diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 81214c3..446a55b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 *.elf
 *.pasticciotto
 .vscode/
+out/
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diff --git a/polictf/create_files.sh b/polictf/create_files.sh
index aa6d688..9ea4aba 100755
--- a/polictf/create_files.sh
+++ b/polictf/create_files.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+OUT_DIRECTORY="out"
+
+if [ ! -d "$OUT_DIRECTORY" ]; then
+    mkdir $OUT_DIRECTORY
+fi
+
 # tea algos
-gcc ./tea_cversion/tea-decrypt.c -o ./decrypt.elf
-gcc ./tea_cversion/tea-encrypt.c -o ./encrypt.elf
+gcc ./tea_cversion/tea-decrypt.c -o ./$OUT_DIRECTORY/decrypt.elf
+gcc ./tea_cversion/tea-encrypt.c -o ./$OUT_DIRECTORY/encrypt.elf
 
 # client / server
-g++ ./server/pasticciotto_server.cpp ../vm/vm.cpp ../vm/vmas.cpp -o ./server.elf
-g++ ./client/pasticciotto_client.cpp ../vm/vm.cpp ../vm/vmas.cpp -o ./client.elf
+g++ ./server/pasticciotto_server.cpp ../vm/vm.cpp ../vm/vmas.cpp -o ./$OUT_DIRECTORY/server.elf
+g++ ./client/pasticciotto_client.cpp ../vm/vm.cpp ../vm/vmas.cpp -o ./$OUT_DIRECTORY/client.elf
 
 # debug versions
-g++ ./server/pasticciotto_server.cpp ../vm/vm.cpp ../vm/vmas.cpp -DDBG -o ./server-debug.elf
-g++ ./client/pasticciotto_client.cpp ../vm/vm.cpp ../vm/vmas.cpp -DDBG -o ./client-debug.elf
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+g++ ./server/pasticciotto_server.cpp ../vm/vm.cpp ../vm/vmas.cpp -DDBG -o ./$OUT_DIRECTORY/server-debug.elf
+g++ ./client/pasticciotto_client.cpp ../vm/vm.cpp ../vm/vmas.cpp -DDBG -o ./$OUT_DIRECTORY/client-debug.elf
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