diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 352f1cf0..1c3dbb03 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1455,6 +1455,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "url",
  "uuid",
+ "walkdir",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2184,6 +2185,15 @@ version = "1.0.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f98d2aa92eebf49b69786be48e4477826b256916e84a57ff2a4f21923b48eb4c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "same-file"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "93fc1dc3aaa9bfed95e02e6eadabb4baf7e3078b0bd1b4d7b6b0b68378900502"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "schannel"
 version = "0.1.23"
@@ -3253,6 +3263,16 @@ version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "walkdir"
+version = "2.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d71d857dc86794ca4c280d616f7da00d2dbfd8cd788846559a6813e6aa4b54ee"
+dependencies = [
+ "same-file",
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -3335,6 +3355,15 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-util"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f29e6f9198ba0d26b4c9f07dbe6f9ed633e1f3d5b8b414090084349e46a52596"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e674ce9c..87820175 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["trace"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
+walkdir = "2.4.0"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 built = "0.7"
diff --git a/src/utils/fs/folders.rs b/src/utils/fs/folders.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..728f1a20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/fs/folders.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,310 @@
+use concat_string::concat_string;
+use futures::stream::{self, StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use tokio::fs::*;
+use walkdir::WalkDir;
+
+fn get_deepest_folders<P: AsRef<Path>>(root: P, max_depth: u8) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    let mut folders = Vec::<PathBuf>::default();
+
+    let entries = WalkDir::new(&root)
+        .max_depth(max_depth.into())
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_entry(|entry| {
+            entry
+                .metadata()
+                .expect(&concat_string!(
+                    "can not read metadata of ",
+                    entry.path().to_string_lossy()
+                ))
+                .is_dir()
+        })
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
+        .expect(&concat_string!(
+            "can not traverse ",
+            root.as_ref().to_string_lossy()
+        ));
+
+    for i in 0..entries.len() {
+        if i == entries.len() - 1 || !entries[i + 1].path().starts_with(entries[i].path()) {
+            // if it is not a children of the `previous_entry`,
+            // it means that the `previous_entry` is a deepest folder,
+            // add it to the result and `previous_entry` back to its parent.
+            // The last one is always a deepest folder.
+            folders.push(entries[i].path().to_path_buf());
+        }
+    }
+
+    folders
+}
+
+pub async fn build_music_folders<P: AsRef<Path>>(
+    top_paths: &[P],
+    depth_levels: &[u8],
+) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    let canonicalized_top_paths = stream::iter(top_paths)
+        .then(|path| async move {
+            if !metadata(path).await?.is_dir() {
+                Err(std::io::Error::new(
+                    std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
+                    concat_string!(path.as_ref().to_string_lossy(), " is not a directory"),
+                ))
+            } else {
+                canonicalize(&path).await
+            }
+        })
+        .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .await
+        .expect("top path is not a directory or it can not be canonicalized");
+
+    for i in 0..canonicalized_top_paths.len() - 1 {
+        for j in i + 1..canonicalized_top_paths.len() {
+            if canonicalized_top_paths[i].starts_with(&canonicalized_top_paths[j])
+                || canonicalized_top_paths[j].starts_with(&canonicalized_top_paths[i])
+            {
+                std::panic::panic_any(concat_string!(
+                    &canonicalized_top_paths[i].to_string_lossy(),
+                    " and ",
+                    &canonicalized_top_paths[j].to_string_lossy(),
+                    " contain each other"
+                ))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if depth_levels.is_empty() {
+        return canonicalized_top_paths;
+    } else if depth_levels.len() != top_paths.len() {
+        std::panic::panic_any("depth levels and top paths must have the same length")
+    }
+
+    let depth_levels = depth_levels.to_owned();
+    tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
+        canonicalized_top_paths
+            .iter()
+            .zip(depth_levels.iter())
+            .flat_map(|(root, depth)| get_deepest_folders(root, *depth))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+    })
+    .await
+    .expect("can not get deepest folders from top paths")
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::utils::test::fs::TemporaryFs;
+
+    use futures::FutureExt;
+    use std::str::FromStr;
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_top_paths_non_existent() {
+        let result = build_music_folders(&[PathBuf::from_str("/non-existent").unwrap()], &[0])
+            .catch_unwind()
+            .await;
+
+        assert!(result
+            .as_ref()
+            .err()
+            .unwrap()
+            .downcast_ref::<String>()
+            .unwrap()
+            .contains("top path is not a directory or it can not be canonicalized"));
+
+        assert!(result
+            .as_ref()
+            .err()
+            .unwrap()
+            .downcast_ref::<String>()
+            .unwrap()
+            .contains("No such file or directory"));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_top_paths_is_file() {
+        let temp_fs = TemporaryFs::new();
+        let file = temp_fs.create_file("test.txt").await;
+
+        let result = build_music_folders(&[file.clone()], &[0])
+            .catch_unwind()
+            .await;
+
+        assert!(result
+            .err()
+            .unwrap()
