diff --git a/apps/gallery/ajax/galleryOp.php b/apps/gallery/ajax/galleryOp.php
index 0cd825f3e5..b49e52f0bd 100755
--- a/apps/gallery/ajax/galleryOp.php
+++ b/apps/gallery/ajax/galleryOp.php
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ function handleRemove($name) {
 
 function handleGetThumbnails($albumname) {
   OCP\Response::enableCaching(3600 * 24); // 24 hour
-  $thumbnail = OC::$CONFIG_DATADIRECTORY.'/../gallery/'.urldecode($albumname).'.png';
+  $view = OCP\App::getStorage('gallery');
+  $thumbnail = $view->fopen(urldecode($albumname).'.png', 'r');
   header('Content-Type: '.OC_Image::getMimeTypeForFile($thumbnail));
   OCP\Response::sendFile($thumbnail);
 }
diff --git a/apps/gallery/ajax/sharing.php b/apps/gallery/ajax/sharing.php
index 1223320120..304757b9e9 100755
--- a/apps/gallery/ajax/sharing.php
+++ b/apps/gallery/ajax/sharing.php
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ function handleGetThumbnail($token, $imgpath) {
 function handleGetAlbumThumbnail($token, $albumname)
 {
   $owner = OC_Gallery_Sharing::getTokenOwner($token);
-  $file = OCP\Config::getSystemValue("datadirectory").'/'. $owner .'/gallery/'.$albumname.'.png';
+  $view = OCP\App::getStorage('gallery');
+  $file = $view->fopen($albumname.'.png', 'r');
   $image = new OC_Image($file);
   if ($image->valid()) {
     $image->centerCrop();
@@ -93,7 +94,8 @@ function handleGetAlbumThumbnail($token, $albumname)
 
 function handleGetPhoto($token, $photo) {
   $owner = OC_Gallery_Sharing::getTokenOwner($token);
-  $file = OCP\Config::getSystemValue( "datadirectory", OC::$SERVERROOT."/data" ).'/'.$owner.'/files'.urldecode($photo);
+  $view = OCP\App::getStorage('files');
+  $file = $view->fopen(urldecode($photo), 'r');
   header('Content-Type: '.OC_Image::getMimeTypeForFile($file));
   OCP\Response::sendFile($file);
 }
diff --git a/apps/gallery/index.php b/apps/gallery/index.php
index e47fb3db5d..a9fe200c4e 100755
--- a/apps/gallery/index.php
+++ b/apps/gallery/index.php
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ OCP\User::checkLoggedIn();
 OCP\App::checkAppEnabled('gallery');
 OCP\App::setActiveNavigationEntry( 'gallery_index' );
 
-if (!file_exists(OCP\Config::getSystemValue("datadirectory").'/'. OCP\USER::getUser() .'/gallery')) {
-  mkdir(OCP\Config::getSystemValue("datadirectory").'/'. OCP\USER::getUser() .'/gallery');
-}
-
 if (!isset($_GET['view'])) {
   $result = OC_Gallery_Album::find(OCP\USER::getUser());
 
diff --git a/apps/gallery/lib/album.php b/apps/gallery/lib/album.php
index ac6cacbe01..7b9036742a 100755
--- a/apps/gallery/lib/album.php
+++ b/apps/gallery/lib/album.php
@@ -92,9 +92,8 @@ class OC_Gallery_Album {
 	}
 
 	public static function changeThumbnailPath($oldname, $newname) {
-		 
-		$thumbpath = OC::$CONFIG_DATADIRECTORY.'/../gallery/';
-		rename($thumbpath.$oldname.'.png', $thumbpath.$newname.'.png');
+		$view = OCP\App::getStorage('gallery');
+		$view->rename($oldname.'.png', $newname.'.png');
 	}
 
 	public static function getAlbumSize($id){
diff --git a/apps/gallery/lib/photo.php b/apps/gallery/lib/photo.php
index 99384af621..b4b37236b0 100755
--- a/apps/gallery/lib/photo.php
+++ b/apps/gallery/lib/photo.php
@@ -68,17 +68,17 @@ class OC_Gallery_Photo {
 
 	public static function getThumbnail($image_name, $owner = null) {
 		if (!$owner) $owner = OCP\USER::getUser();
-		$save_dir = OCP\Config::getSystemValue("datadirectory").'/'. $owner .'/gallery/';
-		$save_dir .= dirname($image_name). '/';
-		$image_path = $image_name;
-		$thumb_file = $save_dir . basename($image_name);
-		if (!is_dir($save_dir)) {
-			mkdir($save_dir, 0777, true);
+		$view = OCP\App::getStorage('gallery');
+		$save_dir = dirname($image_name);
+		if (!$view->is_dir($save_dir)) {
+			$view->mkdir($save_dir);
 		}
-		if (file_exists($thumb_file)) {
-			$image = new OC_Image($thumb_file);
+		$view->chroot($view->getRoot().'/'.$save_dir);
+		$thumb_file = basename($image_name);
+		if ($view->file_exists($thumb_file)) {
+			$image = new OC_Image($view->fopen($thumb_file, 'r'));
 		} else {
-			$image_path = OC_Filesystem::getLocalFile($image_path);
+			$image_path = OC_Filesystem::getLocalFile($image_name);
 			if(!file_exists($image_path)) {
 				return null;
 			}
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class OC_Gallery_Photo {
 			if ($image->valid()) {
 				$image->centerCrop(200);
 				$image->fixOrientation();
-				$image->save($thumb_file);
+				$image->save($view->getLocalFile($thumb_file));
 			}
 		}
 		if ($image->valid()) {
diff --git a/apps/gallery/lib/scanner.php b/apps/gallery/lib/scanner.php
index 7a137cb3f5..e11ba1da45 100755
--- a/apps/gallery/lib/scanner.php
+++ b/apps/gallery/lib/scanner.php
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ class OC_Gallery_Scanner {
 				$image->destroy();
 			}
 		}
-		imagepng($thumbnail, OCP\Config::getSystemValue("datadirectory").'/'. OCP\USER::getUser() .'/gallery/' . $albumName.'.png');
+		$view = OCP\App::getStorage('gallery');
+		imagepng($thumbnail, $view->getLocalFile($albumName.'.png'));
 		imagedestroy($thumbnail);
 	}