diff --git a/config/filepath_map.json b/config/filepath_map.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15c0062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/filepath_map.json
@@ -0,0 +1,280 @@
+{
+    "directories": {
+        "home": {
+            "description": "The home path for the user with User ID of 1000, this is normally the 'pi' user",
+            "read_setting": null,
+            "return_var": "home"
+        },
+        "birdnet-pi": {
+            "alias_for": "birdnet_pi"
+        },
+        "birdnet_pi": {
+            "description": "The root directory of the BirdNET-pi install",
+            "lives_under": "home",
+            "read_setting": "",
+            "replace_setting_text": "",
+            "replace_setting_text_with": "",
+            "append": "\/BirdNET-Pi",
+            "return_var": ""
+        },
+        "recs_dir": {
+            "alias_for": "recordings_dir"
+        },
+        "recordings_dir": {
+            "description": "The recording directory as specified in the config file (default: BirdSongs)",
+            "lives_under": "home",
+            "read_setting": "RECS_DIR",
+            "replace_setting_text": "$HOME",
+            "replace_setting_text_with": "",
+            "append": ""
+        },
+        "processed": {
+            "description": "The directory which holds the recordings that have been processed",
+            "lives_under": "recordings_dir",
+            "read_setting": "PROCESSED",
+            "replace_setting_text": "${RECS_DIR}",
+            "replace_setting_text_with": "",
+            "append": ""
+        },
+        "extracted": {
+            "description": "The directory which holds the extraction related data from detections",
+            "lives_under": "recordings_dir",
+            "read_setting": "EXTRACTED",
+            "replace_setting_text": "${RECS_DIR}",
+            "replace_setting_text_with": "",
+            "append": ""
+        },
+        "extracted_bydate": {
+            "alias_for": "extracted_by_date"
+        },
+        "extracted_by_date": {
+            "description": "The directory which holds the the extractions from detections as folders by date",
+            "lives_under": "extracted",
+            "read_setting": "",
+            "replace_setting_text": "",
+            "replace_setting_text_with": "",
+            "append": "\/By_Date"
+        },
+        "extracted_charts": {
+            "description": "The directory which holds the spectrogram charts for detections",
+            "lives_under": "extracted",
+            "read_setting": "",
+            "replace_setting_text": "",
+            "replace_setting_text_with": "",
+            "append": "\/Charts"
+        },
+        "shifted_dir": {
+            "alias_for": "shifted_audio"
+        },
+        "shifted_audio": {
+            "description": "The directory which stores any frequency shifted audio",
+            "lives_under": "extracted_by_date",
+            "read_setting": "",
+            "replace_setting_text": "",
+            "replace_setting_text_with": "",
+            "append": "\/shifted"
+        },
+        "database": {
+            "description": "**NOT CURRENTLY USED** The directory which holds files related to the detections database",
+            "lives_under": "birdnet_pi",
+            "read_setting": "",
+            "replace_setting_text": "",
+            "replace_setting_text_with": "",
+            "append": "\/database"
+        },
+        "config": {
+            "description": "The directory which holds configuration files for BirdNET-pi",
+            "lives_under": "birdnet_pi",
+            "read_setting": "",
+            "replace_setting_text": "",
+            "replace_setting_text_with": "",
+            "append": "\/config"
+        },
+        "models": {
+            "alias_for": "model"
+        },
+        "model": {
+            "description": "The directory which holds AI detection models",
+            "lives_under": "birdnet_pi",
+            "read_setting": "",
+            "replace_setting_text": "",
+            "replace_setting_text_with": "",
+            "append": "\/model"
+        },
+        "python3_ve": {
+            "description": "The directory which contains the Python 3 Virtual Environment",
+            "lives_under": "birdnet_pi",
+            "read_setting": "",
+            "replace_setting_text": "",
+            "replace_setting_text_with": "",
+            "append": "\/birdnet\/bin"
+        },
+        "scripts": {
+            "description": "The directory which contains the script files like PHP and Shell scripts",
+            "lives_under": "birdnet_pi",
+            "read_setting": "",
+            "replace_setting_text": "",
+            "replace_setting_text_with": "",
+            "append": "\/scripts"
+        },
+        "stream_data": {
