diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index a8cec25c98fcb110258320cec01f2d50b3fb788c..8990e662a37a5b1871e89911801a899c6e247861 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
   },
   "xsd":{
     "filename":"dcc.xsd",
-    "externalBaseURL":"https://ptb.de/dcc/"
+    "externalBaseURL":"https://ptb.de/dcc/",
+    "localPath":"./xsd-local/",
+    "releases":"https://www.ptb.de/dcc/releases.json"
   }
 }
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 05471f86e2aacaa67bbd4dda8a941d99e261e862..5ccce743b60a45215cce03ec34ca1033a41dd86e 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import subprocess
 from pprint import pprint
 
 config = utils.get_config_dict()
-
+releases_dict = utils.get_releases_dict(config['xsd']['releases'])
+ 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 CORS(app)
 trans = Trans()
@@ -70,6 +71,24 @@ def validation():
     if l != 'de':
         l = 'en'
     x = "['2.4.0','2.3.0','2.2.0','2.1.1','2.1.0']"
+    xx = '['
+    comma = ''
+    for i in releases_dict['releases']:
+        xx = xx + comma + '"' + i['version'] + '"'
+        comma = ','
+    xx = xx + ']' 
+    arr = []
+    for i in releases_dict['releases']:
+        arr.append('"' + i['version'] + '"')
+    arr = reversed(arr)# !!!
+    yy = '[' + ','.join(arr) + ']'
+    print('********************************')
+    pprint(xx)
+    pprint(yy)
+    print('********************************')
+    #pprint(releases_dict)
+    print('########################')
+#    x = utils.get_xsd_versions() ##############
     return trans.show_html(version=utils.get_version(), language=l, 
       xsd_versions=x)
 
@@ -90,3 +109,5 @@ def logo_folder(fn):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     app.run(host=config['server']['host'], port=config['server']['port'])
+
+
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index cffec5b31d87deae12388e9a92f3f9b4ddd90aa9..21e987af53d6a651b80787a493a8dee3a2610e0b 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -21,6 +21,20 @@ def get_config_dict():
 
     return config
 
+def get_releases_dict(url):
+    try:
+        filename = urlparse(url).path.split('/')[-1]
+        r = requests.get(url, allow_redirects=True)
+        if r.url.endswith(filename): # no bad redirection
+            try:
+                return json.loads(r.text) # loads !!!
+            except:
+                return False         
+        else:
+            return False
+    except:
+        return False  
+  
 def get_version():
     try:
         with open('./VERSION', 'r') as f: