public getBgForName = (name: string) => {
  name = name.toLowerCase();
  var instance = this;
  var dir = this.file.dataDirectory;
  return new Promise(function (fulfill, reject) {
    instance.file.checkDir(dir, name).then(() => {
      // directory exists. Is there a bg file?
      dir = dir + '/' + name + '/';
      instance.file.checkFile(dir, 'bg.jpg').then(() => {
        console.log('read file');
          fulfill(dir + '/' + 'bg.jpg')
      }, (err) => {
        // dl file and re-call
        console.log('needs to download file!')
        instance.transfer.create().download(encodeURI('https://host.tld/'+name+'/bg.jpg'), dir + 'bg.jpg', true, {})
          .then((data) => {
            return instance.getBgForName(name).then((url) => {return url});
          }, (err) => {
            console.log(err)
          })
      })
    }, (err) => {
      // create dir and re-call
      instance.file.createDir(dir, name, true).then(() => {
          instance.getBgForName(name).then((url) => {fulfill(url)});
      })
    })

  });
}