diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 29c50fb0..376cc64b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
   <groupId>uk.m0nom</groupId>
   <artifactId>adif-processor</artifactId>
-  <version>1.4.3</version>
+  <version>1.4.4</version>
 
   <name>ADIF Processor</name>
   <url>https://github.com/urbancamo/adif-processor</url>
diff --git a/src/main/java/uk/m0nom/adifproc/activity/ActivityDatabaseService.java b/src/main/java/uk/m0nom/adifproc/activity/ActivityDatabaseService.java
index 3cd8590e..59878f48 100644
--- a/src/main/java/uk/m0nom/adifproc/activity/ActivityDatabaseService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/uk/m0nom/adifproc/activity/ActivityDatabaseService.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
@@ -56,16 +57,35 @@ public ActivityDatabaseService() {
      */
     public void loadData() {
         readers.values().forEach(reader -> {
-                InputStream inputStream = getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(reader.getSourceFile());
-                if (inputStream == null) {
-                    logger.severe(String.format("Can't load %s using classloader %s", reader.getSourceFile(), getClass().getClassLoader().toString()));
+                boolean readingFromRemote = false;
+                InputStream inputStream = null;
+                if (reader instanceof RemoteActivitySource remoteActivitySource) {
+                    // Attempt to download the file from the remote source
+                    try {
+                        inputStream = URI.create(remoteActivitySource.getRemoteUrl()).toURL().openStream();
+                        if (inputStream != null) {
+                            logger.info(String.format("Loading %s from %s", reader.getType().getActivityName(), remoteActivitySource.getRemoteUrl()));
+                            readingFromRemote = true;
+                        }
+                    } catch (IOException e) {
+                        // problem downloading the file, so load the local copy instead
+                        logger.warning(String.format("Problem downloading %s from %s", reader.getType().getActivityName(), remoteActivitySource.getRemoteUrl()));
+                    }
                 }
+                if (!readingFromRemote) {
+                    inputStream = getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(reader.getSourceFile());
+                    if (inputStream == null) {
+                        logger.severe(String.format("Can't load %s using classloader %s", reader.getSourceFile(), getClass().getClassLoader().toString()));
+                    }
+                }
+
                 try {
                     ActivityDatabase database = reader.read(inputStream);
                     databases.put(reader.getType().getActivityName(), database);
                 } catch (IOException e) {
                     logger.severe(String.format("Exception thrown reading activity databases: %s", e.getMessage()));
                 }
+
                 //logger.info(String.format("%d %s records loaded", database.size(), reader.getType().getActivityDescription()));
             });
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/uk/m0nom/adifproc/activity/RemoteActivitySource.java b/src/main/java/uk/m0nom/adifproc/activity/RemoteActivitySource.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a01314ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/uk/m0nom/adifproc/activity/RemoteActivitySource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package uk.m0nom.adifproc.activity;
+
+public interface RemoteActivitySource {
+    String getRemoteUrl();
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/uk/m0nom/adifproc/activity/pota/PotaCsvReader.java b/src/main/java/uk/m0nom/adifproc/activity/pota/PotaCsvReader.java
index 8a66fd17..deeecf29 100644
--- a/src/main/java/uk/m0nom/adifproc/activity/pota/PotaCsvReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/uk/m0nom/adifproc/activity/pota/PotaCsvReader.java
@@ -5,16 +5,18 @@
 import uk.m0nom.adifproc.activity.Activity;
 import uk.m0nom.adifproc.activity.ActivityType;
 import uk.m0nom.adifproc.activity.CsvActivityReader;
+import uk.m0nom.adifproc.activity.RemoteActivitySource;
 
 /**
  * Reader for the Parks on the Air CSV extract
  */
-public class PotaCsvReader extends CsvActivityReader {
+public class PotaCsvReader extends CsvActivityReader implements RemoteActivitySource {
 
     public PotaCsvReader(String sourceFile) {
         super(ActivityType.POTA, sourceFile);
     }
 
+
     @Override
     protected Activity readRecord(CSVRecord record) throws IllegalArgumentException {
         PotaInfo info = new PotaInfo();
@@ -31,4 +33,9 @@ protected Activity readRecord(CSVRecord record) throws IllegalArgumentException
         info.setGrid(record.get("grid"));
         return info;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getRemoteUrl() {
+        return "https://pota.app/all_parks_ext.csv";
+    }
 }