diff --git a/examples/create_dataset.py b/examples/create_dataset.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b198a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/create_dataset.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""
+Run this script to copy the template directory to a create a new dataset
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from hdxms_datasets import create_dataset
+
+
+author_name = "Krishnamurthy"
+human_readable_tag = "SecB"  # optional tag
+
+data_id = create_dataset(Path().resolve() / "datasets", "smit", "testing")
diff --git a/tests/test_hdxms_datasets.py b/tests/test_hdxms_datasets.py
index f8fc40f..3512a3d 100644
--- a/tests/test_hdxms_datasets.py
+++ b/tests/test_hdxms_datasets.py
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ def test_create_dataset(tmp_path):
 
     assert (dataset_pth / "readme.md").read_text() == f"# {data_id}"
 
+    assert (dataset_pth / "hdx_spec.yaml").exists()
+    assert (dataset_pth / "data" / "data_file.csv").exists()
+
 
 def test_metadata(dataset: HDXDataSet):
     test_metadata = yaml.safe_load((TEST_PTH / "datasets" / DATA_ID / "metadata.yaml").read_text())