diff --git a/handbook/essentials.html b/handbook/essentials.html
index c46a41c9b..07ddeafe1 100644
--- a/handbook/essentials.html
+++ b/handbook/essentials.html
@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@ So get this essential data onto your phone (or handheld GPS).
       <td><a download href="essentials2024.zip">essentials2024.zip</a></td> 
     </tr>    
     <tr>
-      <td><a download href="http://expo.survex.com/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/essentials.gpx">essentials.gpx</a></td> 
-      <td><a download href="http://expo.survex.com/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/essentials.kml">essentials.kml</a></td> 
-      <td><a download href="http://expo.survex.com/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/essentials.zip">essentials.zip</a></td> 
+    <!--NOTE downloads from the handbook are from /expoweb/ repo and are managed by troggle and the correct "Content type" is set, 
+    whereas files downloaded from /expofiles/ are just managed by apache and so Chrome on Android munges the filename 
+    and Chrome on desktop tries to render it as an XML file in the drowser - despite the "download" setting -->
+      <td><a download href="/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/essentials.gpx">essentials.gpx</a></td> 
+      <td><a download href="/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/essentials.kml">essentials.kml</a></td> 
+      <td><a download href="/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/essentials.zip">essentials.zip</a></td> 
     </tr>
 </table>