diff --git a/api/application/controllers/Data_Dump_Controller.php b/api/application/controllers/Data_Dump_Controller.php
index ca081dfd..7a14bd11 100644
--- a/api/application/controllers/Data_Dump_Controller.php
+++ b/api/application/controllers/Data_Dump_Controller.php
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class Data_Dump_Controller extends REST_Controller
 		parent::__construct();
 		$this->load->model('PD_Model', 'PD_Model');
 		$this->load->model('Data_Dump_Model', 'Data_Dump_Model');
+		$this->external_path = $this->config->item('external_data_path');
 		//$this->load->library('AWS_S3');
 	}