diff --git a/src/SharpIDE.Application/Features/FileWatching/IdeFileExternalChangeHandler.cs b/src/SharpIDE.Application/Features/FileWatching/IdeFileExternalChangeHandler.cs
index 894e91e..312ff5c 100644
--- a/src/SharpIDE.Application/Features/FileWatching/IdeFileExternalChangeHandler.cs
+++ b/src/SharpIDE.Application/Features/FileWatching/IdeFileExternalChangeHandler.cs
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ namespace SharpIDE.Application.Features.FileWatching;
 public class IdeFileExternalChangeHandler
 {
 	private readonly FileChangedService _fileChangedService;
+	private readonly SharpIdeSolutionModificationService _sharpIdeSolutionModificationService;
 	public SharpIdeSolutionModel SolutionModel { get; set; } = null!;
-	public IdeFileExternalChangeHandler(FileChangedService fileChangedService)
+	public IdeFileExternalChangeHandler(FileChangedService fileChangedService, SharpIdeSolutionModificationService sharpIdeSolutionModificationService)
 	{
 		_fileChangedService = fileChangedService;
+		_sharpIdeSolutionModificationService = sharpIdeSolutionModificationService;
 		GlobalEvents.Instance.FileSystemWatcherInternal.FileChanged.Subscribe(OnFileChanged);
 		GlobalEvents.Instance.FileSystemWatcherInternal.FileCreated.Subscribe(OnFileCreated);
 		GlobalEvents.Instance.FileSystemWatcherInternal.DirectoryCreated.Subscribe(OnFolderCreated);
@@ -32,10 +34,7 @@ public class IdeFileExternalChangeHandler
 			Console.WriteLine($"Error - Containing Folder of {folderPath} does not exist");
 			return;
 		}
-		// Passing [] to allFiles and allFolders, as we assume that a brand new folder has no subfolders or files yet
-		sharpIdeFolder = new SharpIdeFolder(new DirectoryInfo(folderPath), containingFolder, [], []);
-		containingFolder.Folders.Add(sharpIdeFolder);
-		SolutionModel.AllFolders.Add(sharpIdeFolder);
+		await _sharpIdeSolutionModificationService.CreateDirectory(containingFolder, folderPath);
 	}
 
 	private async Task OnFileCreated(string filePath)
diff --git a/src/SharpIDE.Application/Features/FileWatching/IdeFileOperationsService.cs b/src/SharpIDE.Application/Features/FileWatching/IdeFileOperationsService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f51a768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SharpIDE.Application/Features/FileWatching/IdeFileOperationsService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+using SharpIDE.Application.Features.SolutionDiscovery;
+
+namespace SharpIDE.Application.Features.FileWatching;
+
+public class IdeFileOperationsService(SharpIdeSolutionModificationService sharpIdeSolutionModificationService)
+{
+	private readonly SharpIdeSolutionModificationService _sharpIdeSolutionModificationService = sharpIdeSolutionModificationService;
+
+	public async Task CreateDirectory(SharpIdeFolder parentFolder, string directoryPath)
+	{
+		var newFolder = await _sharpIdeSolutionModificationService.CreateDirectory(parentFolder, directoryPath);
+		Directory.CreateDirectory(directoryPath);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/SharpIDE.Application/Features/FileWatching/SharpIdeSolutionModificationService.cs b/src/SharpIDE.Application/Features/FileWatching/SharpIdeSolutionModificationService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9989ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SharpIDE.Application/Features/FileWatching/SharpIdeSolutionModificationService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using SharpIDE.Application.Features.SolutionDiscovery;
+using SharpIDE.Application.Features.SolutionDiscovery.VsPersistence;
+
+namespace SharpIDE.Application.Features.FileWatching;
+
+public class SharpIdeSolutionModificationService
+{
+	public SharpIdeSolutionModel SolutionModel { get; set; } = null!;
+
+	public async Task<SharpIdeFolder> CreateDirectory(SharpIdeFolder parentFolder, string directoryPath)
+	{
+		// Passing [] to allFiles and allFolders, as we assume that a brand new folder has no subfolders or files yet
+		var sharpIdeFolder = new SharpIdeFolder(new DirectoryInfo(directoryPath), parentFolder, [], []);
+		parentFolder.Folders.Add(sharpIdeFolder);
+		SolutionModel.AllFolders.Add(sharpIdeFolder);
+		return sharpIdeFolder;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/SharpIDE.Godot/DiAutoload.cs b/src/SharpIDE.Godot/DiAutoload.cs
index 8bb9d19..cf918be 100644
--- a/src/SharpIDE.Godot/DiAutoload.cs
+++ b/src/SharpIDE.Godot/DiAutoload.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ public partial class DiAutoload : Node
         services.AddScoped<IdeFileWatcher>();
         services.AddScoped<IdeOpenTabsFileManager>();
         services.AddScoped<RoslynAnalysis>();
+        services.AddScoped<IdeFileOperationsService>();
+        services.AddScoped<SharpIdeSolutionModificationService>();
 
         _serviceProvider = services.BuildServiceProvider();
         GetTree().NodeAdded += OnNodeAdded;