diff --git a/src/main/java/com/spaceyatech/gitmetrics/GitmetricsApplication.java b/src/main/java/com/spaceyatech/gitmetrics/GitmetricsApplication.java
index cf65f27..a223aa3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/spaceyatech/gitmetrics/GitmetricsApplication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/spaceyatech/gitmetrics/GitmetricsApplication.java
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
+
 
 @SpringBootApplication
+@PropertySource("classpath:config.yaml")
 public class GitmetricsApplication {
 
     public static void main( String[] args ) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/spaceyatech/gitmetrics/helper/DirectoryHelper.java b/src/main/java/com/spaceyatech/gitmetrics/helper/DirectoryHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..503906f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/spaceyatech/gitmetrics/helper/DirectoryHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package com.spaceyatech.gitmetrics.helper;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+public class DirectoryHelper {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        String homeDirectory = System.getProperty("user.home");
+    		//String homeDirectory = "/Users/mac/Desktop";
+
+
+        String directoryPath = homeDirectory + File.separator + "/repositoryName";
+
+        File directory = new File(directoryPath);
+
+        if (directory.exists()) {
+        	if (deleteDirectory(directory)) {
+        		System.out.println("Deleted the existing directory" + directory);
+        	} else {
+        		System.err.println("Failed to delete existing repository" + directory);
+        		return;
+        	}
+        	 
+        }
+
+        boolean created = directory.mkdirs();
+
+        if (created) {
+                System.out.println("Directory created successfully." + directory);
+
+                String filePath = directoryPath + File.separator + directory + "fileName";
+                File file = new File(filePath);
+
+                try {
+                	file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+                    if (file.createNewFile()) {
+                        System.out.println("File created successfully.");
+                    } else {
+                        System.err.println("Failed to create file.");
+                    }
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+            } else {
+                System.err.println("Failed to create directory.");
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static boolean deleteDirectory(File directory) {
+        	if (directory.exists()) {
+                File[] files = directory.listFiles();
+                if (files != null) {
+                    for (File file : files) {
+                        if (file.isDirectory()) {
+                            deleteDirectory(file);
+                        } else {
+                            file.delete();
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return directory.delete();        
+    }
+    
+}
+
+// TODO:
+// remove the  System out
+//and remove the prompt for input
+// file.directory
+// // delete directory parent and children
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/com/spaceyatech/gitmetrics/Config.yaml b/src/main/resources/com/spaceyatech/gitmetrics/Config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcdfaa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/com/spaceyatech/gitmetrics/Config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+repositoryName : repo-name
+Url : git@github.com :username/repo.git
+
+
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config.java b/src/main/resources/config.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d847871
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/config.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class config {
+    @Value("${repositoryName}")
+    private String repositoryName;
+
+    @Value("${Url}")
+    private String credentials;
+
+    // Getters and setters for the properties
+
+    public String getRepositoryName() {
+        return repositoryName;
+    }
+
+    public void setRepositoryName(String repositoryName) {
+        this.repositoryName = repositoryName;
+    }
+
+    public String getCredentials() {
+        return credentials;
+    }
+
+    public void setCredentials(String credentials) {
+        this.credentials = credentials;
+    }
+}