diff --git a/src/zbmath_rest2oai/writeLocal.py b/src/zbmath_rest2oai/writeLocal.py
index d8e4848..aadbd0a 100644
--- a/src/zbmath_rest2oai/writeLocal.py
+++ b/src/zbmath_rest2oai/writeLocal.py
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@
 
 
 def write_oai(api_source):
-    return getAsXml.final_xml2(api_source)
+    xml = getAsXml.final_xml2(api_source)
+    with open('temp_folder_software_metadata/{}.xml'.format(apisource), "wb") as f:
+        f.write(xml)
+        f.close()
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import sys
     write_oai(sys.argv[1])
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diff --git a/src/zbmath_rest2oai/writeLocal.sh b/src/zbmath_rest2oai/writeLocal.sh
index e69de29..d2c1952 100644
--- a/src/zbmath_rest2oai/writeLocal.sh
+++ b/src/zbmath_rest2oai/writeLocal.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+mkdir temp_folder_software_metadata