diff --git a/src/main/java/Controller.java b/src/main/java/Controller.java
index 7797482..c87e978 100644
--- a/src/main/java/Controller.java
+++ b/src/main/java/Controller.java
@@ -27,16 +27,20 @@ public class Controller{
     @FXML private MenuItem fileTag;
     @FXML private MenuItem fileExit;
     @FXML private MenuItem editPreferences;
-    @FXML private TreeView<IronFile> dirTree;
+    @FXML private TreeView<String> dirTree;
     @FXML private ResourceBundle resources;
 
     @FXML private void initialize() {
-        createTree();
+        //createTree();
         // FolderViewManager.java calls are done here
+
+        FolderViewManager.view = dirTree;
+        File homeDir = new File(System.getProperty("user.home"));
+        FolderViewManager.setRootDirectory(homeDir);
     }
 
     // Create the directory Tree
-    private void createTree() {
+   /* private void createTree() {
         // Get the hard disk drives and 2 levels down
         IronFile[] roots = IronFile.listRoots();
         for (IronFile hdd : roots) {
@@ -54,8 +58,8 @@ private void createTree() {
             public TreeCell<File> call(TreeView<File> param) {
                 return new TreeFieldImpl();
             }
-        });*/
-    }
+        });
+    }*/
     /**
      * Set the child of a given parent TreeItem
      *
diff --git a/src/main/java/FolderViewManager.java b/src/main/java/FolderViewManager.java
index 0cfbd51..8099ca2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/FolderViewManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/FolderViewManager.java
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;
+import java.nio.file.*;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 
 /**
     This class handles manipulation of the Folder View. This includes
@@ -21,45 +20,32 @@
     @author kristopherguzman
     @author Brian Patino
  */
-public class FolderViewManager extends SimpleFileVisitor<Path>{
-//    public static TreeView<String> treeView;
-//    private static TreeItem<String> root;
-//    private static int NEST_COUNT = 0; //tracks number of nested calls when searching through files, TEMPORARY
+public class FolderViewManager {
 
-    @Override
-    public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
-//        System.out.printf("Visiting file %s\n", file);
-        return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
-    }
-    /**
-     * {@inheritDoc}
-     * This method must be overridden so that walking the tree can continue.
-     * */
-    @Override
-    public FileVisitResult visitFileFailed(Path file, IOException e) throws IOException {
-        System.err.printf("Visiting failed for %s\n", file);
-        return FileVisitResult.SKIP_SUBTREE;
-    }
-    @Override
-    public FileVisitResult preVisitDirectory(Path dir, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
-//        System.out.printf("About to visit directory %s\n", dir);
-        return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
-    }
+    public static TreeView<String> view;
+    private static TreeItem<String> root;
+    private static int NEST_COUNT = 0; //tracks number of nested calls when searching through files, TEMPORARY
+
+    private FolderViewManager() { }
+
+    public static void setRootDirectory(File file) {
 
-    /*public static void setRootDirectory(File file) {
         root = new TreeItem<String>(file.getName());
+        view.setRoot(root);
+
         createCellsFromRoot(file, root);
-        treeView.setRoot(root);
     }
 
+
     private static void createCellsFromRoot(File rootFile, TreeItem<String> rootNode) {
+
         NEST_COUNT++;
-        if(NEST_COUNT > 6000) { //fixed value, TEMPORARY, must come up with better way to optimize load time of files
+        if(NEST_COUNT > 6000) { //fixed value, TEMPORARY optimization
             return;
         }
 
         for(File f : rootFile.listFiles()) {
-            if(!f.getName().startsWith(".")) { //don't show files that start with dot (ex: .filename .pythonfile)
+            if(!f.getName().startsWith(".")) { //don't show system files that start with dot (ex: .filename .pythonfile)
                 TreeItem<String> fileNode = new TreeItem<String>(f.getName());
                 rootNode.getChildren().add(fileNode);
                 if (f.isDirectory()) {
@@ -68,4 +54,4 @@ private static void createCellsFromRoot(File rootFile, TreeItem<String> rootNode
             }
         }
     }
-*/}
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/IronFileVisitor.java b/src/main/java/IronFileVisitor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..065da7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/IronFileVisitor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package main.java;
+
+import javafx.scene.control.TreeItem;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
+import java.io.File;
+
+/**
+ * Created by kristopherguzman on 2/11/16.
+ */
+public class IronFileVisitor extends SimpleFileVisitor<Path> {
+
+    private TreeItem<String> currentDirectory;
+
+    @Override
+    public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
+
+        return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+    }
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     * This method must be overridden so that walking the tree can continue.
+     * */
+    @Override
+    public FileVisitResult visitFileFailed(Path file, IOException e) throws IOException {
+        System.err.printf("Visiting failed for %s\n", file);
+        return FileVisitResult.SKIP_SUBTREE;
+    }
+    @Override
+    public FileVisitResult preVisitDirectory(Path dir, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
+        System.out.printf("About to visit directory %s\n", dir);
+
+        currentDirectory = new TreeItem<String>(dir.getFileName().toString());
+        return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public FileVisitResult postVisitDirectory(Path dir, IOException e) throws IOException {
+        System.out.printf("About to visit directory %s\n", dir);
+
+
+        return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+    }
+
+}