diff --git a/src/lib/lib.rs b/src/lib/lib.rs
index 10ba077..f8d44af 100644
--- a/src/lib/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib/lib.rs
@@ -43,20 +43,25 @@ use extractors::{
 #[test]
 fn test_extract_zip() {
     let input_path = Path::new("src/test_data/test.zip");
-    let output_directory = create_temp_dir();
+    let output_directory = create_permanent_dir();
 
     // Extract the zip file
     let result = extract_zip(input_path, &output_directory);
     assert!(result.is_ok());
 
     // Check checksums and assert equality
-    let checksum_01 = verify_checksum("src/test_data/checksum_01", "src/test_data/testfile_01").unwrap();
-    let checksum_02 = verify_checksum("src/test_data/checksum_02", "src/test_data/testfile_02").unwrap();
-    let checksum_03 = verify_checksum("src/test_data/checksum_03", "src/test_data/testfile_03").unwrap();
+    let checksum_01 = verify_checksum("test_dir/checksum_01", "test_dir/testfile_01").unwrap();
+    let checksum_02 = verify_checksum("test_dir/checksum_02", "test_dir/testfile_02").unwrap();
+    let checksum_03 = verify_checksum("test_dir/checksum_03", "test_dir/testfile_03").unwrap();
 
     assert_eq!(checksum_01, true);
     assert_eq!(checksum_02, true);
     assert_eq!(checksum_03, true);
+    
+    // Delete the test directory at the end of the test
+    if let Err(err) = fs::remove_dir_all(&output_directory) {
+        eprintln!("Failed to delete test directory: {:?}", err);
+    } 
 }
 
     #[test]
@@ -248,7 +253,17 @@ fn test_extract_zip() {
         fs::create_dir_all(&temp_dir).expect("Failed to create temp directory");
         temp_dir
     }
-    
+fn create_permanent_dir() -> PathBuf {
+    // Specify the absolute path for the permanent directory
+    let permanent_dir = Path::new("test_dir");
+
+    // Create the directory if it doesn't exist
+    if !permanent_dir.exists() {
+        fs::create_dir_all(&permanent_dir).expect("Failed to create permanent directory");
+    }
+
+    permanent_dir.to_path_buf()
+}    
     fn sha256_digest<R: Read>(mut reader: R) -> Result<Digest, std::io::Error> {
         let mut context = Context::new(&SHA256);
         let mut buffer = [0; 1024];
diff --git a/src/test_data/checksum_01 b/src/test_data/checksum_01
deleted file mode 100644
index 205be5f..0000000
--- a/src/test_data/checksum_01
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-c63a52591e30851e2dc94705902a592dea89c3134166df1c0a8979f90d9ea0a2  testfile_01
diff --git a/src/test_data/checksum_02 b/src/test_data/checksum_02
deleted file mode 100644
index 35d7fe9..0000000
--- a/src/test_data/checksum_02
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-dd5c253429a3a1a34e382ff0158555d4a573ace73c1a4fb60e5b215053d8b6ab  testfile_02
diff --git a/src/test_data/checksum_03 b/src/test_data/checksum_03
deleted file mode 100644
index de13d75..0000000
--- a/src/test_data/checksum_03
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1e103ac2fc72820330a578900880744481726c7752ead976e3a30963ee4b39bc  testfile_03
diff --git a/src/test_data/testfile_01 b/src/test_data/testfile_01
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diff --git a/src/test_data/testfile_02 b/src/test_data/testfile_02
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