diff --git a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 084c3c18..19eaf983 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     package="app.revanced.revanced_manager_flutter">
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <application
         android:label="revanced_manager_flutter"
         android:name="${applicationName}"
-        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">
+        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
+        android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true">
         <activity
             android:name=".MainActivity"
             android:exported="true"
diff --git a/lib/backend/api/manager_api.dart b/lib/backend/api/manager_api.dart
index 8b137891..a091ce50 100644
--- a/lib/backend/api/manager_api.dart
+++ b/lib/backend/api/manager_api.dart
@@ -1 +1,10 @@
+import 'dart:io';
+import 'package:permission_handler/permission_handler.dart';
+import 'package:path_provider/path_provider.dart' as p;
 
+// use path_provider to get the path of the storage directory
+
+void getPath() async {
+  final path = await p.getExternalStorageDirectory();
+  print(path);
+}
diff --git a/lib/ui/screens/home_screen.dart b/lib/ui/screens/home_screen.dart
index ec1377ad..2430715f 100644
--- a/lib/ui/screens/home_screen.dart
+++ b/lib/ui/screens/home_screen.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:google_fonts/google_fonts.dart';
+import 'package:revanced_manager_flutter/backend/api/manager_api.dart';
 import 'package:revanced_manager_flutter/ui/widgets/available_updates_card.dart';
 import 'package:revanced_manager_flutter/ui/widgets/installed_apps_card.dart';
 import 'package:revanced_manager_flutter/ui/widgets/latest_commit_card.dart';
@@ -23,7 +24,9 @@ class HomeScreen extends StatelessWidget {
                 Align(
                   alignment: Alignment.topRight,
                   child: IconButton(
-                    onPressed: () {},
+                    onPressed: () {
+                      getPath();
+                    },
                     icon: const Icon(
                       Icons.more_vert,
                     ),
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 133a2d47..ebcb86ae 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ packages:
     source: hosted
     version: "1.0.0"
   path_provider:
-    dependency: transitive
+    dependency: "direct main"
     description:
       name: path_provider
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
@@ -235,6 +235,41 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
     version: "2.1.0"
+  permission_handler:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: permission_handler
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "10.0.0"
+  permission_handler_android:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: permission_handler_android
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "10.0.0"
+  permission_handler_apple:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: permission_handler_apple
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "9.0.4"
+  permission_handler_platform_interface:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: permission_handler_platform_interface
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.7.0"
+  permission_handler_windows:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: permission_handler_windows
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.1.0"
   petitparser:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 5cee8b8b..7fc08275 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ dependencies:
   google_fonts: ^3.0.1
   http: ^0.13.4
   github: ^9.4.0
+  permission_handler: ^10.0.0
+  path_provider: ^2.0.11
 
 dev_dependencies:
   flutter_test:
diff --git a/windows/flutter/generated_plugin_registrant.cc b/windows/flutter/generated_plugin_registrant.cc
index 8b6d4680..48de52bf 100644
--- a/windows/flutter/generated_plugin_registrant.cc
+++ b/windows/flutter/generated_plugin_registrant.cc
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 #include "generated_plugin_registrant.h"
 
+#include <permission_handler_windows/permission_handler_windows_plugin.h>
 
 void RegisterPlugins(flutter::PluginRegistry* registry) {
+  PermissionHandlerWindowsPluginRegisterWithRegistrar(
+      registry->GetRegistrarForPlugin("PermissionHandlerWindowsPlugin"));
 }
diff --git a/windows/flutter/generated_plugins.cmake b/windows/flutter/generated_plugins.cmake
index b93c4c30..0e69e40f 100644
--- a/windows/flutter/generated_plugins.cmake
+++ b/windows/flutter/generated_plugins.cmake
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 list(APPEND FLUTTER_PLUGIN_LIST
+  permission_handler_windows
 )
 
 list(APPEND FLUTTER_FFI_PLUGIN_LIST