diff --git a/basic_functionality_test.go b/basic_functionality_test.go
index f2186cb..4e84796 100644
--- a/basic_functionality_test.go
+++ b/basic_functionality_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -9,18 +11,36 @@ import (
 	"git.nicholasnovak.io/nnovak/spatial-db/world"
 )
 
+func setupStorageDir() string {
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "spatial-db-persistence")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Temporary directory is at %s\n", dir)
+
+	storage.ChunkFileDirectory = dir
+
+	return dir
+}
+
 func BenchmarkInsertSomePoints(b *testing.B) {
 	var server storage.SimpleServer
 
+	stdDev := 65536
+
+	storage.ChunkFileDirectory = setupStorageDir()
+	defer os.RemoveAll(storage.ChunkFileDirectory)
+
 	points := make([]world.BlockPos, b.N)
 
 	r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
 
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 		points[i] = world.BlockPos{
-			X: int(r.NormFloat64()),
-			Y: uint(r.NormFloat64()),
-			Z: int(r.NormFloat64()),
+			X: int(r.NormFloat64() * float64(stdDev)),
+			Y: uint(r.NormFloat64() * float64(stdDev)),
+			Z: int(r.NormFloat64() * float64(stdDev)),
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -31,4 +51,6 @@ func BenchmarkInsertSomePoints(b *testing.B) {
 			b.Error(err)
 		}
 	}
+
+	fmt.Println(os.ReadDir(storage.ChunkFileDirectory))
 }
diff --git a/storage/file_operations.go b/storage/file_operations.go
index c7a191c..77d5108 100644
--- a/storage/file_operations.go
+++ b/storage/file_operations.go
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ import (
 	"git.nicholasnovak.io/nnovak/spatial-db/world"
 )
 
+var (
+	ChunkFileDirectory = "./persistence"
+)
+
 func ReadChunkFromFile(chunkFile *os.File) (world.ChunkData, error) {
 	var chunkData world.ChunkData
 
diff --git a/storage/simple_server.go b/storage/simple_server.go
index 79cb7c8..738b1fa 100644
--- a/storage/simple_server.go
+++ b/storage/simple_server.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 
 	"git.nicholasnovak.io/nnovak/spatial-db/world"
 )
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ type SimpleServer struct {
 // Filesystem operations
 
 func (s *SimpleServer) FetchChunk(pos world.ChunkPos) (world.ChunkData, error) {
-	chunkFileName := pos.ToFileName()
+	chunkFileName := filepath.Join(ChunkFileDirectory, pos.ToFileName())
 
 	var chunkData world.ChunkData
 
@@ -34,6 +35,10 @@ func (s *SimpleServer) FetchChunk(pos world.ChunkPos) (world.ChunkData, error) {
 			if err := json.NewEncoder(chunkFile).Encode(chunkData); err != nil {
 				return chunkData, err
 			}
+
+			if _, err := chunkFile.Seek(0, 0); err != nil {
+				return chunkData, err
+			}
 		} else {
 			return chunkData, err
 		}