diff --git a/api.php b/api.php
index ec34a97..09fa0b1 100644
--- a/api.php
+++ b/api.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 include 'zefixAPI.php';
 
-
+$taskDir = 'tasks';
 
 /*
  * Request Types:
@@ -63,14 +63,17 @@ $taskdata  = Array();
 $taskdata['requests'] = $requests_to_do;
 $taskdata['email'] = 'roman.schenk37@gmail.com';
 $taskString = json_encode($taskdata);
-$taskfilename =  'tasks/'.time().'-'.bin2hex(random_bytes(4)).'.txt';
+if(!is_dir($taskDir)){
+    mkdir($taskDir, 0755, true);
+}
+$taskfilename =  $taskDir.'/'.time().'-'.bin2hex(random_bytes(4)).'.txt';
 $taskfile = fopen($taskfilename, 'w');
 if($taskfile){
-    echo "writing to file";
+    echo "Task written to file";
     fwrite($taskfile, $taskString);
     fclose($taskfile);
 } else {
-    echo "not writing to file";
+    echo "Task not written to file";
 }
 
 //$constructed_response = $response;
diff --git a/taskExecuter.php b/taskExecuter.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db27061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/taskExecuter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?php
+
+
+>
\ No newline at end of file