diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 23f15d4..e15de52 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ make
 > [!IMPORTANT]
 > To run the example, you absolutely need to provide the following environment variables:
 >
-> - `INPUT_FILE`: The absolute or relative path to the file you want to convert into a video
+> - `INPUT_PATH`: The absolute or relative path to the file or folder you want to encrypt or decrypt
+> - `OUTPUT_DIR`: The absolute or relative path to the directory where you want to save the output video (defaults to `./`)
 > - `MODE`: `0` for encryption and `1` for decryption (defaults to `0`)
 
 Execute the program:
@@ -104,10 +105,10 @@ docker pull jadit19/yt-storage
 Make sure you've got the file you want to encrypt / decrypt in the [files](./files) directory. To run the container, execute:
 
 ```bash
-docker run -v $(pwd)/files:/files -e INPUT_FILE="<file_name>" -e MODE="<0/1>" jadit19/yt-storage
+docker run -v $(pwd)/files:/files -e INPUT_PATH="<file_name>" -e OUTPUT_DIR="/files" -e MODE="<0/1>" jadit19/yt-storage
 ```
 
-Remember that the `INPUT_FILE` environment variable should be the base name of the file you want to encrypt / decrypt, and the `MODE` environment variable should be `0` for encryption and `1` for decryption.
+Remember that the `INPUT_PATH` environment variable should be the absolute or relative path to the file or folder you want to encrypt / decrypt, the `OUTPUT_DIR` environment variable should be the absolute or relative path to the directory where you want to save the output video, and the `MODE` environment variable should be `0` for encryption and `1` for decryption.
 
 If you are like me and prefer using docker compose, you can use the [encrypt.compose.yaml](./docker/encrypt.compose.yaml) and [decrypt.compose.yaml](./docker/decrypt.compose.yaml) files to run the encryption and decryption processes respectively after specifying the required environment variables:
 
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ For testing purposes, I've provided a sample file that you can decrypt post down
 
 ## Internal working
 
-Apart from the actual 0s and 1s, I need to store some (meta)data in the encrypted video file that can be used to decrypt it. For now, I am saving 3 things, namely, the name of the output file (post decryption), the total size of the original file (in bits) and the version of yt-storage used to encrypt the file (backwards compatibility is not guaranteed).
+Apart from the actual 0s and 1s, I need to store some (meta)data in the encrypted video file that can be used to decrypt it. For now, I am saving 3 things, namely, the name of the output file (post decryption), the total size of the original or final zipped file (in bits) and the version of yt-storage used to encrypt the file (backwards compatibility is not guaranteed).
 
 I am saving this metadata as a json string in the first few bits of the video. Now, to properly read this metadata, I need to know how many bits to read. This is where the `metadata_size` comes in. It is the number of bits required to store the metadata, and occupies the first 16 bits of the first frame of the video.
 
@@ -133,9 +134,7 @@ After doing, I uploaded an encrypted file to YouTube and then download it in the
 
 ## Future works
 
-For added security, the read stream can be encoded using the OpenSSL library and require a key to decrypt. Moreover, encrypting entire folders (as a zip file) could be a potential.
-
-Also, this thing could do with some optimization, which are two ways I can think of right now:
+For added security, the read stream can be encoded using the OpenSSL library and require a key to decrypt. Also, this thing could do with some optimization, which are two ways I can think of right now:
 
 1. Black and white pixels are not the only way to represent bits. I could use the RGB channels to represent 3 bits per pixel, which would reduce the size of the video by a third.
 
diff --git a/docker/decrypt.compose.yaml b/docker/decrypt.compose.yaml
index 180a971..225a043 100644
--- a/docker/decrypt.compose.yaml
+++ b/docker/decrypt.compose.yaml
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ../files:/files
     environment:
-      INPUT_FILE: 'output.mp4'
       MODE: '1'
+      INPUT_PATH: '/files/output.mp4'
+      OUTPUT_DIR: '/files'
diff --git a/docker/encrypt.compose.yaml b/docker/encrypt.compose.yaml
index bba9e57..ad97f52 100644
--- a/docker/encrypt.compose.yaml
+++ b/docker/encrypt.compose.yaml
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ../files:/files
     environment:
-      INPUT_FILE: 'important-video.mp4'
       MODE: '0'
+      INPUT_PATH: '/files/important-video.mp4'
+      OUTPUT_DIR: '/files'
+      OUTPUT_FILE: 'output.mp4'
       WIDTH: '1920'
       HEIGHT: '1080'
       FPS: '30'
-      OUTPUT_FILE: 'output.mp4'
diff --git a/example/main.cpp b/example/main.cpp
index 06fdf03..89c8194 100644
--- a/example/main.cpp
+++ b/example/main.cpp
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   yt::options options;
   int mode = std::stoi(brewtils::env::get("MODE", "0"));
-  options.inputFile = brewtils::env::get("INPUT_FILE");
-  if (options.inputFile.empty()) {
+  options.inputPath = brewtils::env::get("INPUT_PATH");
+  options.outputDir = brewtils::env::get("OUTPUT_DIR", "./");
+  if (options.inputPath.empty()) {
     logger::error("Input file not provided", "int main(int argc, char **argv)");
   }
 