+            "description": "The directory which contains the recordings from RTSP streams",
+            "lives_under": "recordings_dir",
+            "read_setting": "",
+            "replace_setting_text": "",
+            "replace_setting_text_with": "",
+            "append": "\/StreamData"
+        },
+        "templates": {
+            "description": "The directory which contains the templates, like html, CRON script templates",
+            "lives_under": "birdnet_pi",
+            "read_setting": "",
+            "replace_setting_text": "",
+            "replace_setting_text_with": "",
+            "append": "\/templates"
+        },
+        "www": {
+            "alias_for": "web"
+        },
+        "web": {
+            "description": "The directory which any files related to generating the Web UI, index.php, views.php, stylesheets etc",
+            "lives_under": "birdnet_pi",
+            "read_setting": "",
+            "replace_setting_text": "",
+            "replace_setting_text_with": "",
+            "append": "\/homepage"
+        },
+        "www_fonts": {
+            "alias_for": "web_fonts"
+        },
+        "web_fonts": {
+            "description": "The directory which any fonts used by the WebUI or Python scripts",
+            "lives_under": "www",
+            "read_setting": "",
+            "replace_setting_text": "",
+            "replace_setting_text_with": "",
+            "append": "\/static"
+        }
+    },
+    "files": {
+        "analyzing_now.txt": {
+            "lives_under": "birdnet_pi",
+            "append": "\/analyzing_now.txt"
+        },
+        "apprise.txt": {
+            "lives_under": "birdnet_pi",
+            "append": "\/apprise.txt"
+        },
+        "birdnet.conf": {
+            "lives_under": "birdnet_pi",
+            "append": "\/birdnet.conf"
+        },
+        "etc_birdnet.conf": {
+            "lives_under": "",
+            "append": "",
+            "return_var": "\/etc\/birdnet\/birdnet.conf"
+        },
+        "BirdDB.txt": {
+            "lives_under": "birdnet_pi",
+            "append": "\/BirdDB.txt"
+        },
+        "birds.db": {
+            "lives_under": "scripts",
+            "append": "\/birds.db"
+        },
+        "blacklisted_images.txt": {
+            "lives_under": "scripts",
+            "append": "\/blacklisted_images.txt"
+        },
+        "disk_check_exclude.txt": {
+            "lives_under": "scripts",
+            "append": "\/disk_check_exclude.txt"
+        },
+        "email_template": {
+            "lives_under": "scripts",
+            "append": "\/email_template"
+        },
+        "email_template2": {
+            "lives_under": "scripts",
+            "append": "\/email_template2"
+        },
+        "exclude_species_list.txt": {
+            "lives_under": "scripts",
+            "append": "\/exclude_species_list.txt"
+        },
+        "filepath_map.json": {
+            "lives_under": "config",
+            "append": "\/filepath_map.json"
+        },
+        "firstrun.ini": {
+            "lives_under": "birdnet_pi",
+            "append": "\/firstrun.ini"
+        },
+        ".gotty": {
+            "lives_under": "home",
+            "append": "\/.gotty"
+        },
+        "HUMAN.txt": {
+            "lives_under": "birdnet_pi",
+            "append": "\/HUMAN.txt"
+        },
+        "IDFILE": {
+            "alias_for": "IdentifiedSoFar.txt"
+        },
+        "IdentifiedSoFar.txt": {
+            "lives_under": "home",
+            "read_setting": "IDFILE",
+            "replace_setting_text": "$HOME",
+            "replace_setting_text_with": "",
+            "append": ""
+        },
+        "include_species_list.txt": {
+            "lives_under": "scripts",
+            "append": "\/include_species_list.txt"
+        },
+        "labels.txt": {
+            "lives_under": "model",
+            "append": "\/labels.txt"
+        },
+        "labels.txt.old": {
+            "lives_under": "model",
+            "append": "\/labels.txt.old"
+        },
+        "labels_flickr.txt": {
+            "lives_under": "model",
+            "append": "\/labels_flickr.txt"
+        },
+        "labels_lang.txt": {
+            "lives_under": "model",
+            "append": "\/labels_lang.txt"
+        },
+        "labels_l18n.zip": {
+            "lives_under": "model",
+            "append": "\/labels_l18n.zip"
+        },
+        "labels_nm.zip": {
+            "lives_under": "model",
+            "append": "\/labels_nm.zip"
+        },
+        "lastrun.txt": {
+            "lives_under": "scripts",
+            "append": "\/lastrun.txt"
+        },
+        "python3": {
+            "lives_under": "python3_ve",
+            "append": "\/python3 "
+        },
+        "python3_appraise": {
+            "lives_under": "python3_ve",
+            "append": "\/apprise "
+        },
