diff --git a/Controllers/Managers/CoverArtManager.cs b/Controllers/Managers/CoverArtManager.cs
index edeb21d..5476832 100644
--- a/Controllers/Managers/CoverArtManager.cs
+++ b/Controllers/Managers/CoverArtManager.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
 
 using Icarus.Constants;
 using Icarus.Controllers.Utilities;
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
     {
         #region Fields
         private string _rootCoverArtPath;
-        private byte[] _stockCoverArt = null;
         #endregion
 
 
@@ -48,36 +48,27 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
         }
         public void DeleteCoverArt(CoverArt coverArt)
         {
-            try
-            {
-                var stockCoverArtPath = _rootCoverArtPath + "CoverArt.png";
-                if (!string.Equals(stockCoverArtPath, coverArt.ImagePath, 
-                            StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
-                {
-                    _logger.Info("Song does not contain the stock cover art");
-                    File.Delete(coverArt.ImagePath);
-                    _logger.Info("Cover art deleted from the filesystem");
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    _logger.Info("Song contains the stock cover art");
-                    _logger.Info("Will not delete from from the filesystem");
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                var msg = ex.Message;
-                _logger.Error(msg, "An error occurred");
-            }
+            var stockCoverArtPath = _rootCoverArtPath + "CoverArtPath.png";
+            DirectoryManager.delete_cover_art(coverArt.ImagePath, stockCoverArtPath);
         }
 
         public CoverArt SaveCoverArt(Song song)
         {
             try
             {
-                var dirMgr = new DirectoryManager(_rootCoverArtPath);
-                dirMgr.CreateDirectory(song);
-                var imagePath = dirMgr.SongDirectory + song.Title + ".png";
+                // TODO: Change logic so it attempts to create the directory
+                // after it has been determined that the song does not have
+                // a cover art image
+                
+                var strCount = _rootCoverArtPath.Length + song.Artist.Length + 
+                    song.AlbumTitle.Length + 2;
+                var imgPath = new StringBuilder(strCount);
+
+                DirectoryManager.create_directory(SongManager.ConvertSongToSng(song), 
+                        _rootCoverArtPath, imgPath);
+
+                var imagePath = imgPath.ToString().Substring(0, strCount);
+                imagePath += song.Title + ".png";
                 var coverArt = new CoverArt
                 {
                     SongTitle = song.Title,
@@ -97,7 +88,6 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
                     _logger.Info("Song has no cover art, applying stock cover art");
                     coverArt.ImagePath = _rootCoverArtPath + "CoverArt.png";
                     metaData.UpdateCoverArt(song, coverArt);
-                    File.WriteAllBytes(coverArt.ImagePath, _stockCoverArt);
                 }
 
                 return coverArt;
@@ -113,15 +103,9 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
 
         private void Initialize()
         {
-            if (System.IO.File.Exists(DirectoryPaths.CoverArtPath))
-                _stockCoverArt = File.ReadAllBytes(DirectoryPaths.CoverArtPath);
-
-            if (!File.Exists(_rootCoverArtPath + "CoverArt.png"))
-            {
-                File.WriteAllBytes(_rootCoverArtPath + "CoverArt.png", 
-                        _stockCoverArt);
-                Console.WriteLine("Copied Stock Cover Art");
-            }
+            var stockCover = _rootCoverArtPath + "CoverArt.png";
+            DirectoryManager.copy_stock_cover_art(stockCover, 
+                    DirectoryPaths.CoverArtPath);
         }
         #region Testing
         private void PrintCoverArtDetails(CoverArt cover)
diff --git a/Controllers/Managers/DirectoryManager.cs b/Controllers/Managers/DirectoryManager.cs
index 550f2da..6497bdc 100644
--- a/Controllers/Managers/DirectoryManager.cs
+++ b/Controllers/Managers/DirectoryManager.cs
@@ -94,9 +94,15 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
                 _logger.Error(msg, "An error occurred");
             }
         }
+        #region C++ libs
         [DllImport("libicarus.so")]
         public static extern void create_directory(SongManager.Sng song, string root_path, StringBuilder created_dir);
-        //public static extern void create_directory(SongManager.Sng song, string root_path, string created_dir);
+        [DllImport("libicarus.so")]
+        public static extern void copy_stock_cover_art(string target_path, string source_path);
+        [DllImport("libicarus.so")]
+        public static extern void delete_cover_art(string cover_art_path, string stock_path);
+        #endregion
+
         public void DeleteEmptyDirectories()
         {
             try
diff --git a/Controllers/Managers/SongManager.cs b/Controllers/Managers/SongManager.cs
index 5cd043b..e3f846b 100644
--- a/Controllers/Managers/SongManager.cs
+++ b/Controllers/Managers/SongManager.cs
@@ -10,13 +10,6 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 
-using Id3;
-using Id3.Frames;
-using MySql.Data;
-using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;
-using NLog;
-using TagLib;
-
 using Icarus.Controllers.Utilities;
 using Icarus.Models;
 using Icarus.Database.Contexts;
@@ -27,14 +20,8 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
     public class SongManager : BaseManager
     {
         #region Fields
-        private MySqlConnection _conn;
-        private MySqlCommand _cmd;
-        private MySqlDataAdapter _dataDump;
-        private DataTable _results;
-        private List<Song> _songs;
         private Song _song;
         private IConfiguration _config;
-        private string _connectionString;
         private string _tempDirectoryRoot;
         private string _archiveDirectoryRoot;
         private string _compressedSongFilename;
@@ -70,28 +57,20 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
         #region Constructors
         public SongManager()
         {
-            Initialize();
-            InitializeConnection();
         }
 
