diff --git a/nethack-launcher/create_initial_files.go b/nethack-launcher/create_initial_files.go
index c352d1e..1d9a41b 100644
--- a/nethack-launcher/create_initial_files.go
+++ b/nethack-launcher/create_initial_files.go
@@ -11,18 +11,12 @@ func createInitialFiles() {
 	if _, err := os.Stat(config.NethackLauncher.HackDir); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		os.Mkdir(config.NethackLauncher.HackDir, os.ModeDir)
 	}
-	if _, err := os.Stat(fmt.Sprintf("%s/dumps/", config.NethackLauncher.HackDir)); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		os.Mkdir(fmt.Sprintf("%s/dumps/", config.NethackLauncher.HackDir), os.ModeDir)
-	}
-	if _, err := os.Stat(fmt.Sprintf("%s/save/", config.NethackLauncher.HackDir)); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		os.Mkdir(fmt.Sprintf("%s/save/", config.NethackLauncher.HackDir), os.ModeDir)
-	}
-
-	// create necessary files if they dont exist
-	os.OpenFile(fmt.Sprintf("%s/logfile", config.NethackLauncher.HackDir), os.O_RDONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0666)
-	os.OpenFile(fmt.Sprintf("%s/perm", config.NethackLauncher.HackDir), os.O_RDONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0666)
-	os.OpenFile(fmt.Sprintf("%s/record", config.NethackLauncher.HackDir), os.O_RDONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0666)
-	os.OpenFile(fmt.Sprintf("%s/xlogfile", config.NethackLauncher.HackDir), os.O_RDONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0666)
+	//if _, err := os.Stat(fmt.Sprintf("%s/dumps/", config.NethackLauncher.HackDir)); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	//	os.Mkdir(fmt.Sprintf("%s/dumps/", config.NethackLauncher.HackDir), os.ModeDir)
+	//}
+	//if _, err := os.Stat(fmt.Sprintf("%s/save/", config.NethackLauncher.HackDir)); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	//	os.Mkdir(fmt.Sprintf("%s/save/", config.NethackLauncher.HackDir), os.ModeDir)
+	//}
 
 	// move in nhdat file if it does not exist
 	if _, err := os.Stat(fmt.Sprintf("%s/nhdat", config.NethackLauncher.HackDir)); os.IsNotExist(err) {
diff --git a/nethack-launcher/create_user_files.go b/nethack-launcher/create_user_files.go
index c50c02d..c0920b6 100644
--- a/nethack-launcher/create_user_files.go
+++ b/nethack-launcher/create_user_files.go
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ func createUserFiles(username string) {
 	os.OpenFile(fmt.Sprintf("%s/xlogfile", userpath), os.O_RDONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0666)
 
 	// move in nhdat file if it does not exist
-	exec.Command("cp", config.NethackLauncher.NhdatLocation, userpath).Run()
+	exec.Command("cp", fmt.Sprintf("%s/nhdat", config.NethackLauncher.HackDir), userpath).Run()
 }