diff --git a/etl/src/etl/main.py b/etl/src/etl/main.py
index 0074267..282f405 100644
--- a/etl/src/etl/main.py
+++ b/etl/src/etl/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
-print("hello world ")
+import os
+from validator.retrohome import RetroHomeFileStructureValidator
 
+DATA_LOC = "/workspaces/survey-extraction/data/"
+
+def main():
+    RetroHomeFileStructureValidator(DATA_LOC)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+
+
+# Make a file checker to see if retrohomes as sumbitted the correct structure
 # Read file from local file path directory
 # proof of concept of some validator
 # proof of concept of something i do with a particular flie
diff --git a/etl/src/etl/validator/__init__.py b/etl/src/etl/validator/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/etl/src/etl/validator/retrohome.py b/etl/src/etl/validator/retrohome.py
index e814361..3918ed0 100644
--- a/etl/src/etl/validator/retrohome.py
+++ b/etl/src/etl/validator/retrohome.py
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
+import os
 
+class RetroHomeFileStructureValidator():
+    def __init__(self, source_loc_path):
+        self.source_path = source_loc_path
+        self.correct_names = []
+        self.incorrect_names = []
+        self.validate()
 
-class RetroHomeValidator():
-    def __init__(self, file_path):
-        pass
+    def validate(self):
+        print("nothing to validate")