diff --git a/CalculatorCInterface/calculator_c_interface_lib.cpp b/CalculatorCInterface/calculator_c_interface_lib.cpp
index f1b97ef..11f068d 100644
--- a/CalculatorCInterface/calculator_c_interface_lib.cpp
+++ b/CalculatorCInterface/calculator_c_interface_lib.cpp
@@ -607,19 +607,22 @@ int32_t GetFileMenuSize(char const *localGitRepo) {
 }
 
 char const *GetFileMenu(const char *localGitRepo) {
-    static char j[] = "{}";
-    char *json = j;
-    int const len = GetFileMenuSize(localGitRepo);
-    if (len > 0) {
-        json = new char [len+1];
-        // fprintf(stderr, "allocate pointer %p\n", json);
-        memset(json, 0x00, len+1);
-        QByteArray const &a = localGitRepos[localGitRepo]->GetFileMenu().constData();
-        if (a.isValidUtf8()) {
+    if (localGitRepos.count(localGitRepo) == 0) {
+        localGitRepos.insert(localGitRepo,
+                             new LocalGitRepository(localGitRepo));
+    }
+    QByteArray const &a = localGitRepos[localGitRepo]->GetFileMenu().constData();
+    if (a.isValidUtf8()) {
+        int const len = GetFileMenuSize(localGitRepo);
+        if (len > 0) {
+            char *json = new char [len+1];
+            // fprintf(stderr, "allocate pointer %p\n", json);
+            memset(json, 0x00, len+1);
             memcpy(json, a.constData(), std::min(len, (int)a.size()));
+            return json;
         }
     }
-    return json;
+    return nullptr;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/CalculatorCInterface/local_git_repository.cpp b/CalculatorCInterface/local_git_repository.cpp
index 3ad89f4..6016a68 100644
--- a/CalculatorCInterface/local_git_repository.cpp
+++ b/CalculatorCInterface/local_git_repository.cpp
@@ -16,14 +16,11 @@ LocalGitRepository::LocalGitRepository(QString const &localRepository)
 }
 
 int32_t LocalGitRepository::GetFileMenuSize() const {
-    if (m_fileMenuSize == -1) {
-        GetFileMenu();
-    }
     return m_fileMenuSize;
 }
 
 QByteArray const &LocalGitRepository::GetFileMenu() const {
-    if (m_fileMenu.toStdString() == "{}") {
+    if (m_fileMenuSize == -1) {
         QFile f(QDir::cleanPath(QString(baseDir) + m_localRepository + QDir::separator()
                                 + "etc/psa_webinterface/menu_config.json"));
         if (f.exists()) {
@@ -98,7 +95,7 @@ bool LocalGitRepository::SetFile(QString const &fId, QByteArray const &json) {
         QFile fn(a);
         if (fn.exists()) {
             if (fn.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
-                quint64 bytesWritten = 0;
+                qint64 bytesWritten = 0;
                 qint64 bytesToWrite = a.size();
                 while (bytesToWrite > 0 &&
                       (bytesWritten = fn.write(json.constData(), bytesToWrite)) != -1) {