diff --git a/include/yt-storage/encrypter.h b/include/yt-storage/encrypter.h
index 8386c10..5640355 100644
--- a/include/yt-storage/encrypter.h
+++ b/include/yt-storage/encrypter.h
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <zippuccino/zipper.h>
+
 #include <yt-storage/options.h>
 
 namespace yt {
@@ -12,11 +14,14 @@ class Encrypter {
 
   yt::options options;
 
-  std::vector<bool> getJsonData();
+  std::string getJsonData();
   void setMetadata();
-  void setFiledata();
+  void setFiledata(const std::string &filePath);
+  void setStringData(const std::string &data);
   void setData(bool data);
 
+  zippuccino::Zipper *zipper;
+
 public:
   Encrypter();
   ~Encrypter();
diff --git a/include/yt-storage/options.h b/include/yt-storage/options.h
index d53c5df..cd195c6 100644
--- a/include/yt-storage/options.h
+++ b/include/yt-storage/options.h
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ typedef struct {
   int width;
   int height;
   int fps;
-  std::string inputFile;
+  std::string inputPath;
   std::string outputFile;
+  std::string outputDir;
 } options;
 
 } // namespace yt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/decrypter.cpp b/src/decrypter.cpp
index bcf06e1..34f752c 100644
--- a/src/decrypter.cpp
+++ b/src/decrypter.cpp
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ void yt::Decrypter::decrypt(yt::options options) {
   this->options = options;
   this->options.width = -1;
   this->options.height = -1;
-  if (!brewtils::os::file::exists(this->options.inputFile)) {
-    logger::error("Input file " + this->options.inputFile + " does not exist",
+  if (!brewtils::os::file::exists(this->options.inputPath)) {
+    logger::error("Input file " + this->options.inputPath + " does not exist",
                   "void yt::Decrypter::decrypt(yt::options options)");
   }
 
-  this->cap.open(this->options.inputFile);
+  this->cap.open(this->options.inputPath);
   if (!this->cap.isOpened()) {
-    logger::error("Could not open file " + this->options.inputFile,
+    logger::error("Could not open file " + this->options.inputPath,
                   "void yt::Decrypter::decrypt(yt::options options)");
   }
 
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ void yt::Decrypter::readMetadata() {
                     "void yt::Decrypter::readMetadata()");
     }
 
-    this->options.outputFile =
-        "../files/" + static_cast<std::string>(data["name"]);
+    this->options.outputFile = static_cast<std::string>(data["name"]);
     this->fileSize = data["size"];
   } catch (const std::exception &e) {
     logger::error("Invalid metadata detected",
@@ -111,9 +110,11 @@ void yt::Decrypter::readMetadata() {
 }
 
 void yt::Decrypter::readFiledata() {
-  std::ofstream file(this->options.outputFile, std::ios::binary);
+  const std::string outputFile =
+      brewtils::os::joinPath(this->options.outputDir, this->options.outputFile);
+  std::ofstream file(outputFile, std::ios::binary);
   if (!file.is_open()) {
-    logger::error("Could not open file " + this->options.outputFile,
+    logger::error("Could not open file " + outputFile,
                   "void yt::Decrypter::readFiledata()");
   }
 
diff --git a/src/encrypter.cpp b/src/encrypter.cpp
index 964ba2d..4663283 100644
--- a/src/encrypter.cpp
+++ b/src/encrypter.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 yt::Encrypter::Encrypter() : col(0), row(0) { return; }
 
 yt::Encrypter::~Encrypter() {
+  if (this->zipper != nullptr) {
+    delete this->zipper;
+  }
   if (this->writer.isOpened()) {
     this->writer.release();
   }
@@ -11,22 +14,31 @@ yt::Encrypter::~Encrypter() {
 
 void yt::Encrypter::encrypt(yt::options options) {
   this->options = options;
-  if (!brewtils::os::file::exists(this->options.inputFile)) {
-    logger::error("Input file " + this->options.inputFile + " does not exist",
+  if (!brewtils::os::file::exists(this->options.inputPath) &&
+      !brewtils::os::dir::exists(this->options.inputPath)) {
+    logger::error("Input path " + this->options.inputPath + " does not exist",
                   "void yt::Encrypter::encrypt(yt::options options)");
   }
 
