diff --git a/fsprovider-sample/src/extension.ts b/fsprovider-sample/src/extension.ts
index 142fefd0..b59b2c1c 100644
--- a/fsprovider-sample/src/extension.ts
+++ b/fsprovider-sample/src/extension.ts
@@ -13,17 +13,17 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
         if (!initialzied) {
             initialzied = true;
 
-            memFs.create(vscode.Uri.parse(`memfs:/empty.txt`), { type: vscode.FileType2.File });
-            memFs.create(vscode.Uri.parse(`memfs:/folder/`), { type: vscode.FileType2.Directory });
-            memFs.create(vscode.Uri.parse(`memfs:/xyz/`), { type: vscode.FileType2.Directory });
-            memFs.create(vscode.Uri.parse(`memfs:/xyz/abc`), { type: vscode.FileType2.Directory });
-            memFs.create(vscode.Uri.parse(`memfs:/xyz/def`), { type: vscode.FileType2.Directory });
-            memFs.create(vscode.Uri.parse(`memfs:/folder/empty.foo`), { type: vscode.FileType2.File });
+            memFs.createDirectory(vscode.Uri.parse(`memfs:/folder/`));
+            memFs.createDirectory(vscode.Uri.parse(`memfs:/xyz/`));
+            memFs.createDirectory(vscode.Uri.parse(`memfs:/xyz/abc`));
+            memFs.createDirectory(vscode.Uri.parse(`memfs:/xyz/def`));
 
+            memFs.writeFile(vscode.Uri.parse(`memfs:/empty.txt`), new Uint8Array(0));
             memFs.writeFile(vscode.Uri.parse(`memfs:/file.txt`), Buffer.from('foo'));
-            memFs.writeFile(vscode.Uri.parse(`memfs:/folder/file.ts`), Buffer.from('let a:number = true; console.log(a);'));
             memFs.writeFile(vscode.Uri.parse(`memfs:/file.css`), Buffer.from('* { color: green; }'));
-            memFs.writeFile(vscode.Uri.parse(`memfs:/large-rnd.foo`), randomData(10000));
+            memFs.writeFile(vscode.Uri.parse(`memfs:/large-rnd.foo`), randomData(50000));
+            memFs.writeFile(vscode.Uri.parse(`memfs:/folder/empty.foo`), new Uint8Array(0));
+            memFs.writeFile(vscode.Uri.parse(`memfs:/folder/file.ts`), Buffer.from('let a:number = true; console.log(a);'));
             memFs.writeFile(vscode.Uri.parse(`memfs:/xyz/def/foo.md`), Buffer.from('*MemFS*'));
             memFs.writeFile(vscode.Uri.parse(`memfs:/xyz/def/foo.bin`), Buffer.from([0, 0, 0, 1, 7, 0, 0, 1, 1]));
         }
diff --git a/fsprovider-sample/src/fileSystemProvider.ts b/fsprovider-sample/src/fileSystemProvider.ts
index 5dd67e07..6d898198 100644
--- a/fsprovider-sample/src/fileSystemProvider.ts
+++ b/fsprovider-sample/src/fileSystemProvider.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type Entry = File | Directory;
 
 export class MemFS implements vscode.FileSystemProvider2 {
 
-    _version: 5 = 5;
+    _version: 6 = 6;
 
     private _root = new Directory('');
     private _data = new WeakMap<Entry, Uint8Array>();
@@ -118,16 +118,12 @@ export class MemFS implements vscode.FileSystemProvider2 {
         this._fireSoon({ type: vscode.FileChangeType2.Changed, uri: dirname }, { uri, type: vscode.FileChangeType2.Deleted });
     }
 
-    create(uri: vscode.Uri, options: { type: vscode.FileType2; }): vscode.FileStat2 {
-        let dirname = uri.with({ path: path.posix.dirname(uri.path) });
+    createDirectory(uri: vscode.Uri): vscode.FileStat2 {
         let basename = path.posix.basename(uri.path);
+        let dirname = uri.with({ path: path.posix.dirname(uri.path) });
         let parent = this._lookupDir(dirname);
-        let entry: Entry;
-        if (options.type === vscode.FileType2.Directory) {
-            entry = new Directory(basename);
-        } else {
-            entry = new File(basename);
-        }
+
+        let entry = new Directory(basename);
         parent.entries.set(entry.name, entry);
         parent.mtime = Date.now();
         parent.size += 1;
diff --git a/fsprovider-sample/src/vscode.proposed.d.ts b/fsprovider-sample/src/vscode.proposed.d.ts
index b28b3f0c..de30c6aa 100644
--- a/fsprovider-sample/src/vscode.proposed.d.ts
+++ b/fsprovider-sample/src/vscode.proposed.d.ts
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ declare module 'vscode' {
 	// todo@joh add open/close calls?
 	export interface FileSystemProvider2 {
 
-		_version: 5;
+		_version: 6;
 
 		/**
 		 * An event to signal that a resource has been created, changed, or deleted.
@@ -293,8 +293,13 @@ declare module 'vscode' {
 		// ? useTrash, expose trash
 		delete(uri: Uri, token: CancellationToken): void | Thenable<void>;
 
-		// todo@remote
-		create(uri: Uri, options: { type: FileType2 }, token: CancellationToken): FileStat2 | Thenable<FileStat2>;
+		/**
+		 * Create a new directory. *Note* that new files are created via `write`-calls.
+		 * 
+		 * @param uri 
+		 * @param token 
+		 */
+		createDirectory(uri: Uri, token: CancellationToken): FileStat2 | Thenable<FileStat2>;
 	}
 
 	export namespace workspace {