diff --git a/lib/fast-forward-view.coffee b/lib/fast-forward-view.coffee
index 5507555..29d5388 100644
--- a/lib/fast-forward-view.coffee
+++ b/lib/fast-forward-view.coffee
@@ -20,12 +20,24 @@ class FastForwardView
     )
     @element.appendChild(@button)
 
+    # Create button element
+    @button2 = document.createElement('button')
+    @button2.textContent = "Clone Repo"
+    @button2.classList.add('btn-primary')
+    @button2.classList.add('btn')
+
+    # Event listening for button. Emits event to the FastForward module.
+    @button2.addEventListener('click', () =>
+      @emitter.emit('install-button-event')
+    )
+    @element.appendChild(@button2)
   # Returns an object that can be retrieved when package is activated
   serialize: ->
 
   # Tear down any state and detach
   destroy: ->
     @button.removeEventListener('click', 0)
+    @button2.removeEventListener('click', 0)
     @element.remove()
 
   getElement: ->
diff --git a/lib/fast-forward.coffee b/lib/fast-forward.coffee
index 557f287..1957f3e 100644
--- a/lib/fast-forward.coffee
+++ b/lib/fast-forward.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 FastForwardView = require './fast-forward-view'
 {CompositeDisposable, Emitter} = require 'atom'
+git = require 'simple-git'
+fs = require 'fs'
+cmd = require 'node-cmd'
+
+project_directory = process.env['USERPROFILE'] + "\\Documents\\MyCodingAndCommunityProjects"
+
+plugin_path = atom.project.getPaths()[0]
+
+#have these entered in the plugin
+REPO = 'https://github.com/rmccue/test-repository'
+name = 'first project'
+base_project_path = project_directory + "\\My_first_project"
+project_path = base_project_path
+
+count = 0
+
+
+handler = (err) ->
+  if err != null
+    console.log err
+
+fs.mkdir(project_directory, handler)
 
 module.exports = FastForward =
   fastForwardView: null
@@ -20,8 +42,10 @@ module.exports = FastForward =
 
     # Register command that toggles this view
     @subscriptions.add(atom.commands.add('atom-workspace', {'fast-forward:toggle': () => @toggle()}))
+    @subscriptions.add(atom.commands.add('atom-workspace', {'fast-forward:installdependencies': () =>  @installDependencies()}))
 
     @emitter.on 'toggle-button-event', => @toggle()
+    @emitter.on 'install-button-event', => @installDependencies()
 
   deactivate: ->
     @modalPanel.destroy()
@@ -38,3 +62,51 @@ module.exports = FastForward =
       @modalPanel.hide()
     else
       @modalPanel.show()
+
+  #brads button
+  installDependencies: ->
+
+    #clones the repo inside of the project path
+    clone = () ->
+      git().clone REPO, project_path, errorlog
+
+    #handler for just printing out errors for simplegit which just prints out the error
+    errorlog = (err, idk) ->
+      if err != null
+        console.log err
+
+    #handler for chekcing the status for the directory
+    projectStatHandler = (err, stat) ->
+
+      #if the directory exists then create the directory and then the callback function clones the repo
+      if err && err.code == "ENOENT"
+        fs.mkdir(project_path, clone)
+        console.log "made the Directory at #{ project_path }"
+
+      #otherwise add one to project path and then check the path again
+      else
+        console.log('Directory already exists.')
+        count = count + 1
+        project_path = base_project_path + "(" + count + ")"
+
+        projectCheck()
+
+    #calls fs.stat which checks the status of a directory
+    projectCheck = () ->
+      fs.stat project_path, projectStatHandler
+
+    #the button code to find the correct project directory and clone it from github
+    projectCheck()
+    count = 0
+
+    #handler to print out stuff from cmd
+    cmdHandler = (err, data, stderr) ->
+      console.log err
+      console.log data
+      console.log stderr
+
+    #install the dependencies from the newly cloned project
+    cmd.get(
+      '
+        dir
+      ', cmdHandler)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b8e9c24..2aee2cf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@
   "main": "./lib/fast-forward",
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "description": "A short description of your package",
-  "keywords": [
-  ],
+  "keywords": [],
   "repository": "https://github.com/atom/fast-forward",
   "license": "MIT",
   "engines": {
     "atom": ">=1.0.0 <2.0.0"
   },
-  "dependencies": {
-  }
+  "dependencies": {}
 }