diff --git a/auto_build.sh b/auto_build.sh
index 78f4f18..a24e08d 100755
--- a/auto_build.sh
+++ b/auto_build.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ BRANCH=${BRANCH="main"}
 HUGO_CMD=${HUGO_CMD="hugo"}
 WWWDIR=${WWWDIR="/var/www/www"}
 
-SPACEAPI_SCRIPT=${SPACEAPI_SCRIPT="python3" "$CLONE_DIR""/spaceapi.py" "$CLONE_DIR"}
-
 # bugs ahead
 
 # delete repo if it is already there
@@ -93,7 +91,7 @@ latest_remote_sha () {
 # do the build
 build_page() {
     # sync logo with spaceapi
-    "$SPACEAPI_SCRIPT"
+    "python3" "$CLONE_DIR""/spaceapi.py" "$CLONE_DIR"
 
     TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d -t hugo_build_XXXXX)
 
diff --git a/spaceapi.py b/spaceapi.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b5c5137..e9bba18
--- a/spaceapi.py
+++ b/spaceapi.py
@@ -9,20 +9,36 @@ import sys
 
 path: str = sys.argv[1]
 api: str = "https://api.dezentrale.cloud/spaceapi/v14"
-space_open: str = path + "/logo_open"
-space_closed: str = path + "/logo_closed"
-space_unknown: str = path + "/logo_unknown"
-space_logo: str = path + "/logo"
+space_open: str = path + "/assets/logo_open"
+space_closed: str = path + "/assets/logo_closed"
+space_unknown: str = path + "/assets/logo_unknown"
+space_logo: str = path + "/assets/logo"
 
 extensions: list[str] = [".png", ".svg"]
 
 # every extension needs to be linked
 def link(src: str, dest: str):
     for ext in extensions:
-        os.symlink(src + ext, dest + ext)
+        try:
+            os.symlink(src + ext, dest + ext)
+            print("linked " + dest + ext + " to " + src + ext)
+        except:
+            print("cannot link " + dest + ext + " to " + src + ext)
+
+def delete(file: str):
+    for ext in extensions:
+        try:
+            os.remove(file + ext)
+            print("deleted " + file + ext)
+        except:
+            try:
+                os.unlink(file + ext)
+                print("unlinked "+ file + ext)
+            except:
+                print(file + ext + " is already deleted and unlinked")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    os.remove(space_logo)
+    delete(space_logo)
     try:
         resp: requests.Response = requests.get(api)
         resp_dict: dict = resp.json()
@@ -35,6 +51,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             path = space_open
         else:
             path = space_closed
-        os.symlink(space_logo, path)
+        # the linking seems to be the wrong way around, but it links correct
+        # the link is pointing from dest to src (https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html)
+        link(path, space_logo)
     except:
-        os.symlink(space_logo, space_unknown)
+        link(space_unknown, space_logo)