# Image files missing?

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/image-files-missing/45992>\
**Category:** Developer help\
**Created:** [March 23, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/image-files-missing/45992 "2024-03-23T15:58:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![adamarice](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/adamarice/32/27044_2.png) [@adamarice](https://forum.ghost.org/u/adamarice)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/image-files-missing/45992/1 "2024-03-23T15:58:15Z")

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I’m trying to download all of the images on my site ([appliedmmt.com](http://appliedmmt.com)). The site is self-hosted on a Digital Ocean droplet. I was able to download the /var/www/ghost/content/ directory but none of the images are in it. I went as far as downloading the entire /var/www/ghost directory and still can’t find the images. Any idea why this is?

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**Author:** ![Cathy\_Sarisky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/cathy_sarisky/32/25750_2.png) [@Cathy\_Sarisky](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Cathy_Sarisky)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/image-files-missing/45992/2 "2024-03-23T16:19:04Z")

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They would normally be deeply nested within content/images. Except any unsplash images. Or images that aren’t hosted on ghost (the result of using the API or importer, possibly?)

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**Author:** ![adamarice](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/adamarice/32/27044_2.png) [@adamarice](https://forum.ghost.org/u/adamarice)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/image-files-missing/45992/3 "2024-03-23T16:27:47Z")

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Very strange. This is all I see in the content/images folder:

 ![Screenshot 2024-03-23 at 12.27.02 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/3X/5/2/5249ab25ae54f679442234227041482f68119e9f.png)

As you can see on the site, we have uploaded a bunch of images directly from the ghost admin panel/editor.

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**Author:** ![jannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/jannis/32/39718_2.png) [@jannis](https://forum.ghost.org/u/jannis)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/image-files-missing/45992/4 "2024-03-23T16:32:12Z")

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I think you are looking at the wrong Ghost site on your server.

Based on the screenshot, the `mailgun.svg` should be reachable at [https://appliedmmt.com/content/images/2023/10/mailgun.svg](https://appliedmmt.com/content/images/2023/10/mailgun.svg). But it’s not.

Compare, for example to: [https://appliedmmt.com/content/images/2023/12/image-2.png](https://appliedmmt.com/content/images/2023/12/image-2.png), which follows the same URL structure.

Can you do a `ghost ls` on your server to see if there are multiple Ghost installations?

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**Author:** ![adamarice](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/adamarice/32/27044_2.png) [@adamarice](https://forum.ghost.org/u/adamarice)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/image-files-missing/45992/5 "2024-03-23T16:48:04Z")

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![Screenshot 2024-03-23 at 12.47.53 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/3X/3/b/3bf0f6b1c598be610aaf3d3f7d4528d86dac3843.png)

This is all that shows up when I run `ghost ls`

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**Author:** ![jannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/jannis/32/39718_2.png) [@jannis](https://forum.ghost.org/u/jannis)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/image-files-missing/45992/6 "2024-03-23T16:53:34Z")

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Might be a wild guess, but have you set a [contentPath](https://ghost.org/docs/config/#paths) in your config by any chance?

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**Author:** ![adamarice](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/adamarice/32/27044_2.png) [@adamarice](https://forum.ghost.org/u/adamarice)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/image-files-missing/45992/7 "2024-03-23T16:58:35Z")

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Nope.

Ah, I just found the images!

They’re in /var/www/ghost/versions/5.71.0/content/images/

Any idea why this is? Anything I need to do to fix?