diff --git a/.github/labeler-config-srvaroa.yml b/.github/labeler-config-srvaroa.yml
index bdc48da53..44a234e3b 100644
--- a/.github/labeler-config-srvaroa.yml
+++ b/.github/labeler-config-srvaroa.yml
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ labels:
       - 'app/core/src/main/resources/settings.yml.template'
       - 'app/core/src/main/resources/application.properties'
       - 'app/core/src/main/resources/banner.txt'
-      - 'scripts/png_to_webp.py'
-      - 'split_photos.py'
+      - 'app/core/src/main/resources/static/python/png_to_webp.py'
+      - 'app/core/src/main/resources/static/python/split_photos.py'
       - 'application.properties'
 
   - label: 'Security'
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ labels:
       - 'app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/api/.*'
       - 'app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/service/ApiDocService.java'
       - 'app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/security/controller/api/.*'
-      - 'scripts/png_to_webp.py'
-      - 'split_photos.py'
+      - 'app/core/src/main/resources/static/python/png_to_webp.py'
+      - 'app/core/src/main/resources/static/python/split_photos.py'
       - '.github/workflows/swagger.yml'
 
   - label: 'Documentation'
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 094e9b2fa..ec2d837e2 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ repos:
         args:
           - --fix
           - --line-length=127
-        files: ^((\.github/scripts|scripts)/.+)?[^/]+\.py$
+        files: ^((\.github/scripts|scripts|app/core/src/main/resources/static/python)/.+)?[^/]+\.py$
         exclude: (split_photos.py)
       - id: ruff-format
-        files: ^((\.github/scripts|scripts)/.+)?[^/]+\.py$
+        files: ^((\.github/scripts|scripts|app/core/src/main/resources/static/python)/.+)?[^/]+\.py$
         exclude: (split_photos.py)
   - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
     rev: v2.4.1
diff --git a/app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/util/GeneralUtils.java b/app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/util/GeneralUtils.java
index ddbec92e0..4cbf3f84b 100644
--- a/app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/util/GeneralUtils.java
+++ b/app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/util/GeneralUtils.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
 import org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternUtils;
@@ -442,6 +443,27 @@ public class GeneralUtils {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+    * Extracts a file from classpath:/static/python to a temporary directory and returns the
+    * path.
+    */
+    public static Path extractScript(String scriptName) throws IOException {
+        // 1. loade the script from classpath
+        ClassPathResource resource = new ClassPathResource("static/python/" + scriptName);
+
+        // 2. create a temporary directory
+        Path tmpDir = Files.createTempDirectory("stirling-pdf-scripts");
+        tmpDir.toFile().deleteOnExit();
+
+        // 3. Copy the file
+        Path scriptFile = tmpDir.resolve(scriptName);
+        try (InputStream in = resource.getInputStream()) {
+            Files.copy(in, scriptFile, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
+        }
+
+        return scriptFile;
+    }
+
     public static boolean isVersionHigher(String currentVersion, String compareVersion) {
         if (currentVersion == null || compareVersion == null) {
             return false;
diff --git a/scripts/png_to_webp.py b/app/core/src/main/resources/static/python/png_to_webp.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/png_to_webp.py
rename to app/core/src/main/resources/static/python/png_to_webp.py
diff --git a/scripts/split_photos.py b/app/core/src/main/resources/static/python/split_photos.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/split_photos.py
rename to app/core/src/main/resources/static/python/split_photos.py