+        "species.py": {
+            "lives_under": "scripts",
+            "append": "\/species.py"
+        },
+        "thisrun.txt": {
+            "lives_under": "scripts",
+            "append": "\/thisrun.txt"
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/generate_filepath_map_file.php b/config/generate_filepath_map_file.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06cfbdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/generate_filepath_map_file.php
@@ -0,0 +1,327 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Script to allow easy manipulation and generation of ../config/filepath_map.json
+ * Execute this script with php -a ./generate_filepath_map_file.php
+ */
+
+############################
+# FILE PATH DECLARATIONS
+############################
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['home'] = array(
+	'description' => "The home path for the user with User ID of 1000, this is normally the 'pi' user",
+	'read_setting' => null,
+	'return_var' => 'home'
+);
+
+
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['birdnet-pi'] = array('alias_for' => 'birdnet_pi');
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['birdnet_pi'] = array(
+	'description' => "The root directory of the BirdNET-pi install",
+	'lives_under' => 'home',
+	'read_setting' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text_with' => '',
+	'append' => '/BirdNET-Pi',
+	'return_var' => ''
+);
+
+
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['recs_dir'] = array('alias_for' => 'recordings_dir');
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['recordings_dir'] = array(
+	'description' => "The recording directory as specified in the config file (default: BirdSongs)",
+	'lives_under' => 'home',
+	'read_setting' => 'RECS_DIR',
+	'replace_setting_text' => '$HOME',
+	'replace_setting_text_with' => '',
+	'append' => '',
+);
+
+
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['processed'] = array(
+	'description' => "The directory which holds the recordings that have been processed",
+	'lives_under' => 'recordings_dir',
+	'read_setting' => 'PROCESSED',
+	'replace_setting_text' => '${RECS_DIR}',
+	'replace_setting_text_with' => '',
+	'append' => '',
+);
+
+
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['extracted'] = array(
+	'description' => "The directory which holds the extraction related data from detections",
+	'lives_under' => 'recordings_dir',
+	'read_setting' => 'EXTRACTED',
+	'replace_setting_text' => '${RECS_DIR}',
+	'replace_setting_text_with' => '',
+	'append' => '',
+);
+
+
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['extracted_bydate'] = array('alias_for' => 'extracted_by_date');
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['extracted_by_date'] = array(
+	'description' => "The directory which holds the the extractions from detections as folders by date",
+	'lives_under' => 'extracted',
+	'read_setting' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text_with' => '',
+	'append' => '/By_Date',
+);
+
+
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['extracted_charts'] = array(
+	'description' => "The directory which holds the spectrogram charts for detections",
+	'lives_under' => 'extracted',
+	'read_setting' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text_with' => '',
+	'append' => '/Charts',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['shifted_dir'] = array('alias_for' => 'shifted_audio');
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['shifted_audio'] = array(
+	'description' => "The directory which stores any frequency shifted audio",
+	'lives_under' => 'extracted_by_date',
+	'read_setting' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text_with' => '',
+	'append' => '/shifted',
+);
+
+
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['database'] = array(
+	'description' => "**NOT CURRENTLY USED** The directory which holds files related to the detections database",
+	'lives_under' => 'birdnet_pi',
+	'read_setting' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text_with' => '',
+	'append' => '/database',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['config'] = array(
+	'description' => "The directory which holds configuration files for BirdNET-pi",
+	'lives_under' => 'birdnet_pi',
+	'read_setting' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text_with' => '',
+	'append' => '/config',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['models'] = array('alias_for' => 'model');
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['model'] = array(
+	'description' => "The directory which holds AI detection models",
+	'lives_under' => 'birdnet_pi',
+	'read_setting' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text_with' => '',
+	'append' => '/model',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['python3_ve'] = array(
+	'description' => "The directory which contains the Python 3 Virtual Environment",
