diff --git a/src/ts_source/fileutils.ts b/src/ts_source/fileutils.ts
index af42c14..a7c3d86 100644
--- a/src/ts_source/fileutils.ts
+++ b/src/ts_source/fileutils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 let path = require('path')
 let fs = require('fs');
+let os = require('os');
 const shell = require('electron').shell;
 let fileExtensionToImage: object;
 
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ export module FileUtils {
     export function getPathToView(templateName: string): string {
         return path.join(getPathToAssets(), "views", templateName + ".mustache")
     }
+
     export function getPathToPage(pageName: string): string {
         return path.join(getPathToAssets(), "pages", pageName)
     }
@@ -95,6 +97,34 @@ export module FileUtils {
             fs.mkdirSync(dirPath);
         }
     }
+
+    export function showFileInDir(resourcePath: string) {
+        let localFile = copyFileToUserDocuments(resourcePath);
+        shell.showItemInFolder(localFile);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param resourcePath pathlike of system resource
+     * @private
+     * @returns pathlike of local user resource
+     */
+    function copyFileToUserDocuments(resourcePath: string): string {
+        let fileName = path.basename(resourcePath);
+        let userFilePath = getPathToUserDocumentDir(fileName);
+        if(!fs.existsSync(userFilePath)){
+            fs.copyFileSync(resourcePath, userFilePath);
+        }
+        return userFilePath;
+    }
+
+    function getPathToUserDocumentDir(fileName: string): string {
+        let homeDir = os.homedir();
+        let parent =  path.join(homeDir, "Documents", "Employee Resources");
+        if(!fs.existsSync(parent)){
+            fs.mkdirSync(parent);
+        }
+        return path.join(parent, fileName);
+    }
 }
 
 
@@ -188,8 +218,7 @@ export class FileNode {
 
     private static getImagePathFromDocumentName(name: string): string {
         let ext = FileUtils.getFileExtension(name);
-        let thumbnail = Configurator.getFileExtensionToImageMap()[ext];
-        return thumbnail;
+        return Configurator.getFileExtensionToImageMap()[ext];
     }
 
     open() {
diff --git a/src/ts_source/viewFactory.ts b/src/ts_source/viewFactory.ts
index f89ef73..4860c48 100644
--- a/src/ts_source/viewFactory.ts
+++ b/src/ts_source/viewFactory.ts
@@ -37,15 +37,19 @@ export function buildFileCard(elem: JQuery<HTMLElement>, obj, append: boolean =
             elem.html(content)
         }
 
-        if (model["show"] !== undefined) {
-            $(`#${id}`).on("click", () => {
-                shell.showItemInFolder(model.resourcePath)
-            });
-        } else {
-            $(`#${id}`).on("click", () => {
-                shell.openItem(model.resourcePath)
-            });
-        }
+        $(`#${id}`).on("click", () => {
+            FileUtils.showFileInDir(model.resourcePath);
+        });
+
+        // if (model["show"] !== undefined) {
+        //     $(`#${id}`).on("click", () => {
+        //         shell.showItemInFolder(model.resourcePath)
+        //     });
+        // } else {
+        //     $(`#${id}`).on("click", () => {
+        //         shell.openItem(model.resourcePath)
+        //     });
+        // }
     });
 }