diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/sc/Main.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/sc/Main.java
index 8e64e91..6d4ad8f 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/org/sc/Main.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/sc/Main.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import org.sc.configuration.StartupChecker;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.Banner;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
@@ -21,8 +20,11 @@ public class Main {
             AppProperties.APP_NAME + " v" + AppProperties.DISPLAYED_VERSION + "\n" +
             "-------------------------";
 
-    @Autowired
-    StartupChecker startupChecker;
+    final StartupChecker startupChecker;
+
+    public Main(StartupChecker startupChecker) {
+        this.startupChecker = startupChecker;
+    }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         SpringApplication backend = new SpringApplication(Main.class);
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/sc/configuration/StartupChecker.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/sc/configuration/StartupChecker.java
index e192f1f..f1cc12d 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/org/sc/configuration/StartupChecker.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/sc/configuration/StartupChecker.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public void init() {
         configureDir(fileManagementUtil.getTrailStoragePath(), "Could not create trail folder");
         configureDir(fileManagementUtil.getRawTrailStoragePath(), "Could not create raw trail folder");
         configureDir(fileManagementUtil.getTrailGpxStoragePath(), "Could not create trail/gpx folder");
+        configureDir(fileManagementUtil.getCustomItineraryPath(), "Could not create trail/gpx folder");
         configureDir(fileManagementUtil.getTrailKmlStoragePath(), "Could not create trail/kml folder");
         configureDir(fileManagementUtil.getTrailPdfStoragePath(), "Could not create trail/pdf folder");
         configureDir(fileManagementUtil.getTrailCsvStoragePath(), "Could not create trail/csv folder");
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/sc/controller/CustomItineraryController.kt b/backend/src/main/java/org/sc/controller/CustomItineraryController.kt
index 1493a02..867de8c 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/org/sc/controller/CustomItineraryController.kt
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/sc/controller/CustomItineraryController.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import org.sc.common.rest.CustomItineraryResultDto
 import org.sc.data.validator.GeneralValidator
 import org.sc.service.CustomItineraryService
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@ class CustomItineraryController constructor(
 
     @Operation(summary = "Download a gpx itinerary based on the calculated result")
     @PostMapping("/itinerary-download")
-    fun downloadGpx(@RequestBody customItinerary: CustomItineraryResultDto): ByteArray {
-        return customItineraryService.exportGpx(customItinerary)
+    fun downloadGpx(@RequestBody customItinerary: CustomItineraryResultDto): ResponseEntity<ByteArray> {
+        return ResponseEntity.ok(customItineraryService.exportGpx(customItinerary))
     }
 
 }
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diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/sc/manager/TrailFileManager.kt b/backend/src/main/java/org/sc/manager/TrailFileManager.kt
index dd6bc7e..675adf8 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/org/sc/manager/TrailFileManager.kt
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/sc/manager/TrailFileManager.kt
@@ -141,9 +141,10 @@ class TrailFileManager @Autowired constructor(
             ).build()
         val date = now()
         val generatedFilename = "custom-itineary-${date.toEpochMilli()}.gpx"
-        gpxFileHandlerHelper.writeToFile(gpx, customItineraryStoredFiles)
-        return Files.readAllBytes(customItineraryStoredFiles
-            .resolve(File.separator + generatedFilename))
+        val resolvedSavePath = customItineraryStoredFiles
+            .resolve(generatedFilename)
+        gpxFileHandlerHelper.writeToFile(gpx, resolvedSavePath)
+        return Files.readAllBytes(resolvedSavePath)
     }
 
     private fun buildTrailGpx(creator: String, trail: TrailDto): GPX {
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
index c8fc918..db78c62 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ spring.jackson.serialization.write_dates_as_timestamps=false
 
 # Microservices
 microservice.ert.localities.enabled=true
-microservice.ert.events.enabled=
+microservice.ert.events.enabled=true
 microservice.ert.localities=http://localhost:8991/api/v1/locality
 microservice.ert.municipality=http://localhost:8991/api/v1/municipality
 microservice.ert.event=http://localhost:8991/api/v1/event
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