         public SongManager(Song song)
         {
-            Initialize();
-            InitializeConnection();
             _song = song;
         }
         public SongManager(IConfiguration config)
         {
             _config = config;
-            Initialize();
-            InitializeConnection();
         }
         public SongManager(IConfiguration config, string tempDirectoryRoot)
         {
             _config = config;
             _tempDirectoryRoot = tempDirectoryRoot;
-            Initialize();
-            InitializeConnection();
         }
         #endregion
 
@@ -193,91 +172,6 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
             }
         }
 
-        public void SaveSongDetails()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                using (MySqlConnection conn = new MySqlConnection(_connectionString))
-                {
-                    conn.Open();
-                    string query = "INSERT INTO Songs(Title, AlbumTitle, Artist, Year, Genre, Duration, " +
-                       "Filename, SongPath) VALUES(@Title, @AlbumTitle, @Artist, @Year, @Genre, " +
-                       "@Duration, @Filename, @SongPath)";
-                    using (MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand(query, conn))
-                    {
-                        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Title", _song.Title);
-                        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@AlbumTitle", _song.AlbumTitle);
-                        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Artist", _song.Artist);
-                        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Year", _song.Year);
-                        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Genre", _song.Genre);
-                        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Duration", _song.Duration);
-                        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Filename", _song.Filename);
-                        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@SongPath", _song.SongPath);
-
-                        cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                var exMsg = ex.Message;
-                Console.WriteLine($"An Error Occurred: {exMsg}");
-            }
-        }
-        public void SaveSongDetails(Song song)
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                using (MySqlConnection conn = new MySqlConnection(_connectionString))
-                {
-                    conn.Open();
-                    string query = "INSERT INTO Songs(Title, AlbumTitle, Artist, Year, Genre, Duration, " +
-                       ", Filename, SongPath) VALUES(@Title, @AlbumTitle, @Artist, @Year, @Genre, " +
-                       "@Duration, @Filename, @SongPath)";
-                    using (MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand(query, conn))
-                    {
-                        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Title", song.Title);
-                        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@AlbumTitle", song.AlbumTitle);
-                        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Artist", song.Artist);
-                        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Year", song.Year);
-                        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Genre", song.Genre);
-                        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Duration", song.Duration);
-                        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Filename", song.Filename);
-                        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@SongPath", song.SongPath);
-
-                        cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                var exMsg = ex.Message;
-                Console.WriteLine($"An Error Occurred: {exMsg}");
-            }
-        }
-
-        public void SaveSong(SongData songData)
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                using (MySqlConnection conn = new MySqlConnection(_connectionString))
-                {
-                    conn.Open();
-                    string query = "INSERT INTO SongData(Data) VALUES(@Data)";
-                    using (MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand(query, conn))
-                    {
-                        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Data", songData.Data);
-
-                        cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            catch(Exception ex)
-            {
-                var exMsg = ex.Message;
-                 Console.WriteLine($"An error occurred: {exMsg}");
-            }
-        }
         public async Task SaveSongToFileSystem(IFormFile song)
         {
             try
@@ -363,15 +257,13 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
                 var song = await SaveSongTemp(songFile, fileTempPath);
                 song.SongPath = fileTempPath;
 
