diff --git a/Forums/Initialization/prepare_parser.py b/Forums/Initialization/prepare_parser.py
index ac1523f..3d2f388 100644
--- a/Forums/Initialization/prepare_parser.py
+++ b/Forums/Initialization/prepare_parser.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ def read_file(filePath, createLog, logFile):
         html = codecs.open(filePath.strip('\n'), encoding='utf8')
         soup = BeautifulSoup(html, "html.parser")
         html.close()
+        time.sleep(0.01)    # making sure the file is closed before returning soup object
         return soup
     except:
 
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ def read_file(filePath, createLog, logFile):
             html = open(filePath.strip('\n'))
             soup = BeautifulSoup(html, "html.parser")
             html.close()
+            time.sleep(0.01)    # making sure the file is closed before returning soup object
             return soup
         except:
 
@@ -212,7 +214,7 @@ def persist_record(url, rec, cur, con, createLog, logFile, listingFile, descript
 def move_file(filePath, createLog, logFile):
 
     source = filePath
-    destination = filePath.replace(os.path.basename(filePath), "") + r'Read/' + os.path.basename(filePath)
+    destination = filePath.replace(os.path.basename(filePath), "") + 'Read\\' + os.path.basename(filePath)
 
     try:
         shutil.move(source, destination, shutil.copy2)
@@ -250,7 +252,7 @@ def new_parse(forum, url, createLog):
     # Creating the tables (The database should be created manually)
     create_database(cur, con)
 
-    mainDir = os.path.join(config.get('Project', 'shared_folder'), "Forums/" + forum + "/HTML_Pages")
+    mainDir = os.path.join(config.get('Project', 'shared_folder'), "Forums\\" + forum + "\\HTML_Pages")
 
     # Creating the log file for each Forum
     if createLog:
diff --git a/Forums/Utilities/utilities.py b/Forums/Utilities/utilities.py
index 741ec1f..2a5e2f0 100644
--- a/Forums/Utilities/utilities.py
+++ b/Forums/Utilities/utilities.py
@@ -353,29 +353,24 @@ def encrypt_encode_image_to_base64(driver, xpath):
     return None
 
 
-def decode_decrypt_image_in_base64(html_content):
+def decode_decrypt_image_in_base64(string_image):
 
-    soup = BeautifulSoup(html_content, 'html.parser')
-
-    for img_tag in soup.find_all('img'):
-
-        src_attr = img_tag.get('src')
+    try:
 
-        if src_attr and src_attr.startswith('data:image'):
+        base64_image = bytes(string_image, encoding='utf-8')
+        encrypted_image = base64.b64decode(base64_image)
+        decrypted_image = aes_decryption(encrypted_image)
 
-            try:
+        im = Image.open(io.BytesIO(decrypted_image))
+        im.show()
 
-                string_image = src_attr.split('base64,')[-1]
-                base64_image = bytes(string_image, encoding='utf-8')
-                encrypted_image = base64.b64decode(base64_image)
-                decrypted_image = aes_decryption(encrypted_image)
+        return decrypted_image
 
-                im = Image.open(io.BytesIO(decrypted_image))
-                im.show()
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
+        pass
 
-            except Exception as e:
-                print(e)
-                pass
+    return None
 
 
 def replace_image_sources(driver, html_content):
diff --git a/MarketPlaces/DB_Connection/db_connection.py b/MarketPlaces/DB_Connection/db_connection.py
index 03de3d2..8769869 100644
--- a/MarketPlaces/DB_Connection/db_connection.py
+++ b/MarketPlaces/DB_Connection/db_connection.py
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ def create_vendor(cur, row, marketId):
 
         recset = cur.fetchall()
 
-        decode_decrypt_image_in_base64(recset[0][5])
+        # decode_decrypt_image_in_base64(recset[0][5])
 
         if (str(recset[0]['rating_vendor']) != str(row[2] if row[2] != '-1' else None) or # there was a change in the vendor information
             str(recset[0]['successfultransactions_vendor']) != str(row[3] if row[3] != '-1' else None) or
diff --git a/MarketPlaces/Initialization/markets_mining.py b/MarketPlaces/Initialization/markets_mining.py
index 21888fc..5ec07b6 100644
--- a/MarketPlaces/Initialization/markets_mining.py
+++ b/MarketPlaces/Initialization/markets_mining.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def opentor():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 
-    # opentor()
+    opentor()
 
     mktsList = getMarkets()
 
diff --git a/MarketPlaces/Initialization/prepare_parser.py b/MarketPlaces/Initialization/prepare_parser.py
index b94723f..9cfe2a9 100644
--- a/MarketPlaces/Initialization/prepare_parser.py
+++ b/MarketPlaces/Initialization/prepare_parser.py
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ def read_file(filePath, createLog, logFile):
         html = codecs.open(filePath.strip('\n'), encoding='utf8')
         soup = BeautifulSoup(html, "html.parser")
         html.close()
+        time.sleep(0.01)  # making sure the file is closed before returning soup object
         return soup
     except:
 
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ def read_file(filePath, createLog, logFile):
             html = open(filePath.strip('\n'))
             soup = BeautifulSoup(html, "html.parser")
             html.close()
+            time.sleep(0.01)  # making sure the file is closed before returning soup object
             return soup
         except:
 
@@ -271,7 +273,7 @@ def persist_record(url, rec, cur, con, createLog, logFile, listingFile, descript
 def move_file(filePath, createLog, logFile):
 
     source = filePath
-    destination = filePath.replace(os.path.basename(filePath), "") + r'Read/' + os.path.basename(filePath)
+    destination = filePath.replace(os.path.basename(filePath), "") + 'Read\\' + os.path.basename(filePath)
 
     try:
         shutil.move(source, destination, shutil.copy2)
@@ -307,7 +309,7 @@ def new_parse(marketPlace, url, createLog):
     # Creating the tables (The database should be created manually)
     create_database(cur, con)
 
-    mainDir = os.path.join(config.get('Project', 'shared_folder'), "MarketPlaces/" + marketPlace + "/HTML_Pages")
+    mainDir = os.path.join(config.get('Project', 'shared_folder'), "MarketPlaces\\" + marketPlace + "\\HTML_Pages")
 
     # Creating the log file for each Forum
     if createLog: