From 420cf6711e0f140cbb454e33d68155bb7908e282 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Rogers <captbrogers@protonmail.ch>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 21:43:04 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] ensures storage path exists

---
 internal/app/main.go | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/internal/app/main.go b/internal/app/main.go
index 83b3ec0..f795192 100644
--- a/internal/app/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/main.go
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 )
 
+func resolveFileStorePath(path string) {
+	err := os.MkdirAll(path, os.ModePerm)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
 func main() {
 	err := godotenv.Load()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -18,6 +25,8 @@ func main() {
 
 	storage_path := os.Getenv("STORAGE_PATH")
 
+	resolveFileStorePath(storage_path)
+
 	fmt.Printf("in the future I will listen on port: %s\n", port)
 	fmt.Printf("Reading files from: %s\n", storage_path)
 }