-                var sng = ConvertSongToSng(song);
-                
                 var rootPath = _config.GetValue<string>("RootMusicPath");
                 var strCount = rootPath.Length + song.Artist.Length +
                     song.AlbumTitle.Length + 2;
                 
                 var filePathSB = new StringBuilder(strCount);
 
-                DirectoryManager.create_directory(sng, 
+                DirectoryManager.create_directory(ConvertSongToSng(song),
                         rootPath, filePathSB);
                         
                 var filePath = filePathSB.ToString().Substring(0, strCount);
@@ -411,90 +303,6 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
             }
         }
 
-        public async Task<List<Song>> RetrieveAllSongDetails()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                InitializeResults();
-                _songs = new List<Song>();
-                _conn.Open();
-                string query = "SELECT * FROM Songs";
-
-                _cmd = new MySqlCommand(query, _conn);
-                _cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
-
-                _dataDump = new MySqlDataAdapter(_cmd);
-                _dataDump.Fill(_results);
-                _dataDump.Dispose();
-
-                await PopulateSongDetails();
-
-
-                _conn.Close();
-
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                var exMsg = ex.Message;
-                Console.WriteLine($"An error ocurred: {exMsg}");
-            }
-
-            return _songs;
-        }
-        public Song RetrieveSongDetails(int id)
-        {
-            DataTable results = new DataTable();
-
-            try
-            {
-                using (MySqlConnection conn = new MySqlConnection(_connectionString))
-                {
-                    conn.Open();
-                    string query = "SELECT * FROM Songs WHERE Id=@Id";
-                    using (MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand(query, conn))
-                    {
-                        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Id", id);
-                    
-                        cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
-
-                        using (MySqlDataAdapter dataDump = new MySqlDataAdapter(cmd))
-                        {
-                            dataDump.Fill(results);
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                var exMsg = ex.Message;
-                Console.WriteLine($"An error occurred");
-            }    
-        
-            DataRow row = results.Rows[0];
-
-            return new Song
-            {
-                Id = Int32.Parse(row["Id"].ToString()),
-                Filename = row["Filename"].ToString(),
-                SongPath = row["SongPath"].ToString()
-            };
-        }
-        public async Task<SongData> RetrieveSong(int id)
-        {
-            SongData song = new SongData();
-            try
-            {
-                _song = RetrieveSongDetails(id);
-                song = await RetrieveSongFromFileSystem(_song);
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                var exMsg = ex.Message;
-                Console.WriteLine($"An error occurred: {exMsg}");
-            }
-
-            return song;
-        }
         public async Task<SongData> RetrieveSong(Song songMetaData)
         {
             SongData song = new SongData();
@@ -512,7 +320,7 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
             return song;
         }
 
-        private Sng ConvertSongToSng(Song song)
+        public static Sng ConvertSongToSng(Song song)
         {
             return new Sng
             {
@@ -525,65 +333,10 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
             };
         }
         
-        private Song RetrieveMetaData(string filePath)
-        {
-            Song newSong = new Song
-            {
-                Title = "Untitled",
-                Artist = "Untitled",
-                AlbumTitle = "Untitled",
-                Year = 0,
-                Genre = "Untitled",
-                Duration = 0,
-                SongPath = ""
-            };
-            string title, artist, album, genre;
-            int year, duration;
-            
-            Console.WriteLine("Stripping song metadata");
-            try
-            {
-                TagLib.File tfile = TagLib.File.Create(filePath);
-
-
-                using (var mp3 = new Mp3(filePath))
-                {
-                    Id3Tag tag = mp3.GetTag(Id3TagFamily.Version2X);
-                    title = tag.Title;
-                    Console.WriteLine("Title: {0}", title);
-                    newSong.Title = title;
-                    artist = tag.Artists;
-                    Console.WriteLine("Artist: {0}", artist);
-                    newSong.Artist = artist;
-                    album = tag.Album;
-                    Console.WriteLine("Album: {0}", album);
-                    newSong.AlbumTitle = album;
-                    genre = "Not Implemented";
-                    Console.WriteLine("Genre: {0}", genre);
-                    newSong.Genre = genre;
-                    year = (int)tag.Year;
-                    Console.WriteLine("Year: {0}", year);
-                    newSong.Year = year;
-                    duration = (int)tfile.Properties.Duration.TotalSeconds;
-                    Console.WriteLine("Duration: {0}", duration);
-                    newSong.Duration = duration;
-                }
-
-                _song = newSong;
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                var msg = ex.Message;
-                Console.WriteLine($"An error occurred when stripping metadata\n{msg}");
-                _song = newSong;
-            }
-
-            return newSong;
-        }
 
