diff --git a/download_recordings b/download_recordings
index 6689398..9296d7e 100644
--- a/download_recordings
+++ b/download_recordings
@@ -4,11 +4,17 @@
 PI_USER="hmi"
 PI_HOST="192.168.1.46"
 REMOTE_FOLDER="/home/hmi/Desktop/HMI/recordings"
-LOCAL_FOLDER="/recordings"
- 
-# Prompt for password silently
-read -s -p "Enter SSH password for $PI_USER@$PI_HOST: " PASSWORD
-echo ""
+LOCAL_FOLDER="/Users/Etienne/GitHub/NorthStar-HMI"
 
-# Run rsync with password
-sshpass -p "$PASSWORD" scp -r "$PI_USER@$PI_HOST:$REMOTE_FOLDER" "$LOCAL_FOLDER"
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+echo "Starting folder download from Raspberry Pi"
+
+# Run scp with sshpass
+scp -r "$PI_USER@$PI_HOST:$REMOTE_FOLDER" "$LOCAL_FOLDER"
+
+# Check if scp succeeded
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "✅ Download completed successfully."
+    echo "📁 Files copied to: $LOCAL_FOLDER"
+else
+    echo "❌ Download failed. Please check the connection or credentials."
+fi