diff --git a/data/assets/scene/milkyway/exoplanets/exoplanets_data.asset b/data/assets/scene/milkyway/exoplanets/exoplanets_data.asset
index b49f091844..b75b5aa1a5 100644
--- a/data/assets/scene/milkyway/exoplanets/exoplanets_data.asset
+++ b/data/assets/scene/milkyway/exoplanets/exoplanets_data.asset
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ local DataPath = asset.syncedResource({
     Name = "Exoplanet Data Files",
     Type = "HttpSynchronization",
     Identifier = "exoplanets_data",
-    Version = 1
+    Version = 2
 })
 asset.export("DataPath", DataPath)
diff --git a/modules/exoplanets/exoplanetsmodule_lua.inl b/modules/exoplanets/exoplanetsmodule_lua.inl
index 9fdd5eb45b..af0f07e67a 100644
--- a/modules/exoplanets/exoplanetsmodule_lua.inl
+++ b/modules/exoplanets/exoplanetsmodule_lua.inl
@@ -46,17 +46,15 @@ namespace openspace::exoplanets::luascriptfunctions {
 
 constexpr const char* ExoplanetsGuiPath = "/Milky Way/Exoplanets/Exoplanet Systems/";
 
-constexpr const char* LookUpTablePath = "${SYNC}/http/exoplanets_data/1/lookup.txt";
+constexpr const char* LookUpTablePath = "${SYNC}/http/exoplanets_data/2/lookup.txt";
 constexpr const char* ExoplanetsDataPath =
-    "${SYNC}/http/exoplanets_data/1/exoplanets_data.bin";
+    "${SYNC}/http/exoplanets_data/2/exoplanets_data.bin";
 
 constexpr const char* StarTextureFile = "${SYNC}/http/exoplanets_textures/1/sun.jpg";
 constexpr const char* NoDataTextureFile =
     "${SYNC}/http/exoplanets_textures/1/grid-32.png";
 constexpr const char* DiscTextureFile =
     "${SYNC}/http/exoplanets_textures/1/disc_texture.png";
-constexpr const char* HabitableZoneTextureFile =
-    "${SYNC}/http/exoplanets_textures/1/hz_disc_texture.png";
 
 const float AU = static_cast<float>(distanceconstants::AstronomicalUnit);
 const float SolarRadius = static_cast<float>(distanceconstants::SolarRadius);
@@ -443,7 +441,9 @@ void createExoplanetSystem(const std::string& starName) {
                     "Type = 'StaticRotation',"
                     "Rotation = " + ghoul::to_string(rotationMat3) + ""
                 "},"
-                "Texture = openspace.absPath('" + HabitableZoneTextureFile + "'),"
+                "Texture = openspace.absPath("
+                    "openspace.createPixelImage('exo_habitable_zone', {0, 0.92, 0.81})"
+                "),"
                 "Size = " + std::to_string(center) + ","
                 "Eccentricity = 0,"
                 "Offset = { " +
diff --git a/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp b/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp
index d51f322e91..da16976af6 100644
--- a/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp
@@ -1543,6 +1543,17 @@ scripting::LuaLibrary OpenSpaceEngine::luaLibrary() {
                 "string, string",
                 "Removes a tag (second argument) from a scene graph node (first argument)"
             },
+            {
+                "createPixelImage",
+                &luascriptfunctions::createPixelImage,
+                {},
+                "string, vec3",
+                "Creates a 1 pixel image with a certain color in the cache folder and "
+                "returns the path to the file. If a cached file with the given name "
+                "already exists, the path to that file is returned. The first argument "
+                "is the name of the file, without extension. The second is the RGB "
+                "color, given as {r, g, b} with values between 0 and 1."
+            },
             {
                 "isMaster",
                 &luascriptfunctions::isMaster,
diff --git a/src/engine/openspaceengine_lua.inl b/src/engine/openspaceengine_lua.inl
index e9e647296c..19cf96a6f7 100644
--- a/src/engine/openspaceengine_lua.inl
+++ b/src/engine/openspaceengine_lua.inl
@@ -22,11 +22,15 @@
  * OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                                         *
  ****************************************************************************************/
 
+#include <openspace/documentation/documentation.h>
+#include <openspace/documentation/verifier.h>
 #include <openspace/engine/downloadmanager.h>
 #include <openspace/engine/globals.h>
 #include <openspace/properties/triggerproperty.h>
 #include <openspace/rendering/renderengine.h>
 #include <openspace/scene/scenegraphnode.h>
+#include <ghoul/filesystem/cachemanager.h>
+#include <ghoul/filesystem/filesystem.h>
 #include <filesystem>
 
 namespace openspace::luascriptfunctions {
@@ -288,6 +292,71 @@ int downloadFile(lua_State* L) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+* \ingroup LuaScripts
+* createPixelImage():
+* Creates a one pixel image with a given color and returns the p
+*/
+int createPixelImage(lua_State* L) {
+    ghoul::lua::checkArgumentsAndThrow(L, 2, "lua::createPixelImage");
+
+    const std::string& name = ghoul::lua::value<std::string>(L, 1);
+    const ghoul::Dictionary& d = ghoul::lua::value<ghoul::Dictionary>(L, 2);
+
+    using namespace openspace::documentation;
+    const std::string& key = "color";
+    ghoul::Dictionary colorDict = {{ key, d }};
+    TestResult res = DoubleVector3Verifier()(colorDict, key);
+
+    if (!res.success) {
+        return ghoul::lua::luaError(L,
+            "Invalid color. Expected three double values {r, g, b} in range 0 to 1"
+        );
+    }
+
+    const glm::vec3 color = colorDict.value<glm::vec3>(key);
+
+    const std::string& fileName = FileSys.cacheManager()->cachedFilename(
+        fmt::format("{}.ppm", name),
+        "",
+        ghoul::filesystem::CacheManager::Persistent::Yes
+    );
+
+    const bool hasCachedFile = FileSys.fileExists(fileName);
+    if (hasCachedFile) {
+        LDEBUGC("OpenSpaceEngine", fmt::format("Cached file '{}' used", fileName));
+        ghoul::lua::push(L, fileName);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    else {
+        // Write the color to a ppm file
+        static std::mutex fileMutex;
+        std::lock_guard guard(fileMutex);
+        std::ofstream ppmFile(fileName, std::ofstream::binary | std::ofstream::trunc);
+
+        unsigned int width = 1;
+        unsigned int height = 1;
+        unsigned int size = width * height;
+        std::vector<unsigned char> img(size * 3);
+        img[0] = static_cast<unsigned char>(255 * color.r);
+        img[1] = static_cast<unsigned char>(255 * color.g);
+        img[2] = static_cast<unsigned char>(255 * color.b);
+
+        if (ppmFile.is_open()) {
+            ppmFile << "P6" << std::endl;
+            ppmFile << width << " " << height << std::endl;
+            ppmFile << 255 << std::endl;
+            ppmFile.write(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&img[0]), size * 3);
+            ppmFile.close();
+            ghoul::lua::push(L, fileName);
+            return 1;
+        }
+        else {
+            return ghoul::lua::luaError(L, "Could not open ppm file for writing.");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 int isMaster(lua_State* L) {
     ghoul::lua::checkArgumentsAndThrow(L, 0, "lua::isMaster");
     ghoul::lua::push(L, global::windowDelegate->isMaster());