diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f9ba35b..d366974 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c5caf74d17c3aec5495110c34cc3f78644bfa89af6c8993ed4de2790e49b6499"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
+ "clap_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -73,6 +74,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "strsim",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.5.55"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a92793da1a46a5f2a02a6f4c46c6496b28c43638adea8306fcb0caa1634f24e5"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -85,6 +98,12 @@ version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b05b61dc5112cbb17e4b6cd61790d9845d13888356391624cbe7e41efeac1e75"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
 version = "1.70.2"
@@ -97,12 +116,41 @@ version = "1.70.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "384b8ab6d37215f3c5301a95a4accb5d64aa607f1fcb26a11b5303878451b4fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro2"
+version = "1.0.106"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8fd00f0bb2e90d81d1044c2b32617f68fcb9fa3bb7640c23e9c748e53fb30934"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "quote"
+version = "1.0.44"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "21b2ebcf727b7760c461f091f9f0f539b77b8e87f2fd88131e7f1b433b3cece4"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.116"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3df424c70518695237746f84cede799c9c58fcb37450d7b23716568cc8bc69cb"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tour"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -110,6 +158,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-ident"
+version = "1.0.24"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6e4313cd5fcd3dad5cafa179702e2b244f760991f45397d14d4ebf38247da75"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "utf8parse"
 version = "0.2.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ad8b6a5..4bb35ec 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = "4.5.59"
+clap = { version = "4.5.59", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/src/init.rs b/src/init.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6797798
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/init.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Create a .tour folder
+// Populate with tour/steps/0/message
+// Populate with tour/steps/0/files/file1
+// Populate with tour/steps/0/files/file2
+
+use crate::TOUR_DIR;
+
+use std::fs;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::Write;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+pub fn init(files: Vec<PathBuf>, message: String) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+    if fs::exists(TOUR_DIR).is_ok() {
+        panic!("{} folder exists", TOUR_DIR);
+    }
+    fs::create_dir_all(format!("{}/{}", TOUR_DIR, "steps/0/files"))?;
+
+    let dest = format!("{}/steps/0/files/", TOUR_DIR);
+
+    let mut message_file = File::create("./.tour/steps/0/message")?;
+    write!(message_file, "{}", message)?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 9e19aca..5493d55 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
+mod init;
+mod utils;
+
+const TOUR_DIR: &str = "./.tour";
+
 #[derive(Parser)]
 #[command(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
 struct Args {
@@ -13,8 +18,10 @@ struct Args {
 enum Commands {
     // Create a new tour
     Init {
-        #[arg(short, long, value_name = "MESSAGE")]
-        message: Option<String>,
+        #[arg(value_name = "FILES")]
+        files: Vec<PathBuf>,
+        #[arg(short, value_name = "MESSAGE")]
+        message: String,
     },
     // Add steps to the tour
     Commit {
@@ -43,6 +50,9 @@ enum Commands {
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let args = Args::parse();
-
+    match args.command {
+        Some(Commands::Init { files, message }) => crate::init::init(files, message)?,
+        _ => println!("command not found"),
+    }
     Ok(())
 }