diff --git a/local.rb b/local.rb
index 3c38f6c..8d11d3a 100644
--- a/local.rb
+++ b/local.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ require 'sanitize'
 auth_token = ENV['API_KEY']
 instance_url = ENV['INSTANCE_URL']
 bird_api_url = ENV['BIRD_API_URL']
-save_locally = ENV['SAVE_LOCALLY']
 path_to_data = ENV['PATH_TO_DATA']
 
 current_time = Time.now
@@ -37,6 +36,10 @@ month = current_time.month.to_s.rjust(2, '0')
 day = current_time.day.to_s.rjust(2, '0') 
 time = current_time.strftime("%H%M") 
 
+folder_path = "#{path_to_data}/#{year}/#{month}/#{day}"
+FileUtils.mkpath(folder_path)
+puts "Folder created at: #{folder_path}"
+
 conn = Faraday.new(url: bird_api_url) do |faraday|
   faraday.adapter Faraday.default_adapter
 end
@@ -49,10 +52,6 @@ user, url, thumb, license, desc, license_url, user_url = data.values_at('user',
 
 uri = URI.parse(url)
 filename = File.basename(uri.path)
-folder_path = "#{path_to_data}/json/#{year}/#{month}/#{day}/#{time}"
-
-FileUtils.mkpath(folder_path)
-puts "Folder created at: #{folder_path}"
 
 File.open("#{folder_path}/#{filename}.json", 'w') do |file|
   file.write(data.to_json)
@@ -63,10 +62,6 @@ desc_sanitised = Sanitize.clean(desc)
 status = "#{desc}\n\n**Attribution and license**: #{user} (#{license})\n**Source**: #{url}"
 puts "Status for post: #{status}"
 
-folder_path = "#{path_to_data}/imgs/#{year}/#{month}/#{day}/#{time}"
-FileUtils.mkpath(folder_path)
-puts "Folder created at: #{folder_path}"
-
 image = "#{folder_path}/#{filename}"
 
 URI.open(url) do |picture|