+	'lives_under' => 'birdnet_pi',
+	'read_setting' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text_with' => '',
+	'append' => '/birdnet/bin',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['scripts'] = array(
+	'description' => "The directory which contains the script files like PHP and Shell scripts",
+	'lives_under' => 'birdnet_pi',
+	'read_setting' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text_with' => '',
+	'append' => '/scripts',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['stream_data'] = array(
+	'description' => "The directory which contains the recordings from RTSP streams",
+	'lives_under' => 'recordings_dir',
+	'read_setting' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text_with' => '',
+	'append' => '/StreamData',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['templates'] = array(
+	'description' => "The directory which contains the templates, like html, CRON script templates",
+	'lives_under' => 'birdnet_pi',
+	'read_setting' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text_with' => '',
+	'append' => '/templates',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['www'] = array('alias_for' => 'web');
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['web'] = array(
+	'description' => "The directory which any files related to generating the Web UI, index.php, views.php, stylesheets etc",
+	'lives_under' => 'birdnet_pi',
+	'read_setting' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text_with' => '',
+	'append' => '/homepage',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['www_fonts'] = array('alias_for' => 'web_fonts');
+$file_path_map_array['directories']['web_fonts'] = array(
+	'description' => "The directory which any fonts used by the WebUI or Python scripts",
+	'lives_under' => 'www',
+	'read_setting' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text' => '',
+	'replace_setting_text_with' => '',
+	'append' => '/static',
+);
+
+
+############################
+# FILE PATH DECLARATIONS
+############################
+$file_path_map_array['files']['analyzing_now.txt'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'birdnet_pi',
+	'append' => '/analyzing_now.txt'
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['apprise.txt'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'birdnet_pi',
+	'append' => '/apprise.txt'
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['birdnet.conf'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'birdnet_pi',
+	'append' => '/birdnet.conf'
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['etc_birdnet.conf'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => '',
+	'append' => '',
+	'return_var' => '/etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf'
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['BirdDB.txt'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'birdnet_pi',
+	'append' => '/BirdDB.txt',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['birds.db'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'scripts',
+	'append' => '/birds.db',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['blacklisted_images.txt'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'scripts',
+	'append' => '/blacklisted_images.txt',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['disk_check_exclude.txt'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'scripts',
+	'append' => '/disk_check_exclude.txt',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['email_template'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'scripts',
+	'append' => '/email_template',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['email_template2'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'scripts',
+	'append' => '/email_template2',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['exclude_species_list.txt'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'scripts',
+	'append' => '/exclude_species_list.txt',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['filepath_map.json'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'config',
+	'append' => '/filepath_map.json',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['firstrun.ini'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'birdnet_pi',
+	'append' => '/firstrun.ini',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['.gotty'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'home',
+	'append' => '/.gotty',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['HUMAN.txt'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'birdnet_pi',
+	'append' => '/HUMAN.txt',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['IDFILE'] = array('alias_for' => 'IdentifiedSoFar.txt');
+$file_path_map_array['files']['IdentifiedSoFar.txt'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'home',
+	'read_setting' => 'IDFILE',
+	'replace_setting_text' => '$HOME',
