diff --git a/ebay_api.py b/ebay_api.py
index 3eb31bf..e019b41 100644
--- a/ebay_api.py
+++ b/ebay_api.py
@@ -323,22 +323,22 @@ class CurateData:
                     print('url list not found. download aborted')
                     return
 
-        breakpoint()
         temp_dict_pics = {k:target_dir+re.search(r'[^/]+(?=/\$_|.jpg)', k, re.IGNORECASE).group()+'.jpg' for k in temp_pics_source_list}
 
-        with open('dict_pics.txt', 'w') as f:
-            try:
+        breakpoint()
+        try:
+            with open('dict_pics.txt') as f:
                 dict_pics = json.load(f)
-                dict_pics.update(temp_dict_pics)
-                json.dump(dict_pics, f) # TODO This completely overwrites the old file. Fix to exclude corruptions
-
-            except ValueError:
+                temp_dict_pics.update(dict_pics)
+            with open('dict_pics.txt', 'w') as f:
                 json.dump(temp_dict_pics, f)
-                dict_pics = temp_dict_pics
+
+        except (ValueError, FileNotFoundError):
+            json.dump(temp_dict_pics, f)
+            dict_pics = temp_dict_pics
 
         def dl_pic(pic,dict_pics):
 
-            breakpoint()
             if os.path.exists(dict_pics[pic]): # or call temp_dict_pics[pic] can work
                 pass
 
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ class CurateData:
                 with open(temp_dict_pics[pic], 'wb') as  f: # Or call dict_pics[pic] can work
                     shutil.copyfileobj(r.raw, f)
 
-        bargs = [(dict_pics, temp_dict_pics) for pic in temp_dict_pics]
+        bargs = [(dict_pics, pic) for pic in temp_pics_source_list] # TODO not sure this is correct list of tuples needed
         with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor() as executor:
             for future in executor.map(lambda p: dl_pic(*p), bargs):
                 future