diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index fe9d416..7e6b34f 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -1585,7 +1585,8 @@
                     "git -C ../layers/openembedded-core config user.name 'Auto Upgrade Helper'",
                     "git -C ../layers/openembedded-core switch -C tmp-auh-upgrades HEAD",
                     "rm -f ../layers/openembedded-core/.git/hooks/pre-commit",
-                    "install -D ${SCRIPTSDIR}/auh-config/upgrade-helper.conf ./upgrade-helper/upgrade-helper.conf"
+                    "install -D ${SCRIPTSDIR}/auh-config/upgrade-helper.conf ./upgrade-helper/upgrade-helper.conf",
+                    "cp ${WEBPUBLISH_DIR}/pub/auh/auh-state.json ./upgrade-helper"
                 ]
             },
             "step2" : {
@@ -1593,7 +1594,8 @@
                 "EXTRACMDS" : [
                     "../auto-upgrade-helper/upgrade-helper.py -e all --incremental",
                     "mkdir -p ${WEBPUBLISH_DIR}/pub/auh/",
-                    "cp -rf ./upgrade-helper/* ${WEBPUBLISH_DIR}/pub/auh/"
+                    "cp -rf ./upgrade-helper/* ${WEBPUBLISH_DIR}/pub/auh/",
+                    "cp ${WEBPUBLISH_DIR}/pub/auh/auh-state.json ${WEBPUBLISH_DIR}/pub/auh/auh-state.json.`date +%Y%M%d%H%M`"
                 ]
             }
         },