diff --git a/make/bak_deploy.py b/make/bak_deploy.py
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+++ b/make/bak_deploy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+***************************************************************************
+    deploy.py
+    Script to build the HUB-TimeSeriesViewer from Repository code
+    ---------------------
+    Date                 : September 2017
+    Copyright            : (C) 2017 by Benjamin Jakimow
+    Email                : benjamin.jakimow@geo.hu-berlin.de
+***************************************************************************
+*                                                                         *
+*   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+*   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+*   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+*   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+*                                                                         *
+***************************************************************************
+"""
+
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+import os, sys, re, shutil, zipfile, datetime
+import numpy as np
+from pb_tool import pb_tool
+from timeseriesviewer import DIR_REPO, jp, file_search
+import timeseriesviewer
+DIR_BUILD = jp(DIR_REPO, 'build')
+DIR_DEPLOY = jp(DIR_REPO, 'deploy')
+
+
+
+
+#list of deploy options:
+# ZIP - add zipped plugin to DIR_DEPLOY
+# UNZIPPED - add the non-zipped plugin to DIR_DEPLOY
+DEPLOY_OPTIONS = ['ZIP', 'UNZIPPED']
+ADD_TESTDATA = True
+
+#directories below the <enmapbox-repository> folder whose content is to be copied without filtering
+PLAIN_COPY_SUBDIRS = ['site-packages']
+
+########## End of config section
+timestamp = ''.join(np.datetime64(datetime.datetime.now()).astype(str).split(':')[0:-1])
+buildID = '{}.{}'.format(timeseriesviewer.VERSION, timestamp)
+dirBuildPlugin = jp(DIR_BUILD, 'timeseriesviewerplugin')
+
+def rm(p):
+    """
+    Remove files or directory 'p'
+    :param p: path of file or directory to be removed.
+    """
+    if os.path.isfile(p):
+        os.remove(p)
+    elif os.path.isdir(p):
+        shutil.rmtree(p)
+
+def cleanDir(d):
+    """
+    Remove content from directory 'd'
+    :param d: directory to be cleaned.
+    """
+    assert os.path.isdir(d)
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(d):
+        for p in dirs + files: rm(jp(root,p))
+        break
+
+def mkDir(d, delete=False):
+    """
+    Make directory.
+    :param d: path of directory to be created
+    :param delete: set on True to delete the directory contents, in case the directory already existed.
+    """
+    if delete and os.path.isdir(d):
+        cleanDir(d)
+    if not os.path.isdir(d):
+        os.makedirs(d)
+
+def patch_pb_tool(DIR_DEPLOY):
+
+    #local pb_tool configuration file.
+    pathCfg = jp(DIR_REPO, 'pb_tool.cfg')
+
+    #required to choose andy DIR_DEPLOY of choice
+    #issue tracker: https://github.com/g-sherman/plugin_build_tool/issues/4
+    pb_tool.get_plugin_directory = lambda : DIR_DEPLOY
+   #pb_tool.cli.command = lambda f:f
+    #Issue 1.: set pb_tool.cfg directly and do not expect current WDir
+    def config():
+        import ConfigParser
+        cfg = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+        cfg.read(pathCfg)
+        return cfg
+    pb_tool.config = config
+
+    #issue 2: do not expect compiled resource files to end on '_rc.py'
+    def compiled_resource():
+        return []
+        import ConfigParser
+        cfg = config()
+        try:
+            res_files = cfg.get('files', 'resource_files').split()
+            compiled = []
+            for res in res_files:
+                (base, ext) = os.path.splitext(res)
+
+                #CHANGED!!!! no '_rc.py'
+                compiled.append('{}.py'.format(base))
+            # print "Compiled resource files: {}".format(compiled)
+            return compiled
+        except ConfigParser.NoSectionError as oops:
+            print oops.message
+            sys.exit(1)
+    pb_tool.compiled_resource = compiled_resource
+
+    #Issues:
+    #def compiled_ui():
+    #    return []
+    #    files = file_search(jp(DIR_REPO,'timeseriesviewer'), '*.ui', recursive=True)
+    #    return files
+    #pb_tool.compiled_ui = compiled_ui
+
+    #Issues:
+    _deployOld = pb_tool.deploy
+    def deploy():
+        #create target directories
+        plugin_dir = os.path.join(pb_tool.get_plugin_directory(), pb_tool.config().get('plugin', 'name'))
+        install_files = pb_tool.get_install_files()
+
+        for file in install_files:
+            d = os.path.dirname(jp(plugin_dir,file))
+            if not os.path.exists(d):
+                os.makedirs(d)
+        _deployOld()
+    pb_tool.deploy = deploy
+
+
+    #Issue: my 'help' dir is called 'doc'
+    def build_docs():
+        """ Build the docs using sphinx"""
+        import subprocess
+        helpDir = jp(DIR_REPO, 'doc')
+        #if os.path.exists('help'):
+
+        if os.path.exists(helpDir):
+            if sys.platform == 'win32':
+                makeprg = 'make.bat'
+            else:
+                makeprg = 'make'
+            cwd = os.getcwd()
+            os.chdir(helpDir)
+            subprocess.check_call([makeprg, 'html'])
+            os.chdir(cwd)
+        else:
+            print "No help directory exists in the current directory"
+    pb_tool.build_docs = build_docs
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+
+    #the directory to build the "enmapboxplugin" folder
+    DIR_DEPLOY = jp(DIR_REPO, 'deploy')
+    mkDir(DIR_DEPLOY)
+
+    import pb_tool
+
+    # DIR_DEPLOY = r'E:\_EnMAP\temp\temp_bj\enmapbox_deploys\most_recent_version'
+
+    patch_pb_tool(DIR_DEPLOY)
+    pathCfg = jp(DIR_REPO, 'pb_tool.cfg')
+    cfg = pb_tool.config()
+    pluginname = cfg.get('plugin', 'name')
+
+
+    if True:
+        #1. clean an existing directory = the timeseriesviewer folder
+        pb_tool.clean_deployment(ask_first=False)
+
+        #2. Compile. Basically call pyrcc to create the resources.rc file
+        #I don't know how to call this from pure python
+        if False:
+            import subprocess
+            import make
+
+            os.chdir(DIR_REPO)
+            subprocess.call(['pb_tool', 'compile'])
+            make.compile_rc_files(DIR_REPO)
+
+        else:
+            pb_tool.compile_files()
+
+
+        #3. Deploy = write the data to the new enmapboxplugin folder
+        os.chdir(os.path.dirname(pathCfg))
+        pb_tool.deploy()
+
+        #4. As long as we can not specify in the pb_tool.cfg which file types are not to deploy,
+        # we need to remove them afterwards.
+        # issue: https://github.com/g-sherman/plugin_build_tool/issues/5
+        print('Remove files...')
+
+        for f in file_search(DIR_DEPLOY, re.compile('(svg|pyc)$'), recursive=True):
+            os.remove(f)
+
+    #5. create a zip
+    print('Create zipfile...')
+    from timeseriesviewer.utils import zipdir
+
+
+    pathZip = jp(DIR_DEPLOY, '{}.{}.zip'.format(pluginname,timestamp))
+    dirPlugin = jp(DIR_DEPLOY, pluginname)
+    zipdir(dirPlugin, pathZip)
+    #os.chdir(dirPlugin)
+    #shutil.make_archive(pathZip, 'zip', '..', dirPlugin)
+
+    # 6. copy to local QGIS user DIR
+    if True:
+        import shutil
+
+        from os.path import expanduser
+
+        pathQGIS = os.path.join(expanduser("~"), *['.qgis2', 'python', 'plugins'])
+
+        assert os.path.isdir(pathQGIS)
+        pathDst = os.path.join(pathQGIS, os.path.basename(dirPlugin))
+        rm(pathDst)
+        shutil.copytree(dirPlugin, pathDst)
+        s = ""
+
+    print('Finished')
diff --git a/make/deploy.py b/make/deploy.py
index 9dabb61798354176fa56259a51814e983df073fb..a33eae09683d276612c43692e03ca9faec778745 100644
--- a/make/deploy.py
+++ b/make/deploy.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 import os, sys, re, shutil, zipfile, datetime
+from pb_tool import pb_tool
 import numpy as np
 from timeseriesviewer import DIR_REPO, jp, file_search
 import timeseriesviewer
@@ -161,18 +162,19 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     DIR_DEPLOY = jp(DIR_REPO, 'deploy')
     mkDir(DIR_DEPLOY)
 
-    import pb_tool
 
     # DIR_DEPLOY = r'E:\_EnMAP\temp\temp_bj\enmapbox_deploys\most_recent_version'
 
-    patch_pb_tool(DIR_DEPLOY)
+    #patch_pb_tool(DIR_DEPLOY)
     pathCfg = jp(DIR_REPO, 'pb_tool.cfg')
-    cfg = pb_tool.config()
+    cfg = pb_tool.get_config(pathCfg)
+    cdir = os.path.dirname(pathCfg)
     pluginname = cfg.get('plugin', 'name')
-
+    dirPlugin = jp(DIR_DEPLOY, pluginname)
 
     if True:
         #1. clean an existing directory = the timeseriesviewer folder
+        os.chdir(cdir)
         pb_tool.clean_deployment(ask_first=False)
 
         #2. Compile. Basically call pyrcc to create the resources.rc file
@@ -186,12 +188,12 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             make.compile_rc_files(DIR_REPO)
 
         else:
-            pb_tool.compile_files()
+            pb_tool.compile_files(cfg)
 
 
         #3. Deploy = write the data to the new enmapboxplugin folder
-        os.chdir(os.path.dirname(pathCfg))
-        pb_tool.deploy()
+
+        pb_tool.deploy_files(pathCfg,dirPlugin, quick=True, confirm=False)
 
         #4. As long as we can not specify in the pb_tool.cfg which file types are not to deploy,
         # we need to remove them afterwards.
@@ -207,7 +209,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
 
     pathZip = jp(DIR_DEPLOY, '{}.{}.zip'.format(pluginname,timestamp))
-    dirPlugin = jp(DIR_DEPLOY, pluginname)
+
     zipdir(dirPlugin, pathZip)
     #os.chdir(dirPlugin)
     #shutil.make_archive(pathZip, 'zip', '..', dirPlugin)