diff --git a/application/api/user/routes.py b/application/api/user/routes.py
index b1ec69e..ec75554 100644
--- a/application/api/user/routes.py
+++ b/application/api/user/routes.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import uuid
 from flask import Blueprint, request, jsonify
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 import requests
 from pymongo import MongoClient
 from bson.objectid import ObjectId
@@ -252,20 +253,26 @@ def check_docs():
     if os.path.exists(vectorstore) or data["docs"] == "default":
         return {"status": "exists"}
     else:
-        r = requests.get(base_path + vectorstore + "index.faiss")
-
-        if r.status_code != 200:
-            return {"status": "null"}
+        file_url = urlparse(base_path + vectorstore + "index.faiss")
+        
+        if file_url.scheme in ['https'] and file_url.netloc == 'raw.githubusercontent.com' and file_url.path.startswith('/arc53/DocsHUB/main/'):
+            
+            r = requests.get(file_url.geturl())
+
+            if r.status_code != 200:
+                return {"status": "null"}
+            else:
+                if not os.path.exists(vectorstore):
+                    os.makedirs(vectorstore)
+                with open(vectorstore + "index.faiss", "wb") as f:
+                    f.write(r.content)
+
+                # download the store
+                r = requests.get(base_path + vectorstore + "index.pkl")
+                with open(vectorstore + "index.pkl", "wb") as f:
+                    f.write(r.content)
         else:
-            if not os.path.exists(vectorstore):
-                os.makedirs(vectorstore)
-            with open(vectorstore + "index.faiss", "wb") as f:
-                f.write(r.content)
-
-            # download the store
-            r = requests.get(base_path + vectorstore + "index.pkl")
-            with open(vectorstore + "index.pkl", "wb") as f:
-                f.write(r.content)
+            return {"status": "null"}
 
         return {"status": "loaded"}