diff --git a/directories_test.go b/directories_test.go
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+ package koii
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+// CreateDirectory creates a new directory at the specified path
+//
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diff --git a/utilities.go b/utilities.go
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+ ```go
+package utilities
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log"
+	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log/level"
+	"github.com/gocarina/gocsv"
+)
+
+// CreateDirectory creates a new directory with the given path
+func CreateDirectory(path string, perm uint32) error {
+	path, err := filepath.Abs(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to normalize path: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("directory already exists")
+	} else if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to check if directory exists: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	err = os.MkdirAll(path, perm)
+	if err != nil {
+	
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