diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 40d9aca..43f23fa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /target
-/.idea
\ No newline at end of file
+/.idea
+/projects
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3cdc2f1..9533a52 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ name = "command_init"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "manifest",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -140,6 +141,10 @@ version = "0.4.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c4cd1a83af159aa67994778be9070f0ae1bd732942279cabb14f86f986a21456"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "manifest"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mccli"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 07f8732..c839548 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ resolver = '2'
 members = [
     'mccli',
     'command_init',
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]
diff --git a/command_init/Cargo.toml b/command_init/Cargo.toml
index 2c1d42b..e604826 100644
--- a/command_init/Cargo.toml
+++ b/command_init/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+manifest = {path = "../manifest"}
 clap = { version = "4.4.8", features = ["derive", "unicode", "wrap_help"] }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/command_init/src/lib.rs b/command_init/src/lib.rs
index 3859e1b..d80caa9 100644
--- a/command_init/src/lib.rs
+++ b/command_init/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use clap::{Args};
+use manifest::Manifest;
 
 #[derive(Args, Debug)]
 pub struct Arguments {
@@ -7,20 +9,8 @@ pub struct Arguments {
 }
 
 pub fn execute (_arguments: &Arguments) {
-    println!("Hello from init!");
-}
+    let directory: PathBuf = PathBuf::from(_arguments.directory.clone());
 
-pub fn add(left: usize, right: usize) -> usize {
-    left + right
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn it_works() {
-        let result = add(2, 2);
-        assert_eq!(result, 4);
-    }
+    let manifest = Manifest::new(&directory);
+    manifest.init();
 }
diff --git a/manifest/Cargo.toml b/manifest/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c98fd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifest/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+name = "manifest"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/manifest/src/lib.rs b/manifest/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be9a577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifest/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::{PathBuf};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Manifest {
+    directory: PathBuf
+}
+
+impl Manifest {
+    pub fn new(path: &PathBuf) -> Manifest {
+        let mut directory: PathBuf = path.into();
+
+        if path.is_file() {
+            directory = path.parent()
+                .map(|parent| parent.to_path_buf())
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| path.into())
+        }
+        
+        if let Err(_err) = fs::create_dir_all(&directory) {
+            panic!("Failed to created directory: {:?}", &directory);
+        }
+
+        Manifest { directory: directory.canonicalize().unwrap() }
+    }
+
+   pub fn init(&self) -> bool {
+        let directory: PathBuf = self.directory.clone();
+
+        println!("init: {:?}", directory);
+
+        true
+    }
+}