diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 90bc197..04816ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ test/Generated*
 test/InputFiles3*
 test/test1/*
 newdir2/
-/companion
+ 
 /releases
 src/docto.exe
 *.rsm
diff --git a/companion/app/Services/FileGatherService.php b/companion/app/Services/FileGatherService.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..285e2da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/companion/app/Services/FileGatherService.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+  namespace App\Services;
+
+  use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+  use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
+
+  class FileGatherService
+  {
+        public static function GatherFiles(Collection $list, $tempDirName)
+        {
+            // remove exisitn files
+            if (\Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::exists($tempDirName)){
+                \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::deleteDirectory($tempDirName);
+            }
+
+            $tempDirPath = Storage::path($tempDirName);
+            $list->each(function ($dir) use ($tempDirName, $tempDirPath){
+                $inputfilesdir = \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::path('inputfiles\\' . $dir );
+                $cmd = "xcopy \"$inputfilesdir\" \"$tempDirPath\\\"  ";
+                $result =  \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Process::run( $cmd );
+                echo "\n" . $result->output() . "\n";
+            });
+            return collect(Storage::listContents($tempDirName));
+        }
+  }
diff --git a/companion/config/services.php b/companion/config/services.php
index 0ace530..d7fcf9a 100644
--- a/companion/config/services.php
+++ b/companion/config/services.php
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
     |
     */
 
+    'docto' => [
+      'path' => env('DOCTO_PATH','..\\exe\\32\\docto.exe'),
+    ],
+
     'mailgun' => [
         'domain' => env('MAILGUN_DOMAIN'),
         'secret' => env('MAILGUN_SECRET'),
diff --git a/companion/tests/Feature/Remove/RemoveInputFilePestTest.php b/companion/tests/Feature/Remove/RemoveInputFilePestTest.php
index 8dd20b3..58d9bee 100644
--- a/companion/tests/Feature/Remove/RemoveInputFilePestTest.php
+++ b/companion/tests/Feature/Remove/RemoveInputFilePestTest.php
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 
 it('test deletes files from directory', function (){
         // setup
-        if (\Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::exists('inputfilestemp')){
-            \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::deleteDirectory('inputfilestemp');
-        }
-       $testinputfilesdir = \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::path('inputfiles\\plain');
+      // $testinputfilesdir = \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::path('inputfiles\\plain');
        $testinputfilesdir_temp = \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::path('inputfilestemp');
 
 
@@ -13,12 +10,13 @@
        $testoutputdir_temp = \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::path('outputtemp2');
       // echo "\n". $testoutputdir_temp;
        \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::createDirectory('outputtemp2');
-       $cmd = "xcopy \"$testinputfilesdir\" \"$testinputfilesdir_temp\\\"  ";
+     //  $cmd = "xcopy \"$testinputfilesdir\" \"$testinputfilesdir_temp\\\"  ";
       // echo "\n". $cmd;
-       $result =  \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Process::run( $cmd );
+    //   $result =  \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Process::run( $cmd );
 
             //echo "\n" . $result->output() . "\n";
-           $dirfiles = collect(\Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::listContents('inputfilestemp'));
+         //  $dirfiles = collect(\Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::listContents('inputfilestemp'));
+    $dirfiles = \App\Services\FileGatherService::GatherFiles(collect(['plain']),'inputfilestemp');
           $docfiles = $dirfiles->filter(function ($item){
             return str($item->path())->endsWith('.doc');
         });
@@ -28,9 +26,8 @@
 
         $dirfilescount = $dirfiles->count();
         // do conversion
-       $doctocmd = <<<CMD
-..\\src\\docto.exe -WD -f $testinputfilesdir_temp -fx .doc -o $testoutputdir_temp -t wdFormatPDF -R true
-CMD;
+        $docto = config('services.docto.path');
+       $doctocmd = "$docto -WD -f $testinputfilesdir_temp -fx .doc -o $testoutputdir_temp -t wdFormatPDF -R true";
       // echo $doctocmd;
        $output = \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Process::run($doctocmd);
      //  echo $output->output();
diff --git a/companion/tests/Feature/output/OutputDirCreationPestTest.php b/companion/tests/Feature/output/OutputDirCreationPestTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53b9066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/companion/tests/Feature/output/OutputDirCreationPestTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+  use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Process;
+
+  test('can create non existant directory', function () {
+    $gatherdir = uniqid();
+    $outputdir = uniqid();
+    $files = \App\Services\FileGatherService::GatherFiles(collect(['single']),$gatherdir);
+    $docto = config('services.docto.path');
+    $inputdir = \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::path($gatherdir);
+    $outputdir = \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::path($outputdir);
+    $cmd = "$docto -WD -f $inputdir -o $outputdir -t wdFormatHTML";
+   echo $cmd;
+   $output = Process::run($cmd);
+    expect(\Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::exists($outputdir))->toBeTrue();
+
+});