diff --git a/fcn_core/Publish.m b/fcn_core/Publish.m
index 75473df7bdd13f006753b225ce2b19b41c60c392..4fd760ab225374b52f549917ea0955913f776c42 100644
--- a/fcn_core/Publish.m
+++ b/fcn_core/Publish.m
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ switch options.Method
                sourcePath = fList.name{idx};
                createLinkedHDF5(sourcePath,storPath,ID);
             else % no identical file exists
-               createFileCopy(DataPaths.rdata,'data',storPath,ID,'dataCentral');
+               createFileCopy(DataPaths.rdata{i},'data',storPath,ID,'dataCentral');
             end
         end
     case 'individual'
diff --git a/fcn_help/createFileCopy.m b/fcn_help/createFileCopy.m
index 67b16204ff7463ac32d3c69b4f1d31da0442c2ef..19b278ca51d17b588b6eac98ae35d18ed3995653 100644
--- a/fcn_help/createFileCopy.m
+++ b/fcn_help/createFileCopy.m
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@ function [] = createFileCopy(filePaths,folderName,storPath,ID,type)
 % Creates a copy of the files (can used for multiple paths in a cell array)
 % folderName is the name of the exporting folder
     disp(['start to copy ', type]);  
-            
+    
+    if ~iscell(filePaths)
+        %fixes Issue if Filepath is a char and not a cell array
+        filePaths = {filePaths};
+    end
+        
 %     try        
         for i = 1:numel(filePaths)
             FileNameAndLocation = filePaths{i};
@@ -28,15 +33,15 @@ function [] = createFileCopy(filePaths,folderName,storPath,ID,type)
             % Write the file
             RemotePath = fullfile(storPath,folderName, newfile);
             
-           % Check if remote file already exists (not working)
-%             count = 0;
-%             while isfile(RemotePath) && ismember(type,{'data','dataCentral'})
-%                 % Add a Sufix number to file name
-%                 count = count + 1;
-%                 [~,name,ext] = fileparts(RemotePath);
-%                 RemotePath = fullfile(storPath,folderName,...
-%                     [name,'_',num2str(count),ext]);
-%             end
+%           Check if remote file already exists
+            count = 0;
+            while isfile(RemotePath) && ismember(type,{'data','dataCentral'})
+                % Add a Sufix number to new file name
+                count = count + 1;
+                [~,name,ext] = fileparts(RemotePath);
+                RemotePath = fullfile(storPath,folderName,...
+                    [name,'_',num2str(count),ext]);
+            end
             copyfile(FileNameAndLocation,RemotePath);
         end
         disp([type, ' sucessfully published']);