diff --git a/src/services/blocks/__init__.py b/src/services/blocks/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/src/services/blocks/quizBlock/quizBlock.py b/src/services/blocks/quizBlock/quizBlock.py
index 1d5e43fa..966d04d0 100644
--- a/src/services/blocks/quizBlock/quizBlock.py
+++ b/src/services/blocks/quizBlock/quizBlock.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from typing import List, Literal
 from uuid import uuid4
 from fastapi import Request
 from pydantic import BaseModel
-from src.services.blocks.blocks import Block
+from src.services.blocks.schemas.blocks import Block
 from src.services.users.users import PublicUser
 
 
diff --git a/src/services/blocks/blocks.py b/src/services/blocks/schemas/blocks.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/services/blocks/blocks.py
rename to src/services/blocks/schemas/blocks.py
diff --git a/src/services/blocks/schemas/files.py b/src/services/blocks/schemas/files.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..397d2535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/blocks/schemas/files.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+
+class BlockFile(BaseModel):
+    file_id: str
+    file_format: str
+    file_name: str
+    file_size: int
+    file_type: str
+    lecture_id: str
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diff --git a/src/services/blocks/utils/upload_files.py b/src/services/blocks/utils/upload_files.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5ffb296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/blocks/utils/upload_files.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import os
+import uuid
+from fastapi import Request, UploadFile
+from src.services.blocks.schemas.files import BlockFile
+
+from src.services.users.schemas.users import PublicUser
+
+
+async def upload_file_and_return_file_object(request: Request, file: UploadFile, current_user: PublicUser, lecture_id: str, block_id: str):
+    # get file id
+    file_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+
+    # get file format
+    file_format = file.filename.split(".")[-1]
+
+    # get file size
+    file_size = len(await file.read())
+
+    # get file type
+    file_type = file.content_type
+
+    # get file name
+    file_name = file.filename
+
+    # create file object
+    uploadable_file = BlockFile(
+        file_id=file_id,
+        file_format=file_format,
+        file_name=file_name,
+        file_size=file_size,
+        file_type=file_type,
+        lecture_id=lecture_id
+    )
+
+    # create folder for lecture
+    if not os.path.exists(f"content/uploads/files/lectures/{lecture_id}/blocks/{block_id}"):
+        os.mkdir(f"content/uploads/files/lectures/{lecture_id}/blocks/{block_id}")
+
+    # upload file to server
+    with open(f"content/uploads/files/lectures/{lecture_id}/blocks/{block_id}/{file_id}.{file_format}", 'wb') as f:
+        f.write(await file.read())
+        f.close()
+    
+    # TODO: do some error handling here
+
+    return uploadable_file
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