RabbitMQ - Upgrading jQuery version failing

Question

Upgrading the jQuery version in RabbitMQ without upgrading RabbitMQ version. When I've upgraded (more details on how soon) and restart the rabbit process, everything in www folder gets deleted.

• Currently on 3.4.1 according to index.html found in:

• C:\RabbitMq\db\rabbit@SERVERNAME-plugins-expand\rabbitmq_management-3.8.2\priv\www\

  <script src="js/jquery-3.4.1.min.js"></script>

I've downloaded 3.5.0 from ]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/ajax/cdn/overview#jQuery_Releases_on_the_CDN_0

I've placed the file into C:\RabbitMq\db\rabbit@SERVERNAME-plugins-expand\rabbitmq_management-3.8.2\priv\www\js\

I've updated the reference in \www\index.html to point to 3.5.0.min.js

Restarted rabbit service and everything from \priv\ on is entirely wiped and rabbit won't start.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.