-  this->writer.open(this->options.outputFile,
-                    cv::VideoWriter::fourcc('m', 'p', '4', 'v'),
-                    this->options.fps,
-                    cv::Size(this->options.width, this->options.height), false);
+  this->writer.open(
+      brewtils::os::joinPath(this->options.outputDir, this->options.outputFile),
+      cv::VideoWriter::fourcc('m', 'p', '4', 'v'), this->options.fps,
+      cv::Size(this->options.width, this->options.height), false);
   if (!this->writer.isOpened()) {
     logger::error("Could not open video writer",
                   "void yt::Encrypter::encrypt(yt::options options)");
   }
 
   this->setMetadata();
-  this->setFiledata();
+  if (this->zipper == nullptr) {
+    this->setFiledata(this->options.inputPath);
+  } else {
+    while (!this->zipper->isFinished()) {
+      this->setStringData(this->zipper->getHeader());
+      this->setFiledata(this->zipper->getCurrentFile());
+    }
+    this->setStringData(this->zipper->getFooter());
+  }
 
   if (this->row != 0 || this->col != 0) {
     this->writer.write(this->frame);
@@ -35,44 +47,44 @@ void yt::Encrypter::encrypt(yt::options options) {
   return;
 }
 
-std::vector<bool> yt::Encrypter::getJsonData() {
+std::string yt::Encrypter::getJsonData() {
   std::vector<bool> response;
   json::object data;
-  data["name"] = brewtils::os::basePath(this->options.inputFile);
-  data["size"] =
-      (long long int)(brewtils::os::file::size(this->options.inputFile) * 8);
-  data["version"] = yt::version;
-  const std::string stringifiedJson = data.dumps();
-  int asciiValue, i;
-  for (char ch : stringifiedJson) {
-    asciiValue = static_cast<int>(ch);
-    for (i = 7; i >= 0; --i) {
-      response.push_back((asciiValue >> i) & 1);
-    }
+  if (brewtils::os::file::exists(this->options.inputPath)) {
+    data["name"] = brewtils::os::basePath(this->options.inputPath);
+    data["size"] =
+        (long long int)(brewtils::os::file::size(this->options.inputPath) * 8);
+  } else if (brewtils::os::dir::exists(this->options.inputPath)) {
+    this->zipper = new zippuccino::Zipper();
+    zipper->add(this->options.inputPath);
+    data["name"] = brewtils::os::basePath(this->options.inputPath) + ".zip";
+    data["size"] = (long long int)(this->zipper->getSize() * 8);
+  } else {
+    logger::error("Input path " + this->options.inputPath +
+                      " is neither a file nor a directory",
+                  "std::vector<bool> yt::Encrypter::getJsonData()");
   }
-  return response;
+  data["version"] = yt::version;
+  return data.dumps();
 }
 
 void yt::Encrypter::setMetadata() {
-  const std::vector<bool> jsonData = yt::Encrypter::getJsonData();
-  uint16_t jsonDataSize = jsonData.size();
+  const std::string jsonData = yt::Encrypter::getJsonData();
+  uint16_t jsonDataSize = jsonData.size() * 8;
 
   for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
     this->setData(jsonDataSize % 2 != 0);
     jsonDataSize /= 2;
   }
 
-  for (const bool &bit : jsonData) {
-    this->setData(bit);
-  }
-
+  this->setStringData(jsonData);
   return;
 }
 
-void yt::Encrypter::setFiledata() {
-  std::ifstream file(this->options.inputFile, std::ios::binary);
+void yt::Encrypter::setFiledata(const std::string &filePath) {
+  std::ifstream file(filePath, std::ios::binary);
   if (!file.is_open()) {
-    logger::error("Could not open file " + this->options.inputFile,
+    logger::error("Could not open file " + filePath,
                   "void yt::Encrypter::setFiledata()");
   }
 
@@ -87,6 +99,15 @@ void yt::Encrypter::setFiledata() {
   return;
 }
 
+void yt::Encrypter::setStringData(const std::string &data) {
+  for (char ch : data) {
+    for (int i = 7; i >= 0; --i) {
+      this->setData((ch >> i) & 1);
+    }
+  }
+  return;
+}
+
 void yt::Encrypter::setData(bool data) {
   for (int i = 0; i < yt::REDUNDANCY; i++) {
     if (this->row == 0 && this->col == 0) {