diff --git a/backend/common.js b/backend/common.js
index 99653ac..25f5ea7 100644
--- a/backend/common.js
+++ b/backend/common.js
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ module.exports.fetchOptions = {
 
 module.exports.domain = config.domain;
 module.exports.listURL = config.listURL;
-module.exports.additionalBookLocation = config.additionalBookLocation;
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+module.exports.additionalBookLocation = config.additionalBookLocation;
+module.exports.parentFolderUUID = config.parentFolderUUID;
diff --git a/backend/download.js b/backend/download.js
index d36e29d..ec0bc2a 100644
--- a/backend/download.js
+++ b/backend/download.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const { writeFileSync, copyFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, createWriteStream, constants } = require("fs");
 const { join: pathJoin, extname, basename } = require("path");
 const { v4 } = require("uuid");
-const { domain, fetchOptions, additionalBookLocation } = require("./common");
+const { domain, fetchOptions, additionalBookLocation, parentFolderUUID} = require("./common");
 const fetch = require("node-fetch");
 
 module.exports = function (args, socket) {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ module.exports = function (args, socket) {
                     "lastOpenedPage": 0,
                     "metadatamodified": false,
                     "modified": false,
-                    "parent": "",
+                    "parent": parentFolderUUID || "",
                     "pinned": false,
                     "synced": false,
                     "type": "DocumentType",
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ module.exports = function (args, socket) {
                     "visibleName": fileName
                 }));
 
+                // this is needed to get xochitl to handle these files in 2.6, the fileType should be epub for all ebooks, including pdfs
+                writeFileSync(xochitlFolder + uuid + ".content", JSON.stringify({ "fileType": "epub" }));
+
                 copyFileSync(tempFilePath, pathJoin(xochitlFolder, uuid + fileExt), constants.COPYFILE_FICLONE);
                 socket.write("COPIED XOCHITL\n");
             }
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index b4e4bce..4a861cd 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
     "domain": "https://b-ok.global",
     "cookie": "",
-    "additionalBookLocation": "/home/root/Books/",
+    "additionalBookLocation": null,
+    "parentFolderUUID": null,
     "defaultQuery": {
         "exactMatch": "0",
         "fromYear": "2020",