diff --git a/scripts/common.php b/scripts/common.php
index e5c0853..045b554 100644
--- a/scripts/common.php
+++ b/scripts/common.php
@@ -1103,6 +1103,8 @@ function getDirectory($dir)
  */
 function getFilePath($filename)
 {
+	global $config;
+
 	if ($filename == "analyzing_now.txt") {
 		return getDirectory('birdnet_pi') . "/analyzing_now.txt";
 		//
@@ -1145,6 +1147,10 @@ function getFilePath($filename)
 	} else if ($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";
 		//
diff --git a/tests/test_filepath_resolver_common.php b/tests/test_filepath_resolver_common.php
index 08e080b..511b517 100644
--- a/tests/test_filepath_resolver_common.php
+++ b/tests/test_filepath_resolver_common.php
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ const TEST_HOMES = ['/home/pi', '/home/another_user', '/opt/birdnet'];
 $config = [
 	"RECS_DIR" => "\$HOME/BirdSongs",
 	"PROCESSED" => "\${RECS_DIR}/Processed",
-	"EXTRACTED" => "\${RECS_DIR}/Extracted"
+	"EXTRACTED" => "\${RECS_DIR}/Extracted",
+	"IDFILE" => "\$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/IdentifiedSoFar.txt"
 ];
 
 function test()
@@ -135,6 +136,10 @@ function test()
 		$expected = $_test_home . "/BirdNET-Pi/HUMAN.txt";
 		($result == $expected) ?: (print "failed file path 'HUMAN.txt', expected: " . ($expected) . " got: " . ($result) . "\r\n");
 
+		$result = getFilePath('IdentifiedSoFar.txt');
+		$expected = $_test_home . "/BirdNET-Pi/IdentifiedSoFar.txt";
+		($result == $expected) ?: (print "failed file path 'IdentifiedSoFar.txt', expected: " . ($expected) . " got: " . ($result) . "\r\n");
+
 		$result = getFilePath('include_species_list.txt');
 		$expected = $_test_home . "/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/include_species_list.txt";
 		($result == $expected) ?: (print "failed file path 'include_species_list.txt', expected: " . ($expected) . " got: " . ($result) . "\r\n");