         private async Task<SongData> RetrieveSongFromFileSystem(Song details)
         {
-            byte[] uncompressedSong = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(details.SongPath);
+            byte[] uncompressedSong = await System.IO.File.ReadAllBytesAsync(details.SongPath);
             
             return new SongData
             {
@@ -652,27 +405,6 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
             mgr.DeleteEmptyDirectories(oldSong);
         }
 
-        private void Initialize()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                _connectionString = _config.GetConnectionString("IcarusDev");
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Console.WriteLine($"Error Occurred: {ex.Message}");
-            }
-            
-        }
-        private void InitializeConnection()
-        {
-            _conn = new MySqlConnection(_connectionString);
-        }
-        private void InitializeResults()
-        {
-            _results = new DataTable();
-        }
-
         private void SaveSongToDatabase(Song song, SongRepository songStore, AlbumRepository albumStore,
                 ArtistRepository artistStore)
         {
@@ -1199,48 +931,6 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
                 yearStore.DeleteYear(year);
         }
 
-        private async Task PopulateSongDetails()
-        {
-            foreach (DataRow row in _results.Rows)
-            {
-                Song song = new Song();
-                foreach (DataColumn col in _results.Columns)
-                {
-                    string colStr = col.ToString().ToUpper();
-                    switch (colStr)
-                    {
-                        case "ID":
-                            song.Id = Int32.Parse(row[col].ToString());
-                            break;
-                        case "TITLE":
-                            song.Title = row[col].ToString();
-                            break;
-                        case "ALBUM":
-                            song.AlbumTitle = row[col].ToString();
-                            break;
-                        case "ARTIST":
-                            song.Artist = row[col].ToString();
-                            break;
-                        case "YEAR":
-                            song.Year = Int32.Parse(row[col].ToString());
-                            break;
-                        case "GENRE":
-                            song.Genre = row[col].ToString();
-                            break;
-                        case "DURATION":
-                            song.Duration = Int32.Parse(row[col].ToString());
-                            break;
-                        case "FILENAME":
-                            song.Filename = row[col].ToString();
-                            break;
-                        case "SONGPATH":
-                            song.SongPath = row[col].ToString();
-                            break;
-                        }
-                    }
-                    _songs.Add(song);
-                }
-        }
         #endregion    
 
 
diff --git a/Controllers/Utilities/SongCompression.cs b/Controllers/Utilities/SongCompression.cs
index 0c7eb24..f86e356 100644
--- a/Controllers/Utilities/SongCompression.cs
+++ b/Controllers/Utilities/SongCompression.cs
@@ -13,18 +13,18 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Utilities
     public class SongCompression
     {
         #region Fields
-	string _compressedSongFilename;
-	string _tempDirectory;
+    string _compressedSongFilename;
+    string _tempDirectory;
         byte[] _uncompressedSong;
         #endregion
 
 
         #region Propterties
-	public string CompressedSongFilename
-	{
-	    get => _compressedSongFilename;
-	    set => _compressedSongFilename = value;
-	}
+    public string CompressedSongFilename
+    {
+        get => _compressedSongFilename;
+        set => _compressedSongFilename = value;
+    }
         #endregion
 
 
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Utilities
         public SongCompression()
         {
         }
-	public SongCompression(string tempDirectory)
-	{
-	    _tempDirectory = tempDirectory;
-	}
+    public SongCompression(string tempDirectory)
+    {
+        _tempDirectory = tempDirectory;
+    }
         public SongCompression(byte[] uncompressedSong)
         {
             _uncompressedSong = uncompressedSong;
@@ -44,60 +44,60 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Utilities
 
