diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-pdf.yml b/.github/workflows/generate-pdf.yml
index 0ff9ec8..52f8f4d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-pdf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-pdf.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ jobs:
           node-version: "20.5.0"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm install -g pnpm && pnpm install 
+        run: npm install -g pnpm && pnpm install
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: pnpm test
 
       - name: Generate PDF
         run: pnpm build 
diff --git a/index.test.ts b/index.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 57b6506..0000000
--- a/index.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import assert from 'node:assert';
-import { describe, it } from "node:test";
-
-export const markdownFilePath = "./resume.md";
-export const outputFilePath = "output/art_rosnovsky_software_engineer.pdf";
-
-describe("generatePdf", () => {
-  it("should throw an error if the markdown file does not exist", async () => {
-    assert(true)
-  });
-
-  it("should throw an error if the mdToPdf function fails", async () => {
-    assert(true)
-  });
-
-  it("should successfully convert the markdown to a pdf and write it to the output file", async () => {
-    assert(true)
-  });
-});
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 070881d..f3512e7 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,13 @@
-import fs from "node:fs";
-import path from "node:path";
-import { mdToPdf } from "md-to-pdf";
+import { generatePdf } from './utils/generatePdf';
 
-export const markdownFilePath = "./resume.md";
-export const outputFilePath = "output/art_rosnovsky_software_engineer.pdf";
-
-export async function generatePdf() {
-  if (!fs.existsSync(markdownFilePath)) {
-    console.error(`File ${markdownFilePath} does not exist.`);
-    throw new Error(`File ${markdownFilePath} does not exist.`);
-  }
+const INPUT_FILE_PATH = `${process.cwd()}/resume.md`;
+const OUTPUT_FILE_PATH = `${process.cwd()}/output/art_rosnovsky_software_engineer.pdf`;
 
+(async () => {
   try {
-    const pdf = await mdToPdf({ path: markdownFilePath });
-
-    if (pdf) {
-      fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, outputFilePath), pdf.content);
-      console.log(`PDF has been written to ${outputFilePath}`);
-    }
+    await generatePdf(INPUT_FILE_PATH, OUTPUT_FILE_PATH);
   } catch (error: any) {
     console.error(`Error occurred: ${error.message}`);
-    throw new Error(error.message);
+    process.exit(1);
   }
-}
-
-generatePdf();
+})
diff --git a/output/art_rosnovsky_software_engineer.pdf b/output/art_rosnovsky_software_engineer.pdf
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e93d1f..0000000
Binary files a/output/art_rosnovsky_software_engineer.pdf and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/utils/fsChecks.ts b/utils/fsChecks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f196f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/fsChecks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+
+export const checkFileExists = (filePath: string) => {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
+    console.error(`File ${filePath} does not exist.`);
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+export const checkFolderExists = (folderPath: string) => {
+  const folder = folderPath.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/');
+  if (!fs.existsSync(folder)) {
+    console.error(`Folder ${folder} does not exist.`);
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
diff --git a/utils/generatePdf.test.ts b/utils/generatePdf.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ff6174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/generatePdf.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert';
+import { after, afterEach, describe, test } from 'node:test';
+import { generatePdf } from "./generatePdf";
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+
+const mockMarkdownFilePathDoesntExist = `${process.cwd()}/resume_not_found.md`;
+const mockMarkdownFilePathExists = `${process.cwd()}/resume.md`;
+const outputFilePath = `${process.cwd()}/outputings/some_random_file.pdf`;
+
+// set current working directory to the root of the project
+
+
+describe('generatePdf', () => {  
+  test('should throw an error when markdown file not found', async () => {
+    assert.rejects(generatePdf(mockMarkdownFilePathDoesntExist, outputFilePath), {
+      name: 'Error',
+      message: `File ${mockMarkdownFilePathDoesntExist} does not exist. How am I supposed to build you a resume, mate?`
+    });
+  })
+
+  test('should create an output folder if it doesn\'t exist', async () => {
+    const folder = outputFilePath.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/');
+    await generatePdf(mockMarkdownFilePathExists, outputFilePath)
+    assert.strictEqual(fs.existsSync(folder), true);
+
+    after(() => {
+      fs.rmSync(folder, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    });
+  })
+
+  test('should generate a pdf from markdown', async () => {
+    const folder = outputFilePath.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/');
+
+    await generatePdf(mockMarkdownFilePathExists, outputFilePath);
+
+    assert.strictEqual(fs.existsSync(outputFilePath), true);
+
+    after(() => {
+      fs.rmSync(folder, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    });
+  })
+})
diff --git a/utils/generatePdf.ts b/utils/generatePdf.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c6417b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/generatePdf.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import path from 'node:path';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import { checkFileExists, checkFolderExists } from './fsChecks';
+import { markdownToPdf } from './markdownToPdf';
+
+export async function generatePdf(inputFilePath: string, outputFilePath: string) {
+  if (!checkFileExists(inputFilePath)) {
+    throw new Error(`File ${inputFilePath} does not exist. How am I supposed to build you a resume, mate?`);
+  }
+
+  if (!checkFolderExists(outputFilePath)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(outputFilePath.split('/').slice(0, -1).join("/"), { recursive: true });
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const pdf = await markdownToPdf(inputFilePath);
+    if (pdf) {
+      fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, outputFilePath), pdf.content);
+      return;
+    }
+  } catch (error: any) {
+    console.error(`Error occurred: ${error.message}`);
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/utils/markdownToPdf.ts b/utils/markdownToPdf.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1618745
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/markdownToPdf.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import mdToPdf from 'md-to-pdf';
+
+export const markdownToPdf = async (inputFilePath: string) => {
+  try {
+    const pdf = await mdToPdf({ path: inputFilePath });
+    return pdf;
+  } catch (error: any) {
+      console.error(`Error occurred: ${error.message}`);
+      throw error;
+  }
+}