",
-            f"\n\t{obbff.EXPORT_FOLDER_PATH}\n\t{Path('custom_imports').resolve()}",
+            f"\n\t{obbff.EXPORT_FOLDER_PATH}\n\t{str(CUSTOM_IMPORTS_DIRECTORY/'econometrics')}",
         )
         mt.add_raw("\n")
         mt.add_cmd("load")
diff --git a/openbb_terminal/parent_classes.py b/openbb_terminal/parent_classes.py
index 8160c257283c..26c641499956 100644
--- a/openbb_terminal/parent_classes.py
+++ b/openbb_terminal/parent_classes.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import pandas as pd
 import numpy as np
 
+from openbb_terminal.core.config.paths import CUSTOM_IMPORTS_DIRECTORY
 from openbb_terminal.decorators import log_start_end
 
 from openbb_terminal.menu import session
@@ -857,10 +858,10 @@ def call_load(self, other_args: List[str]):
                 # This seems to block the .exe since the folder needs to be manually created
                 # This block makes sure that we only look for the file if the -f flag is used
                 # Adding files in the argparse choices, will fail for the .exe even without -f
+                STOCKS_CUSTOM_IMPORTS = CUSTOM_IMPORTS_DIRECTORY / "stocks"
                 try:
-                    if ns_parser.filepath not in os.listdir(
-                        os.path.join("custom_imports", "stocks")
-                    ):
+                    file_list = [x.name for x in STOCKS_CUSTOM_IMPORTS.iterdir()]
+                    if ns_parser.filepath not in file_list:
                         console.print(
                             f"[red]{ns_parser.filepath} not found in custom_imports/stocks/ "
                             "folder[/red].\n"
@@ -871,9 +872,7 @@ def call_load(self, other_args: List[str]):
                     return
 
                 df_stock_candidate = stocks_helper.load_custom(
-                    os.path.join(
-                        os.path.join("custom_imports", "stocks"), ns_parser.filepath
-                    )
+                    str(STOCKS_CUSTOM_IMPORTS / ns_parser.filepath)
                 )
                 if df_stock_candidate.empty:
                     return
diff --git a/styles/user/.gitkeep b/styles/user/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1..000000000000
diff --git a/terminal.py b/terminal.py
index 8b1f8baa647b..19e0001f629f 100644
--- a/terminal.py
+++ b/terminal.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from prompt_toolkit.formatted_text import HTML
 
 from openbb_terminal.core.config import (  # pylint: disable=unused-import  # noqa
-    make_paths,
+    paths_helper,
 )
 from openbb_terminal.common import feedparser_view
 from openbb_terminal.core.config.paths import (
diff --git a/tests/openbb_terminal/stocks/test_stocks_helper.py b/tests/openbb_terminal/stocks/test_stocks_helper.py
index 8e1d0f092310..78c3f7c19165 100644
--- a/tests/openbb_terminal/stocks/test_stocks_helper.py
+++ b/tests/openbb_terminal/stocks/test_stocks_helper.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 # IMPORTATION INTERNAL
 from openbb_terminal.stocks import stocks_helper
+from openbb_terminal.core.config.paths import CUSTOM_IMPORTS_DIRECTORY
 from openbb_terminal import helper_funcs
 
 
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ def test_load_week_or_month(recorder, weekly, monthly):
 @pytest.mark.record_stdout
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "path",
-    ["none", os.path.join(os.path.join("custom_imports", "stocks"), "test.csv")],
+    ["none", CUSTOM_IMPORTS_DIRECTORY / "stocks" / "test.csv"],
 )
 def test_load_custom_output(path):
     stocks_helper.load_custom(path)
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ def test_load_custom_output_wrong_path(path):
 @pytest.mark.vcr
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "path",
-    [os.path.join(os.path.join("custom_imports", "stocks"), "test.csv")],
+    [CUSTOM_IMPORTS_DIRECTORY / "stocks" / "test.csv"],
 )
 def test_load_custom_output_df(path):
     df = stocks_helper.load_custom(path)
diff --git a/tests/openbb_terminal/stocks/txt/test_stocks_helper/test_load_custom_output[path1].txt b/tests/openbb_terminal/stocks/txt/test_stocks_helper/test_load_custom_output[path1].txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..405bd9367331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/openbb_terminal/stocks/txt/test_stocks_helper/test_load_custom_output[path1].txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Loaded data has columns: Date, Close/Last, Volume, Open, High, Low
+
+Column [blue]Date[/blue] set as index.