 
         #region Methods
-	public async Task<SongData> RetrieveCompressedSong(Song song)
-	{
-	    SongData songData = new SongData();
-	    try
-	    {
-	       var archivePath = RetrieveCompressesSongPath(song);
-	       Console.WriteLine($"Compressed song saved to: {archivePath}");
-	       
-	       songData.Data = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(archivePath);
-	    }
-	    catch(Exception ex)
-	    {
-	        var exMsg = ex.Message;
-		Console.WriteLine($"An error ocurred: \n{exMsg}");
-	    }
+    public async Task<SongData> RetrieveCompressedSong(Song song)
+    {
+        SongData songData = new SongData();
+        try
+        {
+           var archivePath = RetrieveCompressesSongPath(song);
+           Console.WriteLine($"Compressed song saved to: {archivePath}");
+           
+           songData.Data = await System.IO.File.ReadAllBytesAsync(archivePath);
+        }
+        catch(Exception ex)
+        {
+            var exMsg = ex.Message;
+        Console.WriteLine($"An error ocurred: \n{exMsg}");
+        }
 
-	    return songData;
-	}
+        return songData;
+    }
 
-	public string RetrieveCompressesSongPath(Song songDetails)
-	{
-	    string tmpZipFilePath = _tempDirectory + songDetails.Filename;
+    public string RetrieveCompressesSongPath(Song songDetails)
+    {
+        string tmpZipFilePath = _tempDirectory + songDetails.Filename;
 
-	    try
-	    {
-	        using (ZipFile zip = new ZipFile())
-		{
-		    zip.AddFile(songDetails.SongPath);
-		    zip.Save(tmpZipFilePath);
-		}
-		Console.WriteLine("Successfully compressed");
-		}
-	    catch (Exception ex)
-	    {
-	        var exMsg = ex.Message;
-		Console.WriteLine("An error ocurred");
-		Console.WriteLine(exMsg);
-	    }
+        try
+        {
+            using (ZipFile zip = new ZipFile())
+        {
+            zip.AddFile(songDetails.SongPath);
+            zip.Save(tmpZipFilePath);
+        }
+        Console.WriteLine("Successfully compressed");
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            var exMsg = ex.Message;
+        Console.WriteLine("An error ocurred");
+        Console.WriteLine(exMsg);
+        }
 
-	    if (songDetails.Filename.Contains(".mp3"))
-	    {
-	        _compressedSongFilename = StripMP3Extension(songDetails.Filename);
-	    }
+        if (songDetails.Filename.Contains(".mp3"))
+        {
+            _compressedSongFilename = StripMP3Extension(songDetails.Filename);
+        }
 
-	    return tmpZipFilePath;
-	}
+        return tmpZipFilePath;
+    }
 
-	// Method not being used
+    // Method not being used
         public byte[] CompressedSong(byte[] uncompressedSong)
         {
             byte[] compressedSong = null;
             try
             {
-		Console.WriteLine("Song has been successfully compressed");
+        Console.WriteLine("Song has been successfully compressed");
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
@@ -110,20 +110,20 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Utilities
         }
 
 
-	string StripMP3Extension(string filename)
-	{
-	    Console.WriteLine($"Before: {filename}");
-	    int filenameLength = filename.Length;
-	    Console.WriteLine($"Filename length {filenameLength}");
-	    var endIndex = filenameLength - 1;
-	    var startIndex = endIndex - 3;
-	    Console.WriteLine($"Starting index {startIndex} and ending index {endIndex}");
-	    var stripped = filename.Remove(startIndex, 4);
-	    stripped += ".zip";
-	    Console.WriteLine($"After {stripped}");
+    string StripMP3Extension(string filename)
+    {
+        Console.WriteLine($"Before: {filename}");
+        int filenameLength = filename.Length;
+        Console.WriteLine($"Filename length {filenameLength}");
+        var endIndex = filenameLength - 1;
+        var startIndex = endIndex - 3;
+        Console.WriteLine($"Starting index {startIndex} and ending index {endIndex}");
+        var stripped = filename.Remove(startIndex, 4);
+        stripped += ".zip";
+        Console.WriteLine($"After {stripped}");
 
