diff --git a/cli/init.go b/cli/init.go
index 77dae08..52a23e9 100644
--- a/cli/init.go
+++ b/cli/init.go
@@ -163,8 +163,7 @@ func getAppDataDir(appName string) (string, error) {
 	return appDataDir, nil
 }
 
-func getLatestCommitSHA(repo string) (string, error) {
-	url := fmt.Sprintf(githubAPIURL, repo)
+func getLatestCommitSHA(url string) (string, error) {
 	resp, err := http.Get(url)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
@@ -305,7 +304,8 @@ func initCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			}
 
 			// get the latest commit SHA from the templates repository
-			remoteSHA, err := getLatestCommitSHA(repo)
+			url := fmt.Sprintf(githubAPIURL, repo)
+			remoteSHA, err := getLatestCommitSHA(url)
 			if err != nil {
 				cmd.Printf("failed to get latest commit SHA: %v", err)
 			}
diff --git a/cli/init_test.go b/cli/init_test.go
index c987f99..6517d68 100644
--- a/cli/init_test.go
+++ b/cli/init_test.go
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ func TestInitCommand(t *testing.T) {
 
 		result, _ := directoryExists(tempFile)
 		assert.False(t, result)
-
-		os.Remove(tempFile)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("isDirectoryEmpty returns true for empty directory", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -57,7 +55,35 @@ func TestInitCommand(t *testing.T) {
 
 		result, _ := isDirectoryEmpty(tempDir)
 		assert.False(t, result)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("downloadAndExtractTemplates downloads and extracts templates", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		tempDir := t.TempDir()
+
+		err := downloadAndExtractTemplates(tempDir)
+		assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+		// Check if the templates directory was created
+		result, _ := isDirectoryEmpty(tempDir)
+		assert.False(t, result)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("getLatestCommitSHA returns the latest commit SHA", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		sha, err := getLatestCommitSHA("https://api.github.com/repos/dispatchrun/dispatch/branches/main")
+		assert.Nil(t, err)
+		assert.Regexp(t, "^[a-f0-9]{40}$", sha)
+	})
 
-		os.Remove(tempFile)
+	t.Run("getLatestCommitSHA returns an error for invalid URL", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		_, err := getLatestCommitSHA("invalidurl")
+		assert.NotNil(t, err)
 	})
+
+	// t.Run("")
 }