# GX core not persisting suits or docs on local File System

**URL:** https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/gx-core-not-persisting-suits-or-docs-on-local-file-system/1889
**Category:** GX Core Support
**Created:** [September 6, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/gx-core-not-persisting-suits-or-docs-on-local-file-system/1889 "2024-09-06T13:31:18Z")
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### Author: ![shakeeb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shakeeb](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/u/shakeeb)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/gx-core-not-persisting-suits-or-docs-on-local-file-system/1889/1 "2024-09-06T13:31:18Z")

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I am trying out GX core from local Jupyter notebook. while saving the suite locally, output says it has created the expectation suite json file, but it is not created physical file, however I can able access the file from Jupter Notebook. How do I persist the file outside the notebook session?

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### Author: ![adeola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@adeola](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/u/adeola)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/gx-core-not-persisting-suits-or-docs-on-local-file-system/1889/2 "2024-10-21T03:11:55Z")

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hi there, is your context set to file mode?  
`context = gx.get_context(project_root_dir="./your_project_directory", mode="file")`