diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 01d66723d..14d972ee3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 /uploads/*.tq8
 /uploads/*.TQ8
 /install/*
-/updates/*.xml
-/updates/*.html
+/updates/*
 /images/eqsl_card_images/*.jpg
 /updates/clublog_scp.txt
 /assets/qslcard/*
diff --git a/application/controllers/Lookup.php b/application/controllers/Lookup.php
index 98b85f48e..85ee7ce48 100644
--- a/application/controllers/Lookup.php
+++ b/application/controllers/Lookup.php
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ class Lookup extends CI_Controller {
 					$arCalls[] = str_replace('0', 'Ø', $value);
 				}
 			}
+		} else {
+			$src = 'assets/ressources/clublog_scp.txt';
+			if (copy($src, $file)) {
+				$this->scp();
+			} else {
+				log_message('error', 'Failed to copy source file ('.$src.') to new location. Check if this path has the right permission: '.$file);
+			}
 		}
 
 		sort($arCalls);
diff --git a/application/controllers/Qso.php b/application/controllers/Qso.php
index 9181001fe..66cec848f 100644
--- a/application/controllers/Qso.php
+++ b/application/controllers/Qso.php
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ class QSO extends CI_Controller {
             $query = isset($_GET['query']) ? $_GET['query'] : FALSE;
             $wwff = strtoupper($query);
 
-            $file = 'assets/json/wwff.txt';
+            $file = 'updates/wwff.txt';
 
             if (is_readable($file)) {
                 $lines = file($file, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);
@@ -470,6 +470,13 @@ class QSO extends CI_Controller {
                         $json[] = ["name"=>$value];
                     }
                 }
+            } else {
+                $src = 'assets/ressources/wwff.txt';
+                if (copy($src, $file)) {
+                    $this->get_wwff();
+                } else {
+                    log_message('error', 'Failed to copy source file ('.$src.') to new location. Check if this path has the right permission: '.$file);
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -484,7 +491,7 @@ class QSO extends CI_Controller {
             $query = isset($_GET['query']) ? $_GET['query'] : FALSE;
             $pota = strtoupper($query);
 
-            $file = 'assets/json/pota.txt';
+            $file = 'updates/pota.txt';
 
             if (is_readable($file)) {
                 $lines = file($file, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);
@@ -499,6 +506,13 @@ class QSO extends CI_Controller {
                         $json[] = ["name"=>$value];
                     }
                 }
+            } else {
+                $src = 'assets/ressources/pota.txt';
+                if (copy($src, $file)) {
+                    $this->get_pota();
+                } else {
+                    log_message('error', 'Failed to copy source file ('.$src.') to new location. Check if this path has the right permission: '.$file);
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -516,7 +530,7 @@ class QSO extends CI_Controller {
             $query = isset($_GET['query']) ? $_GET['query'] : FALSE;
             $dok = strtoupper($query);
 
-            $file = 'assets/json/dok.txt';
+            $file = 'updates/dok.txt';
 
             if (is_readable($file)) {
                 $lines = file($file, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);
@@ -531,6 +545,13 @@ class QSO extends CI_Controller {
                         $json[] = ["name"=>$value];
                     }
                 }
+            } else {
+                $src = 'assets/ressources/dok.txt';
+                if (copy($src, $file)) {
+                    $this->get_dok();
+                } else {
+                    log_message('error', 'Failed to copy source file ('.$src.') to new location. Check if this path has the right permission: '.$file);
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/application/libraries/Pota.php b/application/libraries/Pota.php
index 7e4048851..34e720509 100644
--- a/application/libraries/Pota.php
+++ b/application/libraries/Pota.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class Pota
 		$json = [];
 		$ref = strtoupper($query);
 
-		$file = 'assets/json/pota.txt';
+		$file = 'updates/pota.txt';
 
 		if (is_readable($file)) {
 			$lines = file($file, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ class Pota
 					$json[] = ["name" => $value];
 				}
 			}
+		} else {
+			$src = 'assets/ressources/pota.txt';
+			if (copy($src, $file)) {
+				$this->get($query);
+			} else {
+				log_message('error', 'Failed to copy source file ('.$src.') to new location. Check if this path has the right permission: '.$file);
+			}
 		}
 
 		return $json;
diff --git a/application/libraries/Sota.php b/application/libraries/Sota.php
index 61bdb858b..7d6304ff8 100644
--- a/application/libraries/Sota.php
+++ b/application/libraries/Sota.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class Sota
 		$json = [];
 		$ref = strtoupper($query);
 
-		$file = 'assets/json/sota.txt';
+		$file = 'updates/sota.txt';
 
 		if (is_readable($file)) {
 			$lines = file($file, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ class Sota
 					$json[] = ["name" => $value];
 				}
 			}
+		} else {
+			$src = 'assets/ressources/sota.txt';
+			if (copy($src, $file)) {
+				$this->get($query);
+			} else {
+				log_message('error', 'Failed to copy source file ('.$src.') to new location. Check if this path has the right permission: '.$file);
+			}
 		}
 
 		return $json;
diff --git a/application/libraries/Wwff.php b/application/libraries/Wwff.php
index f6d036eab..54ac60166 100644
--- a/application/libraries/Wwff.php
+++ b/application/libraries/Wwff.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class Wwff
 		$json = [];
 		$ref = strtoupper($query);
 
-		$file = 'assets/json/wwff.txt';
+		$file = 'updates/wwff.txt';
 
 		if (is_readable($file)) {
 			$lines = file($file, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ class Wwff
 					$json[] = ["name" => $value];
 				}
 			}
+		} else {
+			$src = 'assets/ressources/wwff.txt';
+			if (copy($src, $file)) {
+				$this->get($query);
+			} else {
+				log_message('error', 'Failed to copy source file ('.$src.') to new location. Check if this path has the right permission: '.$file);
+			}
 		}
 
 		return $json;
diff --git a/application/models/Update_model.php b/application/models/Update_model.php
index 6e54a3a19..83c02ecc6 100644
--- a/application/models/Update_model.php
+++ b/application/models/Update_model.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Update_model extends CI_Model {
         if ($contents === FALSE) {
             return  "Something went wrong with fetching the DOK file.";
         } else {
-            $file = './assets/json/dok.txt';
+            $file = './updates/dok.txt';
 
             if (file_put_contents($file, $contents) !== FALSE) {     // Save our content to the file.
                 $nCount = count(file($file));
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Update_model extends CI_Model {
 
         $csvfile = 'https://www.sotadata.org.uk/summitslist.csv';
 
-        $sotafile = './assets/json/sota.txt';
+        $sotafile = './updates/sota.txt';
 
         $csvhandle = fopen($csvfile, "r");
         if ($csvhandle === FALSE) {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class Update_model extends CI_Model {
 
         $csvfile = 'https://wwff.co/wwff-data/wwff_directory.csv';
 
-        $wwfffile = './assets/json/wwff.txt';
+        $wwfffile = './updates/wwff.txt';
 
         $ch = curl_init();
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $csvfile);
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class Update_model extends CI_Model {
 
         $csvfile = 'https://pota.app/all_parks.csv';
 
-        $potafile = './assets/json/pota.txt';
+        $potafile = './updates/pota.txt';
 
         $ch = curl_init();
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $csvfile);