diff --git a/gui_scripts/settings_preferences.py b/gui_scripts/settings_preferences.py
index 68c03be2..1214964a 100755
--- a/gui_scripts/settings_preferences.py
+++ b/gui_scripts/settings_preferences.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def set_xce_logfile(self, xce_object):
 
     def settings(self, xce_object):
         # set XCE version
-        xce_object.xce_version = 'v1.3.8.10'
+        xce_object.xce_version = 'v1.3.8.11'
 
         # general settings
         xce_object.allowed_unitcell_difference_percent = 12
diff --git a/lib/XChemLog.py b/lib/XChemLog.py
index 79043f1c..b6c636a6 100755
--- a/lib/XChemLog.py
+++ b/lib/XChemLog.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def create_logfile(self,version):
             '     #                                                                     #\n'
             '     # Version: %s                                       #\n' %pasteVersion+
             '     #                                                                     #\n'
-            '     # Date: 14/08/2019                                                    #\n'
+            '     # Date: 04/09/2019                                                    #\n'
             '     #                                                                     #\n'
             '     # Authors: Tobias Krojer, Structural Genomics Consortium, Oxford, UK  #\n'
             '     #          tobias.krojer@sgc.ox.ac.uk                                 #\n'
diff --git a/lib/XChemMain.py b/lib/XChemMain.py
index 114e5638..d6d9c3ee 100755
--- a/lib/XChemMain.py
+++ b/lib/XChemMain.py
@@ -536,7 +536,12 @@ def getVisitAndBeamline(visitDirectory):
         except IndexError:
             pass
     if not visitDirectory.startswith('/dls'):
-        visit = 'unknown'
+        # this is all a bit of a fudge in case someone transfers a DLS visit directory back home
+        # does most certainly not catch all possible scenarios
+        if visitDirectory.split('/')[len(visitDirectory.split('/')) - 2] == 'processed':
+            visit = visitDirectory.split('/')[len(visitDirectory.split('/')) - 3]
+        else:
+            visit = visitDirectory.split('/')[len(visitDirectory.split('/'))-1]
         beamline = 'unknown'
     return visit,beamline
 
diff --git a/lib/XChemThread.py b/lib/XChemThread.py
index 57da015a..ed1086e3 100755
--- a/lib/XChemThread.py
+++ b/lib/XChemThread.py
@@ -1991,6 +1991,7 @@ def __init__(self,
                     self.allSamples.append(e)
         else:
             self.allSamples = self.db.collected_xtals_during_visit_for_scoring(visit)
+        print 'here', self.allSamples
 #        self.allSamples = self.db.collected_xtals_during_visit_for_scoring(visit,rescore)
 
 
@@ -2178,6 +2179,7 @@ def __init__(self,
 #        self.target = target
         self.processedDir =  processedDir
         self.visit,self.beamline = XChemMain.getVisitAndBeamline(self.processedDir)
+        print 'visit'
         self.projectDir = projectDir
         self.Logfile = XChemLog.updateLog(xce_logfile)
         self.target = target
@@ -2285,9 +2287,18 @@ def makeJPGdir(self,xtal,run):
     def copyJPGs(self,xtal,run):
 #        for img in glob.glob(os.path.join(self.processedDir.replace('processed','jpegs'),xtal,run+'*t.png')):
 #        for img in glob.glob(os.path.join(self.processedDir.replace('processed', 'jpegs'), run + '*t.png')):
+        self.Logfile.insert('%s: trying to copy crystal snapshots...' %xtal)
+        found = False
         for img in glob.glob(os.path.join(self.processedDir.replace('processed', 'jpegs'), run + '*.0.png')):
+            found = True
             if not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(self.projectDir,xtal,'jpg', self.visit +'-'+ run,img[img.rfind('/')+1:])):
+                self.Logfile.insert('%s: copying %s' % (xtal, img))
                 os.system('/bin/cp %s %s' %(img,os.path.join(self.projectDir,xtal,'jpg', self.visit + '-' + run)))
+        if not found:
+            for img in glob.glob(os.path.join(self.processedDir.replace('processed', 'jpegs'), xtal, run + '*.0.png')):
+                if not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(self.projectDir, xtal, 'jpg', self.visit + '-' + run, img[img.rfind('/') + 1:])):
+                    self.Logfile.insert('%s: copying %s' % (xtal, img))
+                    os.system('/bin/cp %s %s' % (img, os.path.join(self.projectDir, xtal, 'jpg', self.visit + '-' + run)))
 
     def findJPGs(self,xtal,run):
         jpgDict={}
@@ -2371,7 +2382,8 @@ def parse_file_system(self):
 
         runList = []
         for collected_xtals in sorted(glob.glob(os.path.join(self.processedDir,'*'))):
-            self.visit = collected_xtals.split('/')[5]
+            # why is this here? self.visit is derived in init function through XChemMain.getVisitAndBeamline
+#            self.visit = collected_xtals.split('/')[5]
             if 'tmp' in collected_xtals or 'results' in collected_xtals or 'scre' in collected_xtals:
                 continue
             if not os.path.isdir(collected_xtals):