--- a/requestdumpster/dumpster.py	Tue Jun 30 16:13:09 2015 -0700
+++ b/requestdumpster/dumpster.py	Tue Jun 30 16:15:34 2015 -0700
@@ -6,13 +6,18 @@
 
 # imports
 import optparse
+import os
 import sys
+import time
 import wsgiref
 
 class RequestDumpster(object):
 
-    def __init__(self):
-        """placeholder"""
+    def __init__(self, directory=None):
+        if directory is not None and not os.path.isdir(directory):
+            raise Exception("Not a directory")
+        self.directory = directory
+
 
     def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
         """WSGI"""