diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 92825ea92d..1812482675 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ErrorDocument 404 //owncloud/core/templates/404.php
-php_value upload_max_filesize 512M
-php_value post_max_size 512M
-SetEnv htaccessWorking true
+<IfModule mod_php5.c>
+	php_value upload_max_filesize 512M
+	php_value post_max_size 512M
+	SetEnv htaccessWorking true
+</IfModule>
 Options -Indexes
diff --git a/lib/setup.php b/lib/setup.php
index 8386846358..9f31b47c0e 100644
--- a/lib/setup.php
+++ b/lib/setup.php
@@ -273,12 +273,14 @@ class OC_Setup {
 	 * create .htaccess files for apache hosts
 	 */
 	private static function createHtaccess() {
-		global $SERVERROOT;
-		global $WEBROOT;
+		$SERVERROOT=OC::$SERVERROOT;
+		$WEBROOT=OC::$WEBROOT;
 		$content = "ErrorDocument 404 /$WEBROOT/core/templates/404.php\n";//custom 404 error page
-		$content.= "php_value upload_max_filesize 20M\n";//upload limit
-		$content.= "php_value post_max_size 20M\n";
-		$content.= "SetEnv htaccessWorking true\n";
+		$content.= '<IfModule mod_php5.c>';
+		$content.= 'php_value upload_max_filesize 512M';//upload limit
+		$content.= 'php_value post_max_size 512M';
+		$content.= 'SetEnv htaccessWorking true';
+		$content.= '</IfModule>';
 		$content.= "Options -Indexes\n";
 		@file_put_contents($SERVERROOT.'/.htaccess', $content); //supress errors in case we don't have permissions for it