diff --git a/README b/README
index e99b032e89f309956e335d68983443d707e2eb52..c01aae3f26934d7d7c6f8acbaa91829c6eb24185 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ format <username>_YYYYMMDDThhmmss_<targetfoldername> and the
 following extensions:
 
 .log      - with the outputs of the script.
+.json     - copy of the ARCHIVE_METADATA.json file.
 .manifest - with the full list of archived files including 
             permissions, ownership, size, date, and path.
 .md5sum   - with the full list of archived files and their 
@@ -75,14 +76,11 @@ inside of the target directory and, therefore, included in
 the .tar.bz2 file.
 
 After the creation of these files, cjarchiver renames the 
-target directory as <targetdirectory>.toberemoved/ and 
-automatically moves the .tar.bz2 file to the default archiving 
-directory: /scicore/archive/<group>/<username>/ 
+target directory as <targetdirectory>.toberemoved/
  
 As its name indicates, <targetdirectory>.toberemoved/ can be 
 deleted, but prior to that, we strongly recommend to check that 
-the .tar.bz2 file has been correctly moved to the archiving 
-directory.
+the .tar.bz2 file has been created.
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/bin/cjarchiver b/bin/cjarchiver
index ed6f23d7ece367e5f11378f803023bcbe0e8ba53..481c39c8b29c6a0d272f8a77c9488245290cc90d 100755
--- a/bin/cjarchiver
+++ b/bin/cjarchiver
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def checkdirectory(directory,out):
     logfile.flush()
 
 #Checks if metadata exists and has the correct JSON format
-def checkmetadata(directory):
+def checkmetadata(directory,namejson):
     pathfile=os.environ['PWD']+'/'+directory+'/ARCHIVE_METADATA.json'
     exists=os.path.isfile(pathfile)
     print "Searching metadata %s" %(pathfile)
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ def checkmetadata(directory):
         if correct:
             print "Metadata format is correct"
             logfile.write("Metadata format is correct\n")
+            os.system('cp '+pathfile+' ./'+namejson)
+            logfile.write("json file copied\n")
+            logfile.flush()
         else:
             print "Metadata format is NOT correct. Use -h or --help for an example of JSON format"
             logfile.write("Metadata format is NOT correct\n")
@@ -191,9 +194,6 @@ cjarchive.py archives a folder and all its contents in a compressed file
 with the name USER_YYYYMMDDHHMMSS_DIRECTORY.tar.bz2. Requires that the 
 target folder contains a metadata file named ARCHIVE_METADATA.json in 
 JSON format (see below an example).
-After the archive has been created it is moved to 
-/scicore/archive/<group>/<user>/
-
 
 Developed by Ruben M. Cabezon - sciCORE (University of Basel)
 ruben.cabezon@unibas.ch
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ namelog=name+'.log'
 namemd5=name+'.md5sum'
 nameman=name+'.manifest'
 archivefile=name+'.tar.bz2'
+namejson=name+'.json'
 
 #*************************************************************
 #Open logfile
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ logfile=open(namelog,'a')
 #Main code
 #*************************************************************
 checkdirectory(directory,0)
-checkmetadata(directory)
+checkmetadata(directory,namejson)
 if args.exclude:
     for f in excluded:
         checkdirectory(directory+'/'+f,1)