diff --git a/src/people/_images/thumbs/keepme.md b/src/people/_images/thumbs/keepme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ada65a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/people/_images/thumbs/keepme.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// this is a placeholder hack to fixing a bug within the W3PN Data Refresh script which requires the /thumbs folder but for some reason it gets deleted.