diff --git a/website/curl.php b/website/curl.php
index 4c57c84..7d5d5b1 100644
--- a/website/curl.php
+++ b/website/curl.php
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ $scooters = array(
 
 
 
-
 // for each scooter in array get the json (TODO, for each, safe to file/database?) $scooters is a multidimensional array: $scooter[0][0] = the first data (api url) of the first scooter,  $scooter[1][0] = the first data (api url) of the second scooter,  $scooter[0][1] = the artist name of the first scooter etcetc.
 
 //$id = 0; //get the first scooter for now
@@ -71,11 +70,8 @@ global $scooters; //"import" the global variable into the function's scope
 }
     
 // THIS ONLY NEEDS TO RUN EVERY 1 or 2 minutes, possibly in the background, als this should construct historical json as per tom martins post here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7895335/append-data-to-a-json-file-with-php/7895384
-$arrayToEcho = saveLatestJSON();
-    $latestData = json_encode($arrayToEcho, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT); // force object accepts 0 as a key for the array and not NULL
-    
-   $file = './latestData.json';
-    file_put_contents($file, $latestData, LOCK_EX);
+
+
 
 
 //TODO make historical json file..
@@ -164,11 +160,6 @@ function makeMarker(int $id){ // generate appropriate markers based on latest JS
 
 // Custom functions
 
-function checkModified($file, $expiration){ //check if file is older than expiration time 
-
-}
-
-
 
 function callAPI($url){
         $curl = curl_init($url);
@@ -260,14 +251,34 @@ function callAPI($url){
 
         //for each scooter in $scooters array, request status and construct marker
         <?php 
-        $id = 0; //start id
+
+        $filename = "./latestData.json";
+
+        // check how old the latest json is
+        if (time()-filemtime($filename) > 60) {
+          $arrayToEcho = saveLatestJSON();
+            $latestData = json_encode($arrayToEcho, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT); // force object accepts 0 as a key for the array and not NULL
+            file_put_contents($filename, $latestData, LOCK_EX);
+
+
+            $id = 0; //start id
             foreach($scooters as $item) {
-               
-               // echo makeMarker($id);
                 echo makeMarker($id);
+                $id++;
+            }
 
+        } else { // file younger than 60 seconds
+            
+            $id = 0; //start id
+            foreach($scooters as $item) {
+                echo makeMarker($id);
                 $id++;
             }
+        }
+
+
+
+
         ?>
 
         // time slider