diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6f30344f..818c7ac5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ results
 cron/ipblocklist.txt
 alerts/generic_alerts
 /.project
-.data
+/data
diff --git a/cron/update_geolite_db.py b/cron/update_geolite_db.py
index e5ae14a1..b3178bcb 100755
--- a/cron/update_geolite_db.py
+++ b/cron/update_geolite_db.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import tempfile
 import tarfile
 
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), '../lib'))
+from geo_ip import GeoIP
 from utilities.logger import logger, initLogger
 
 
@@ -37,10 +38,14 @@ def fetch_db_data(db_download_location):
 
 
 def save_db_data(save_path, db_data):
-    temp_save_path = save_path + ".bak"
+    temp_save_path = save_path + ".tmp"
     logger.debug("Saving db data to " + temp_save_path)
     with open(temp_save_path, "wb+") as text_file:
         text_file.write(db_data)
+    logger.debug("Testing temp geolite db file")
+    geo_ip = GeoIP(temp_save_path)
+    # Do a generic lookup to verify we don't get any errors (malformed data)
+    geo_ip.lookup_ip('8.8.8.8')
     logger.debug("Moving temp file to " + save_path)
     os.rename(temp_save_path, save_path)
 
diff --git a/lib/geo_ip.py b/lib/geo_ip.py
index b52d9c81..e66c38be 100644
--- a/lib/geo_ip.py
+++ b/lib/geo_ip.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import geoip2.database
 
 
 class GeoIP(object):
-    def __init__(self):
-        db_location = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "../data/GeoLite2-City.mmdb")
+    def __init__(self, db_location=None):
+        if db_location is None:
+            db_location = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "../data/GeoLite2-City.mmdb")
         try:
             self.db = geoip2.database.Reader(db_location)
         except IOError: