# (Orac 2) problem saving presets

**URL:** <https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/orac-2-problem-saving-presets/9866>\
**Category:** Organelle\
**Created:** [September 11, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/orac-2-problem-saving-presets/9866 "2023-09-11T16:01:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![aus10](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.critterandguitari.com/aus10/32/1635_2.png) [@aus10](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/u/aus10)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/orac-2-problem-saving-presets/9866/1 "2023-09-11T16:01:12Z")

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I’m having newly developed troubles saving Orac presets. It used to work fine, but now when I select “save preset” it does not update the `params.json` file on the USB drive (`/usbdrive/data/orac/presets/preset-name`), but there’s no error message in the Puredata console. When I select “new preset” followed by “save preset,” it doesn’t create a new folder on the USB drive.

I notice that after I load Orac, I’m unable to edit the `params.json` file directly on the Organelle with Leafpad. When I try to save, it says something like “Can’t open file to write” 🤔 file system shenanigans? Is something locking the USB drive and then Orac is unable to save?

I suspect the troubles started when I accumulated too many unused presets, so I deleted a bunch…but maybe this is unrelated 🤷

@thetechnobear any insights on this predicament? (P.S. Orac is wonderful, thank you so much for sharing 🙏)

I dug a bit into the MEC C++ code for saving presets but got lost…seeing as it worked for a long time and now doesn’t, the code probably isn’t the issue. So here I am.

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**Author:** ![aus10](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.critterandguitari.com/aus10/32/1635_2.png) [@aus10](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/u/aus10)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/orac-2-problem-saving-presets/9866/2 "2023-09-14T16:38:27Z")

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I didn’t figure out what caused it, but I got around it by reinstalling orac and copying my old presets into the new directory 🤷

If anyone has any ideas on the cause I’m still curious!