diff --git a/src/components/archive_synchronizer.py b/src/components/archive_synchronizer.py
index d7dc30f..8dc543d 100644
--- a/src/components/archive_synchronizer.py
+++ b/src/components/archive_synchronizer.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class ArchiveSynchronizer(Component):
         self.machine_id = self.config.machine_id
         if "--dev-portal" in sys.argv:
             self.archive_endpoint = f"https://dev.r5portal.it/api/st-ten-save/"
-            self.base_media_url = f"https://dev.r5portal.it/media/uploads"
+            self.base_media_url = f"https://dev.r5portal.it"
         else:
             self.archive_endpoint = self.config[self.name]["archive_endpoint"]
             #self.browse_folder_endpoint = self.config[self.name]["browse_folder_endpoint"]
@@ -161,19 +161,21 @@ class ArchiveSynchronizer(Component):
 
         :param machine_id: The machine ID used to construct the folder path.
         :param subfolder: The subfolder within the machine-specific path to fetch files from.
-        :return: A list of downloaded file paths, or False if an error occurs.
+        :return: A list of downloaded file paths or False if an error occurs.
         """
-        base_url = f"{self.base_media_url}/{subfolder}/{machine_id}"
+        base_url = f"{self.base_media_url}/list-files/"
         responses = []
         try:
             if not self.simulate:
                 with requests.Session() as s:
                     s.mount("", HTTPAdapter(max_retries=Retry(total=0)))
 
-                    self.log.info(f"Attempting to fetch directory listing from: {base_url}")
+                    # Construct the request to the new API endpoint
+                    params = {"machine_id": machine_id, "subfolder": subfolder}
+                    self.log.info(f"Attempting to fetch file list from: {base_url} with params: {params}")
 
-                    # Make the HTTP GET request to the directory URL
-                    response = s.get(base_url, timeout=5, verify=False)
+                    # Make the HTTP GET request to fetch the file URLs
+                    response = s.get(base_url, params=params, timeout=5, verify=False)
 
                     # Log response details
                     self.log.info(f"HTTP Status Code: {response.status_code}")
@@ -185,18 +187,19 @@ class ArchiveSynchronizer(Component):
                             f"Directory not found: {base_url}. Please check the URL path and ensure the server has the expected directory structure.")
                         return False
                     elif response.status_code == 403:
-                        self.log.warning(f"Access forbidden for directory listing: {base_url}")
+                        self.log.warning(f"Access forbidden for file list: {base_url}")
                         return False
                     elif response.status_code != 200:
                         self.log.error(f"Unexpected HTTP response status: {response.status_code} for URL: {base_url}")
                         return False
 
-                    # Manually parse the response content to get all file URLs
-                    content = response.content.decode('iso-8859-1')  # or appropriate charset
-                    file_urls = []
-                    matches = re.findall(r'href="([^"]+\.(?:png|csv|svg))"', content, re.IGNORECASE)
-                    for href in matches:
-                        file_urls.append(f"{base_url}{href}")
+                    # Parse the JSON response to get the list of file URLs
+                    file_data = response.json()
+                    if "file_urls" not in file_data:
+                        self.log.error(f"Invalid response structure: {file_data}")
+                        return False
+
+                    file_urls = file_data["file_urls"]
 
                     # Download each file
                     for file_url in file_urls:
@@ -210,7 +213,7 @@ class ArchiveSynchronizer(Component):
                                 f"Unexpected HTTP response status: {file_response.status_code} for file URL: {file_url}")
                             continue
 
-                        local_file_path = os.path.join("downloaded_files", machine_id, os.path.basename(file_url))
+                        local_file_path = os.path.join("downloaded_files", machine_id, os.path.basename(file_url)) #further adjust
                         os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(local_file_path), exist_ok=True)
 
                         with open(local_file_path, "wb") as f: