diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/01-structure.sh b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/01-structure.sh
index dda92e81e..d51f26b78 100755
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/01-structure.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/01-structure.sh
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ bashio::log.info "Ensuring the file structure is correct :"
 
 # Define structure
 echo "... creating default files"
-touch /config/apprise.txt
-touch /config/include_species_list.txt
-touch /config/exclude_species_list.txt
-if [ ! -f /config/IdentifiedSoFar.txt ]; then echo "" > /config/IdentifiedSoFar.txt; fi
-if [ ! -f /config/disk_check_exclude.txt ]; then echo "" > /config/disk_check_exclude.txt; fi # Using touch caused an issue with stats.php
-if [ ! -f /config/confirmed_species_list.txt ]; then echo "" > /config/confirmed_species_list.txt; fi # Using touch caused an issue with stats.php
+touch /config/include_species_list.txt # Should be null
+for files in apprise.txt exclude_species_list.txt IdentifiedSoFar.txt disk_check_exclude.txt confirmed_species_list.txt blacklisted_images.txt; do
+    if [ ! -f /config/"$files" ]; then 
+        echo "" > /config/"$files"
+    fi
+done
 
 # Get BirdSongs folder locations
 BIRDSONGS_FOLDER="/config/BirdSongs"
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ cp "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet.conf "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet.bak
 
 # Symlink files
 echo "... creating symlink"
-for files in "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet.conf" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/birds.db" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/BirdDB.txt" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/disk_check_exclude.txt" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/exclude_species_list.txt" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/include_species_list.txt" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/IdentifiedSoFar.txt" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/confirmed_species_list.txt"; do
+for files in "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet.conf" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/blacklisted_images.txt" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/birds.db" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/BirdDB.txt" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/disk_check_exclude.txt" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/exclude_species_list.txt" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/include_species_list.txt" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/IdentifiedSoFar.txt" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/confirmed_species_list.txt"; do
     filename="${files##*/}"
     if [ ! -f /config/"$filename" ]; then
         if [ -f "$files" ]; then