diff --git a/lib/functions.py b/lib/functions.py
index e69de29..e432c43 100644
--- a/lib/functions.py
+++ b/lib/functions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import os
+from os import makedirs
+import subprocess
+import logging
+from logging import Logger
+import locale
+import gi
+from gi.repository import Gtk
+gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
+
+basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
+sudousername = os.getlogin()
+logger = logging.getLogger("logger")
+ch = logging.StreamHandler()
+# source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3220284/how-to-customize-the-time-format-for-python-logging
+formatter = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s:%(levelname)s > %(message)s", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+ch.setFormatter(formatter)
+logger.addHandler(ch)
+locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "C.utf-8")
+locale_env = os.environ
+locale_env["LC_ALL"] = "C.utf-8"
+
+def permissions(dst):
+    try:
+        groups = subprocess.run(["sh", "-c", "id " + sudousername],shell=False,stdout=subprocess.PIPE,stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,env=locale_env)
+        for i in groups.stdout.decode().split(" "):
+            if "gid" in i:
+                g = i.split("(")[1]
+                group = g.replace(")", "".strip())
+        subprocess.call(["chown", "-R", sudousername + ":" + group, dst],shell=False,env=locale_env)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error("Found error in permissions() ! Type: %s" %e)
+