diff --git a/IOB-WIN-NEXT/IobGeneric.cs b/IOB-WIN-NEXT/IobGeneric.cs
index e845728a..7312a5bd 100644
--- a/IOB-WIN-NEXT/IobGeneric.cs
+++ b/IOB-WIN-NEXT/IobGeneric.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.NetworkInformation;
+using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -4680,7 +4681,19 @@ namespace IOB_WIN_NEXT
                     var dirCreate = ftpClient.createDir(remDir);
                     lgInfo($"FTP: created remote dir {remDir}");
                 }
+
+                // test directory...
                 string basePath = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
+                string appStart = Application.StartupPath;
+                string exePath = Path.GetDirectoryName(new Uri(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase).LocalPath);
+                string sacBaseDir = System.AppContext.BaseDirectory;
+                lgInfo("--------- DIR TEST -------------");
+                lgInfo($"basePath: {basePath}");
+                lgInfo($"appStart: {appStart}");
+                lgInfo($"exePath: {exePath}");
+                lgInfo($"sacBaseDir: {sacBaseDir}");
+                lgInfo("----------------------");
+
                 string localPath = Path.Combine(basePath, locDir);
                 lgInfo($"basePath: {basePath} | localPath: {localPath}");
                 var fileList = Directory.GetFiles(localPath, "*.csv");