+            .downcast_ref::<String>()
+            .unwrap()
+            .contains(&concat_string!(
+                &file.to_string_lossy(),
+                " is not a directory"
+            )));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_top_paths_nested() {
+        let temp_fs = TemporaryFs::new();
+        let parent = temp_fs.create_dir("test1/").await;
+        let child = temp_fs.create_dir("test1/test2/").await;
+
+        let result = build_music_folders(&[parent.clone(), child.clone()], &[0, 0])
+            .catch_unwind()
+            .await;
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            *result.err().unwrap().downcast_ref::<String>().unwrap(),
+            concat_string!(
+                &parent.canonicalize().unwrap().to_string_lossy(),
+                " and ",
+                &child.canonicalize().unwrap().to_string_lossy(),
+                " contain each other"
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_top_paths_depth_levels_empty() {
+        let temp_fs = TemporaryFs::new();
+        let dir_1 = temp_fs.create_dir("test1/").await;
+        let dir_2 = temp_fs.create_dir("test2/").await;
+
+        let mut input = vec![dir_1, dir_2];
+        let mut result = build_music_folders(&input, &[]).await;
+
+        input = stream::iter(input)
+            .then(canonicalize)
+            .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        result.sort();
+        assert_eq!(input, result);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_top_paths_depth_levels_neq_len() {
+        let temp_fs = TemporaryFs::new();
+        let dir_1 = temp_fs.create_dir("test1/").await;
+        let dir_2 = temp_fs.create_dir("test2/").await;
+
+        let result = build_music_folders(&[dir_1, dir_2], &[0, 0, 0])
+            .catch_unwind()
+            .await;
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            *result.err().unwrap().downcast_ref::<&str>().unwrap(),
+            "depth levels and top paths must have the same length"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_get_deepest_folder() {
+        let temp_fs = TemporaryFs::new();
+        temp_fs.create_dir("test1/test1.1/test1.1.1/").await;
+        temp_fs
+            .create_dir("test1/test1.1/test1.1.2/test1.1.2.1/test1.1.2.1.1/")
+            .await;
+        temp_fs.create_dir("test1/test1.2/").await;
+        temp_fs
+            .create_dir("test1/test1.3/test1.3.1/test1.3.1.1/")
+            .await;
+        temp_fs.create_dir("test2/").await;
+
+        let mut inputs = temp_fs.join_paths(&[
+            "test1/test1.1/test1.1.1/",
+            "test1/test1.1/test1.1.2/test1.1.2.1/test1.1.2.1.1/",
+            "test1/test1.2/",
+            "test1/test1.3/test1.3.1/test1.3.1.1/",
+            "test2/",
+        ]);
+        let mut results = get_deepest_folders(temp_fs.get_root_path(), u8::MAX);
+
+        inputs.sort();
+        results.sort();
+        assert_eq!(inputs, results);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_get_deepest_folder_max_depth() {
+        let temp_fs = TemporaryFs::new();
+        temp_fs.create_dir("test1/test1.1/test1.1.1/").await;
+        temp_fs
+            .create_dir("test1/test1.1/test1.1.2/test1.1.2.1/test1.1.2.1.1/")
+            .await;
+        temp_fs.create_dir("test1/test1.2/").await;
+        temp_fs
+            .create_dir("test1/test1.3/test1.3.1/test1.3.1.1/")
+            .await;
+        temp_fs.create_dir("test2/").await;
+
+        let mut inputs = temp_fs.join_paths(&[
+            "test1/test1.1/test1.1.1/",
+            "test1/test1.1/test1.1.2/",
+            "test1/test1.2/",
+            "test1/test1.3/test1.3.1/",
+            "test2/",
+        ]);
+        let mut results = get_deepest_folders(temp_fs.get_root_path(), 3);
+
+        inputs.sort();
+        results.sort();
+        assert_eq!(inputs, results);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_get_deepest_folder_file() {
+        let temp_fs = TemporaryFs::new();
+        temp_fs
+            .create_file("test1/test1.1/test1.1.1/test1.1.1.1.txt")
+            .await;
+        temp_fs
+            .create_dir("test1/test1.1/test1.1.2/test1.1.2.1/test1.1.2.1.1/")
+            .await;
+        temp_fs.create_dir("test1/test1.2/").await;
+        temp_fs
+            .create_dir("test1/test1.3/test1.3.1/test1.3.1.1/")
+            .await;
+        temp_fs.create_file("test2/test2.1.txt").await;
+
+        let mut inputs = temp_fs.join_paths(&[
+            "test1/test1.1/test1.1.1/",
+            "test1/test1.1/test1.1.2/",
+            "test1/test1.2/",
+            "test1/test1.3/test1.3.1/",
+            "test2/",
+        ]);
+        let mut results = get_deepest_folders(temp_fs.get_root_path(), 3);
+
+        inputs.sort();
+        results.sort();
+        assert_eq!(inputs, results);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_build_music_folders() {
+        let temp_fs = TemporaryFs::new();
+        temp_fs
+            .create_file("test1/test1.1/test1.1.1/test1.1.1.1.txt")
+            .await;
+        temp_fs
+            .create_dir("test1/test1.1/test1.1.2/test1.1.2.1/test1.1.2.1.1/")
+            .await;
+        temp_fs.create_dir("test1/test1.2/").await;
+        temp_fs
+            .create_dir("test1/test1.3/test1.3.1/test1.3.1.1/")
+            .await;
+        temp_fs.create_file("test2/test2.1.txt").await;
+
+        let mut inputs = temp_fs.canonicalize_paths(&temp_fs.join_paths(&[
+            "test1/test1.1/",
+            "test1/test1.2/",
+            "test1/test1.3/",
+            "test2/",
+        ]));
+        let mut results =
+            build_music_folders(&temp_fs.join_paths(&["test1/", "test2/"]), &[1, 2]).await;
+
+        inputs.sort();
+        results.sort();
+        assert_eq!(inputs, results);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/fs/mod.rs b/src/utils/fs/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e57c0bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/fs/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod folders;
diff --git a/src/utils/mod.rs b/src/utils/mod.rs
index 82e03f9a..b7c50376 100644
--- a/src/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+pub mod fs;
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub mod test;