diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 994dc04..f24d737 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ checksum = "42ff0bf0c66b8238c6f3b578df37d0b7848e55df8577b3f74f92a69acceeb825"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ublue-rs"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f7d347d..16462bd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ublue-rs"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "A CLI tool built for creating Containerfile templates based on the Ublue Community Project"
 repository = "https://gitlab.com/wunker-bunker/ublue-cli"
diff --git a/src/bin/ublue.rs b/src/bin/ublue.rs
index fbd1e41..be2963d 100644
--- a/src/bin/ublue.rs
+++ b/src/bin/ublue.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
 use anyhow::Result;
 use clap::Parser;
-use ublue_rs::{setup_tera, CommandArgs, UblueArgs};
+use ublue_rs::{initialize_directory, setup_tera, CommandArgs, UblueArgs};
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let args = UblueArgs::parse();
@@ -19,6 +21,14 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
                 println!("{output_str}");
             }
         }
+        CommandArgs::Init { dir } => {
+            let base_dir = match dir {
+                Some(dir) => dir,
+                None => PathBuf::from("./"),
+            };
+
+            initialize_directory(base_dir);
+        }
         CommandArgs::Build { containerfile: _ } => {
             println!("Not yet implemented!");
             todo!();
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 2f6ca00..e693a18 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ pub enum CommandArgs {
         output: Option<PathBuf>,
     },
 
+    /// Initialize a new Ublue Starting Point repo
+    Init {
+        /// The directory to extract the files into. Defaults to the current directory
+        #[arg()]
+        dir: Option<PathBuf>,
+    },
+
     /// Build an image from a Containerfile
     Build {
         #[arg()]
@@ -107,3 +114,19 @@ pub fn setup_tera(recipe: String, containerfile: Option<PathBuf>) -> Result<(Ter
 
     Ok((tera, context))
 }
+
+pub fn initialize_directory(base_dir: PathBuf) {
+    let recipe_path = base_dir.join("recipe.yml");
+
+    let gitlab_ci_path = base_dir.join(".gitlab-ci.yml");
+
+    let readme_path = base_dir.join("README.md");
+
+    let license_path = base_dir.join("LICENSE");
+
+    let scripts_dir = base_dir.join("scripts/");
+
+    let pre_scripts_dir = scripts_dir.join("pre/");
+
+    let post_scripts_dir = scripts_dir.join("post/");
+}
diff --git a/templates/init/gitlab-ci.yml b/templates/init/gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..330a2dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/init/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+include:
+  - project: "wunker-bunker/ci-pipelines"
+    file: "/ublue-build.yml"
+
+.recipe-matrix:
+  parallel:
+    matrix:
+      # As you create more recipes to build, add them below
+      - RECIPE:
+          - recipe.yml