diff --git a/src/main/scala/net/kemitix/s3thorp/Sync.scala b/src/main/scala/net/kemitix/s3thorp/Sync.scala
index e0714e2..4d604c7 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/net/kemitix/s3thorp/Sync.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/net/kemitix/s3thorp/Sync.scala
@@ -1,12 +1,46 @@
 package net.kemitix.s3thorp
 
-import cats._
+import java.nio.file.{DirectoryStream, Files, Path, Paths}
+
+import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
+import fs2.Stream
 import cats.effect._
 import Main.putStrLn
 
 object Sync {
   def apply(c: Config): IO[Unit] = for {
     _ <- putStrLn(s"Bucket: ${c.bucket}, Prefix: ${c.prefix}, Source: ${c.source}")
+    _ <- {
+
+      // a stream of files in the source directory
+      val pathStream: Stream[IO, Path] = streamDirectoryPaths(Paths.get(c.source))
+
+
+      IO.unit
+    }
   } yield ()
 
+  private def streamDirectoryPaths(path: Path): Stream[IO, Path] = {
+
+    def acquire: Path => IO[DirectoryStream[Path]] =
+      p => IO(Files.newDirectoryStream(p))
+
+    def release: DirectoryStream[Path] => IO[Unit] =
+      ds => IO(ds.close())
+
+    def openDirectory: Path => Stream[IO, Path] =
+      p => Stream.bracket(acquire(p))(release).
+        map(ds => ds.iterator()).
+        map(ji => ji.asScala).
+        flatMap(it => Stream.fromIterator[IO, Path](it))
+
+    def recurseIntoSubDirectories: Path => Stream[IO, Path] =
+      p =>
+        if (p.toFile.isDirectory) streamDirectoryPaths(p)
+        else Stream(p)
+
+    Stream.eval(IO(path)).
+      flatMap(openDirectory).
+      flatMap(recurseIntoSubDirectories)
+  }
 }