diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 13f5908..185622d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 module git.freifunk-rhein-sieg.net/Freifunk-Troisdorf/ubnt-freifunk-map-api
 
 go 1.16
+
+require git.nils.zone/nils/prettify v0.0.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e69de29..8ec57a6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+git.nils.zone/nils/prettify v0.0.4 h1:y014Ejp0yhFAc9vu5U0nJRFxtXN6k6eWW6LiUkwn4NQ=
+git.nils.zone/nils/prettify v0.0.4/go.mod h1:q4ydEhSvXuywHe5U6uSEoEeS9f2Upz/n8z0MJylLz5c=
+github.com/TylerBrock/colorjson v0.0.0-20200706003622-8a50f05110d2 h1:ZBbLwSJqkHBuFDA6DUhhse0IGJ7T5bemHyNILUjvOq4=
+github.com/TylerBrock/colorjson v0.0.0-20200706003622-8a50f05110d2/go.mod h1:VSw57q4QFiWDbRnjdX8Cb3Ow0SFncRw+bA/ofY6Q83w=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.9.0 h1:8xPHl4/q1VyqGIPif1F+1V3Y3lSmrq01EabUW3CoW5s=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.9.0/go.mod h1:eQcE1qtQxscV5RaZvpXrrb8Drkc3/DdQ+uUYCNjL+zU=
+github.com/hokaccha/go-prettyjson v0.0.0-20190818114111-108c894c2c0e h1:0aewS5NTyxftZHSnFaJmWE5oCCrj4DyEXkAiMa1iZJM=
+github.com/hokaccha/go-prettyjson v0.0.0-20190818114111-108c894c2c0e/go.mod h1:pFlLw2CfqZiIBOx6BuCeRLCrfxBJipTY0nIOF/VbGcI=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.4 h1:snbPLB8fVfU9iwbbo30TPtbLRzwWu6aJS6Xh4eaaviA=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.4/go.mod h1:U0ppj6V5qS13XJ6of8GYAs25YV2eR4EVcfRqFIhoBtE=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.8/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hdxcsrc5s=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.11 h1:FxPOTFNqGkuDUGi3H/qkUbQO4ZiBa2brKq5r0l8TGeM=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.11/go.mod h1:PhnuNfih5lzO57/f3n+odYbM4JtupLOxQOAqxQCu2WE=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190222072716-a9d3bda3a223/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191026070338-33540a1f6037 h1:YyJpGZS1sBuBCzLAR1VEpK193GlqGZbnPFnPV/5Rsb4=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191026070338-33540a1f6037/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 06917ed..d9ad6d6 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/cookiejar"
-	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+
+	_ "git.nils.zone/nils/prettify"
 )
 
 // types
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ func main() {
 	if *ucUser == "" {
 		log.Fatalln("Please specify an API User via the flag '-ucUser'")
 	}
+	//getFile()
 	// start API processing (runs in a loop)
 	go processAPIs()
 
@@ -280,22 +282,24 @@ func processAPIs() {
 		log.Println("...done")
 	}
 }
-
+func getFile(url string) []byte {
+	resp, err := http.Get(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("error")
+	}
+	data := resp.Body
+	byteValue, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(data)
+	return byteValue
+}
 func getDevices(file string) (devices, error) {
 	// get devices from JSON file
-	jsonFile, err := os.Open(file)
-	if err != nil {
-		return devices{}, errors.New("can't open devices.json")
-	}
-	defer jsonFile.Close()
+	jsonFile := getFile("https://git.freifunk-rhein-sieg.net/Freifunk-Troisdorf/ubnt-freifunk-map-api/raw/branch/master/" + file)
 
 	// read file to bytes
-	byteValue, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(jsonFile)
-
 	// variable for d
 	var d devices
 	// unmarshal to struct
-	json.Unmarshal(byteValue, &d)
+	json.Unmarshal(jsonFile, &d)
 	return d, nil
 }