diff --git a/lib/getInstances.js b/lib/getInstances.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e1d9449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/getInstances.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+const fileOps = require("./fileOps.js");
+
+module.exports = {
+	sync: function(){
+		let instances;
+		try {
+			instances = fileOps.getDirectoriesSync("./instances/");
+		} catch (e) {
+			// there are no instances created yet, probably missing the folder
+			instances = [];
+		}
+		return instances;
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/lib/manager/modManager.js b/lib/manager/modManager.js
index e7666e38..0cdcc769 100644
--- a/lib/manager/modManager.js
+++ b/lib/manager/modManager.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const factorioAPI = require("node-factorio-api");
 const fileOps = require("./../fileOps.js");
 const config = require("./../../config");
 
-const instances = fileOps.getDirectoriesSync("./instances/");
+const instances = require("./../getInstances.js").sync();
 /**
 Lists mods for an instance as a table. Warning, handles printing internally.
 @param {string} instance - Name of the instance or "shared"
@@ -130,3 +130,12 @@ module.exports.downloadFromGitURL = function(url){
 		});
 	}
 }
+/*
+module.exports.findUpdates = function(){
+	console.log("Downloading mods...");
+	// get JSON data about releases
+	let res = syncRequest('GET', 'https://api.github.com/repos/Danielv123/factorioClusterioMod/releases', {"headers":{"User-Agent":"Fuck you for requiring user agents!"}});
+	let url = JSON.parse(res.getBody())[0].assets[0].browser_download_url;
+	let name = JSON.parse(res.getBody())[0].assets[0].name;
+	console.log(JSON.parse(res.getBody()))
+}*/
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diff --git a/lib/modManager.js b/lib/modManager.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b17763fa..00000000
--- a/lib/modManager.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-module.exports.findUpdates = function(){
-	console.log("Downloading mods...");
-	// get JSON data about releases
-	let res = syncRequest('GET', 'https://api.github.com/repos/Danielv123/factorioClusterioMod/releases', {"headers":{"User-Agent":"Fuck you for requiring user agents!"}});
-	let url = JSON.parse(res.getBody())[0].assets[0].browser_download_url;
-	let name = JSON.parse(res.getBody())[0].assets[0].name;
-	console.log(JSON.parse(res.getBody()))
-}
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