+	'replace_setting_text_with' => '',
+	'append' => '',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['include_species_list.txt'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'scripts',
+	'append' => '/include_species_list.txt',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['labels.txt'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'model',
+	'append' => '/labels.txt',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['labels.txt.old'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'model',
+	'append' => '/labels.txt.old',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['labels_flickr.txt'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'model',
+	'append' => '/labels_flickr.txt',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['labels_lang.txt'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'model',
+	'append' => '/labels_lang.txt',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['labels_l18n.zip'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'model',
+	'append' => '/labels_l18n.zip',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['labels_nm.zip'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'model',
+	'append' => '/labels_nm.zip',
+);
+
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['lastrun.txt'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'scripts',
+	'append' => '/lastrun.txt',
+);
+
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['python3'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'python3_ve',
+	'append' => '/python3 ',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['python3_appraise'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'python3_ve',
+	'append' => '/apprise ',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['species.py'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'scripts',
+	'append' => '/species.py',
+);
+
+$file_path_map_array['files']['thisrun.txt'] = array(
+	'lives_under' => 'scripts',
+	'append' => '/thisrun.txt',
+);
+
+//Output array as JSON and pretty print it
+file_put_contents('./filepath_map.json', json_encode($file_path_map_array, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/common.php b/scripts/common.php
index 045b554..569ed65 100644
--- a/scripts/common.php
+++ b/scripts/common.php
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ if ($sys_timezone !== "") {
 
 
 ////////// PARSES THE CONFIG FILE //////////
+$filePathMap_json_path = file_exists('./config/filepath_map.json') ? "./config/filepath_map.json" : "../config/filepath_map.json";
+$filePathMap_data = [];
 $config = [];
 parseConfig();
 
@@ -1024,6 +1026,20 @@ function changeLanguage($model, $language)
 	return $result;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Loads in the JSON file containing data on directory and file paths
+ *
+ * @return array
+ */
+function loadFilePathMap()
+{
+	global $filePathMap_data, $filePathMap_json_path;
+	if (empty($filePathMap_data)) {
+		$filePathMap_data = json_decode(file_get_contents($filePathMap_json_path), true);
+	}
+	return $filePathMap_data;
+}
+
 /**
  * Directory Path Helper, returns a full directory path for a supplied directory name e.g home, processed, extracted
  *
@@ -1035,61 +1051,56 @@ function getDirectory($dir)
 	global $config, $home;
 	$dir = strtolower($dir);
 
-	if ($dir == "home") {
-		return $home;
-	} else if ($dir == "birdnet-pi" || $dir == "birdnet_pi") {
-		return getDirectory('home') . '/BirdNET-Pi';
-		//
-	} else if ($dir == "recs_dir" || $dir == "recordings_dir") {
-		$recs_dir_setting = $config['RECS_DIR'];
-		return str_replace('$HOME', getDirectory('home'), $recs_dir_setting);
-		//
-	} else if ($dir == "processed") {
-		$processed_dir_setting = $config['PROCESSED'];
-		return getDirectory('recs_dir') . str_replace('${RECS_DIR}', '', $processed_dir_setting);
-		//
-	} else if ($dir == "extracted") {
-		$extracted_dir_setting = $config['EXTRACTED'];
-		return getDirectory('recs_dir') . str_replace('${RECS_DIR}', '', $extracted_dir_setting);
-		//
-	} elseif ($dir == "extracted_bydate" || $dir == "extracted_by_date") {
-		return getDirectory('extracted') . '/By_Date';
-		//
-	} elseif ($dir == "extracted_charts") {
-		return getDirectory('extracted') . '/Charts';
-		//
-	} elseif ($dir == "shifted_audio" || $dir == "shifted_dir") {
-		return getDirectory('home') . '/BirdSongs/Extracted/By_Date/shifted';
-		//
-	} elseif ($dir == "database") {
-		// NOT USED
-		return getDirectory('birdnet_pi') . '/database';
-		//
-	} elseif ($dir == "config") {
-		// NOT USED
-		return getDirectory('birdnet_pi') . '/config';
-		//
-	} elseif ($dir == "models" || $dir == "model") {
-		return getDirectory('birdnet_pi') . '/model';
-		//
-	} elseif ($dir == "python3_ve") {
-		return getDirectory('birdnet_pi') . '/birdnet/bin';
-		//
-	} elseif ($dir == "scripts") {
-		return getDirectory('birdnet_pi') . '/scripts';
-		//
-	} elseif ($dir == "stream_data") {
-		return getDirectory('recs_dir') . '/StreamData';
-		//
-	} elseif ($dir == "templates") {
-		return getDirectory('birdnet_pi') . '/templates';
-		//
-	} elseif ($dir == "web" || $dir == "www") {
-		return getDirectory('birdnet_pi') . '/homepage';
-		//
-	} elseif ($dir == "web_fonts" || $dir == "www_fonts") {
-		return getDirectory('www') . '/static';
+	$filePathMap_directories = loadFilePathMap()['directories'];
+
+	if (array_key_exists($dir, $filePathMap_directories)) {
+		$filePathMap_directories_selected = $filePathMap_directories[$dir];
+
+		//Check to see if directory is an alias for another
+		$dir_alias = $filePathMap_directories_selected['alias_for'] ?? '';
+		if (!empty($dir_alias)) {
+			//If so load in the data for that directory
+			$filePathMap_directories_selected = $filePathMap_directories[$dir_alias];
+		}
+
+		//Gather all the options into variables
+		$setting_value = $filePathMap_directories_selected['read_setting'] ?? '';
+		$lives_under = $filePathMap_directories_selected['lives_under'] ?? '';
+		$replace_text = $filePathMap_directories_selected['replace_setting_text'] ?? '';
+		$replace_text_with = $filePathMap_directories_selected['replace_setting_text_with'] ?? '';
+		$append = $filePathMap_directories_selected['append'] ?? '';
+		$return_var = $filePathMap_directories_selected['return_var'] ?? '';
 		//
+		$return_value = $under_directory = '';
+
+		//Get the directory which the directory we're processing lives under
+		if (!empty($lives_under)) {
+			$under_directory = call_user_func('getDirectory', $lives_under);
+		}
+
+		//Read the specified config file setting
+		if (!empty($setting_value)) {
+			$setting_value = $config[$setting_value];
+		}
+
+		//Replace value in setting, like ${RECS_DIR} etc as they are not expanded
+		if (!empty($replace_text)) {
+			$return_value = str_replace($replace_text, $replace_text_with, $setting_value);
+		} else {
+			$return_value = $setting_value;
+		}
+
+		//If a variable is specified for return, return it first
+		if (!empty($return_var)) {
+			//return the dynamic variable, currently this is just the users home path in $home
+			return ${"{$return_var}"};
+		} else if (!empty($append)) {
+			//Append this to the end of the path, (models, scripts etc) do this as they reside under BirdNET-pi
+			return $under_directory . $append;
+		} else {
+			//Else return the directory and result of the setting manipulation
+			return $under_directory . $return_value;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return "";
@@ -1105,85 +1116,49 @@ function getFilePath($filename)
 {
 	global $config;
 
-	if ($filename == "analyzing_now.txt") {
-		return getDirectory('birdnet_pi') . "/analyzing_now.txt";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "apprise.txt") {
-		return getDirectory('birdnet_pi') . "/apprise.txt";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "birdnet.conf") {
-		return getDirectory('birdnet_pi') . "/birdnet.conf";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "etc_birdnet.conf") {
-		return "/etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "BirdDB.txt") {
-		return getDirectory('birdnet_pi') . "/BirdDB.txt";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "birds.db") {
-		return getDirectory('scripts') . "/birds.db";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "blacklisted_images.txt") {
-		return getDirectory('scripts') . "/blacklisted_images.txt";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "disk_check_exclude.txt") {
-		return getDirectory('scripts') . "/disk_check_exclude.txt";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "email_template") {
-		return getDirectory('scripts') . "/email_template";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "email_template2") {
-		return getDirectory('scripts') . "/email_template2";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "exclude_species_list.txt") {
-		return getDirectory('scripts') . "/exclude_species_list.txt";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "firstrun.ini") {
-		return getDirectory('birdnet_pi') . "/firstrun.ini";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == ".gotty") {
-		return getDirectory('home') . "/.gotty";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "HUMAN.txt") {
-		return getDirectory('birdnet_pi') . "/HUMAN.txt";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "IdentifiedSoFar.txt" ||$filename == "IDFILE" ) {
-		$id_file_setting = $config['IDFILE'];
-		return getDirectory('home') . str_replace('$HOME', '', $id_file_setting);
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "include_species_list.txt") {
-		return getDirectory('scripts') . "/include_species_list.txt";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "labels.txt" || $filename == "labels.txt.old") {
-		return getDirectory('model') . "/$filename";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "labels_flickr.txt") {
-		return getDirectory('model') . "/labels_flickr.txt";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "labels_l18n.zip") {
-		return getDirectory('model') . "/labels_l18n.zip";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "labels_lang.txt") {
-		return getDirectory('model') . "/labels_lang.txt";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "labels_nm.zip") {
-		return getDirectory('model') . "/labels_nm.zip";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "lastrun.txt") {
-		return getDirectory('scripts') . "/lastrun.txt";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "python3") {
-		return getDirectory('python3_ve') . "/python3 ";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "python3_appraise") {
-		return getDirectory('python3_ve') . "/apprise ";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "species.py") {
-		return getDirectory('scripts') . "/species.py";
-		//
-	} else if ($filename == "thisrun.txt") {
-		return getDirectory('scripts') . "/thisrun.txt";
+	$filePathMap_files = loadFilePathMap()['files'];
+
+	if (array_key_exists($filename, $filePathMap_files)) {
+		$filePathMap_directories_selected = $filePathMap_files[$filename];
+
+		//Gather all the options into variables
+		$setting_value = $filePathMap_directories_selected['read_setting'] ?? '';
+		$lives_under = $filePathMap_directories_selected['lives_under'] ?? '';
+		$replace_text = $filePathMap_directories_selected['replace_setting_text'] ?? '';
+		$replace_test_with = $filePathMap_directories_selected['replace_setting_text_with'] ?? '';
+		$append = $filePathMap_directories_selected['append'] ?? '';
+		$return_val = $filePathMap_directories_selected['return_var'] ?? '';
 		//
+		$under_directory = '';
+
+		//Get the directory which the directory we're processing lives under
+		if (!empty($lives_under)) {
+			$under_directory = call_user_func('getDirectory', $lives_under);
+		}
+
+		//Read the specified config file setting if any
+		if (!empty($setting_value)) {
+			$setting_value = $config[$setting_value];
+		}
+
+		//Replace value in setting, like ${RECS_DIR} etc as they are not expanded
+		if (!empty($replace_text)) {
+			$return_value = str_replace($replace_text, $replace_test_with, $setting_value);
+		} else {
+			$return_value = $setting_value;
+		}
+
+		//If a variable is specified for return, return it first and directly
+		if (!empty($return_val)) {
+			//return the dynamic variable, currently this is just the users home path in $home
+			return $return_val;
+		} else if (!empty($append)) {
+			//Append this to the end of the path, (models, scripts etc) do this as they reside under BirdNET-pi
+			return $under_directory . $append;
+		} else {
+			//Else return the directory and result of the setting manipulation
+			return $under_directory . $return_value;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return "";
diff --git a/tests/test_filepath_resolver_common.php b/tests/test_filepath_resolver_common.php
index 511b517..5d8e90c 100644
--- a/tests/test_filepath_resolver_common.php
+++ b/tests/test_filepath_resolver_common.php
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ function test()
 	foreach (TEST_HOMES as $_test_home) {
 		$home = $_test_home;
 
+		############################
+		## Directory Path Tests
+		############################
+		$result = getDirectory('home');
+		$expected = $_test_home;
+		($result == $expected) ?: (print "failed directory 'home', expected: " . ($expected) . " got: " . ($result) . "\r\n");
+
 		# DIRECTORY TESTS
 		$result = getDirectory('birdnet_pi');
 		$expected = $_test_home . "/BirdNET-Pi";
@@ -78,8 +85,9 @@ function test()
 		$expected = $_test_home . "/BirdNET-Pi/homepage/static";
 		($result == $expected) ?: (print "failed directory 'web_fonts', expected: " . ($expected) . " got: " . ($result) . "\r\n");
 
-
+		############################
 		# FILE PATH TESTS
+		############################
 		$result = getFilePath('analyzing_now.txt');
 		$expected = $_test_home . "/BirdNET-Pi/analyzing_now.txt";
 		($result == $expected) ?: (print "failed file path 'analyzing_now.txt', expected: " . ($expected) . " got: " . ($result) . "\r\n");
@@ -128,6 +136,10 @@ function test()
 		$expected = $_test_home . "/BirdNET-Pi/firstrun.ini";
 		($result == $expected) ?: (print "failed file path 'firstrun.ini', expected: " . ($expected) . " got: " . ($result) . "\r\n");
 
+		$result = getFilePath('filepath_map.json');
+		$expected = $_test_home . "/BirdNET-Pi/config/filepath_map.json";
+		($result == $expected) ?: (print "failed file path 'filepath_map.json', expected: " . ($expected) . " got: " . ($result) . "\r\n");
+
 		$result = getFilePath('.gotty');
 		$expected = $_test_home . "/.gotty";
 		($result == $expected) ?: (print "failed file path '.gotty', expected: " . ($expected) . " got: " . ($result) . "\r\n");