-	    return stripped;
-	}
+        return stripped;
+    }
         #endregion
     }
 }
diff --git a/Controllers/v1/CoverArtController.cs b/Controllers/v1/CoverArtController.cs
index f469384..f43bd6f 100644
--- a/Controllers/v1/CoverArtController.cs
+++ b/Controllers/v1/CoverArtController.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.V1
 
 
         #region HTTP Routes
-        public async Task<IActionResult> Get()
+        public IActionResult Get()
         {
             var coverArtRepository = HttpContext
                 .RequestServices
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.V1
             if (coverArt != null)
             {
                 _logger.LogInformation("Found cover art record");
-                var coverArtBytes = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(
+                var coverArtBytes = await System.IO.File.ReadAllBytesAsync(
                         coverArt.ImagePath);
 
                 return File(coverArtBytes, "application/x-msdownload", 
diff --git a/Libs/src/directory_manager.cpp b/Libs/src/directory_manager.cpp
index 85fa4a0..ec8630a 100644
--- a/Libs/src/directory_manager.cpp
+++ b/Libs/src/directory_manager.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
 #include <string>
 
 #include "directory_manager.h"
@@ -36,24 +37,77 @@ std::string create_directory_process(Song song, const char *root_path)
     return alb_path.string() + "/";
 }
 
+std::string read_cover_art(const char *source)
+{
+    auto source_path = fs::path(source);
+    
+    std::fstream cov(source, std::ios::in | std::ios::binary);
+
+    if (!cov.is_open()) {
+        std::cout<<"file is not open"<<std::endl;
+    }
+
+    cov.seekg(0, cov.end);
+    int cov_len = cov.tellg();
+    cov.seekg(0, cov.beg);
+
+    char buff[cov_len];
+    cov.read(buff, cov_len);
+    cov.close();
+
+    return std::string{buff};
+}
+void copy_stock_to_root(const char *target, const std::string buff)
+{
+    std::cout<<"starting process"<<std::endl;
+    auto target_path = fs::path(target);
+    if (fs::exists(target_path)) {
+        std::cout<<target_path.string()<<" exists"<<std::endl;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    std::cout<<target_path.string()<<" does not exist, copying over"<<std::endl;
+    std::fstream cov(target, std::ios::out | std::ios::binary);
+    cov.write(buff.c_str(), buff.size());
+    cov.close();
+
+    std::cout<<"copy finished"<<std::endl;
+}
+void delete_cover_art_file(const std::string cov_path)
+{
+    auto cov = fs::path(cov_path);
+    fs::remove(cov);
+}
+
 extern "C"
 {
 
 void create_directory(Song, const char*, char*);
+void copy_stock_cover_art(const char*, const char*);
 void print_song_details(const Song);
 
 void create_directory(Song song, const char *root_path, char *dir)
 {
-    std::cout<<"c++ creating directory"<<std::endl;
-
-    std::string tmp = create_directory_process(song, root_path);
-    std::cout<<"tmp size "<<tmp.size()<<std::endl;
-    //dir = (char*)tmp.c_str();
-    std::cout<<"done"<<std::endl;
+    const auto tmp = create_directory_process(song, root_path);
     size_t tmp_sz = tmp.size();
     tmp.copy(dir, tmp_sz, 0);
-    //std::copy(tmp.begin(), tmp.end()-1, dir);
-    std::cout<<"still c++ "<<dir<<"\n\n";
+}
+void copy_stock_cover_art(const char *target, const char *source)
+{
+    const auto buff = read_cover_art(source);
+    copy_stock_to_root(target, buff);
+}
+void delete_cover_art(const char *cover_path, const char *stock_path)
+{
+    std::cout<<"starting process to delete cover art"<<std::endl;
+    const auto cov_path = std::string{cover_path};
+    const auto s_path = std::string{stock_path};
+    if (cov_path.compare(s_path) != 0) {
+        std::cout<<"cover art is not the stock path"<<std::endl;
+        delete_cover_art_file(cov_path);
+    } else {
+        std::cout<<"cover art is the stock path and will not be deleted"<<std::endl;
+    }
 }
 void print_song_details(const Song song)
 {