diff --git a/src/Kunstmaan/FormBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/Kunstmaan/FormBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index e8ea4e2c66..298700ff03 100644
--- a/src/Kunstmaan/FormBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Kunstmaan/FormBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Kunstmaan\FormBundle\DependencyInjection;
 
+use Kunstmaan\MediaBundle\Utils\SymfonyVersion;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Builder\TreeBuilder;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\ConfigurationInterface;
 
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder()
         $rootNode
             ->children()
                 ->booleanNode('deletable_formsubmissions')->defaultFalse()->end()
+                ->scalarNode('web_root')
+                    ->defaultValue(SymfonyVersion::getRootWebPath())
+                    ->cannotBeEmpty()
+                ->end()
             ->end()
         ;
 
diff --git a/src/Kunstmaan/FormBundle/DependencyInjection/KunstmaanFormExtension.php b/src/Kunstmaan/FormBundle/DependencyInjection/KunstmaanFormExtension.php
index 68a1b91868..a073b22071 100644
--- a/src/Kunstmaan/FormBundle/DependencyInjection/KunstmaanFormExtension.php
+++ b/src/Kunstmaan/FormBundle/DependencyInjection/KunstmaanFormExtension.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
         $config = $this->processConfiguration($configuration, $configs);
 
         $container->setParameter('kunstmaan_form.deletable_formsubmissions', $config['deletable_formsubmissions']);
+        $container->setParameter('kunstmaan_form.web_root', $config['web_root']);
 
         $loader = new Loader\YamlFileLoader($container, new FileLocator(__DIR__.'/../Resources/config'));
         $loader->load('services.yml');
diff --git a/src/Kunstmaan/FormBundle/Entity/FormSubmissionFieldTypes/FileFormSubmissionField.php b/src/Kunstmaan/FormBundle/Entity/FormSubmissionFieldTypes/FileFormSubmissionField.php
index 2c1afdca73..76db8b3d2e 100644
--- a/src/Kunstmaan/FormBundle/Entity/FormSubmissionFieldTypes/FileFormSubmissionField.php
+++ b/src/Kunstmaan/FormBundle/Entity/FormSubmissionFieldTypes/FileFormSubmissionField.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Behat\Transliterator\Transliterator;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
+use Gaufrette\Filesystem;
 use Kunstmaan\FormBundle\Entity\FormSubmissionField;
 use Kunstmaan\FormBundle\Form\FileFormSubmissionType;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
@@ -79,10 +80,8 @@ public function isNull()
 
     /**
      * Move the file to the given uploadDir and save the filename
-     *
-     * @param string $uploadDir
      */
-    public function upload($uploadDir, $webDir)
+    public function upload($webDir, Filesystem $fileSystem)
     {
         // the file property can be empty if the field is not required
         if (null === $this->file) {
@@ -95,14 +94,15 @@ public function upload($uploadDir, $webDir)
         $uuid = uniqid();
         $this->setUuid($uuid);
 
-        // move takes the target directory and then the target filename to move to
-        $this->file->move(sprintf('%s/%s', $uploadDir, $uuid), $safeFileName);
+        $url = \sprintf('%s%s/%s', $webDir, $uuid, $safeFileName);
+        $content = \file_get_contents($this->file->getPathname());
+        $fileSystem->write($url, $content);
 
         // set the path property to the filename where you'ved saved the file
         $this->fileName = $safeFileName;
 
         // set the url to the uuid directory inside the web dir
-        $this->setUrl(sprintf('%s%s/', $webDir, $uuid) . $safeFileName);
+        $this->setUrl($url);
 
         // clean up the file property as you won't need it anymore
         $this->file = null;
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ public function upload($uploadDir, $webDir)
      */
     public function onValidPost(Form $form, FormBuilderInterface $formBuilder, Request $request, ContainerInterface $container)
     {
-        $uploadDir = $container->getParameter('form_submission_rootdir');
         $webDir = $container->getParameter('form_submission_webdir');
-        $this->upload($uploadDir, $webDir);
+        $fileSystem = $container->get('kunstmaan_form.filesystem');
+        $this->upload($webDir, $fileSystem);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Kunstmaan/FormBundle/Resources/config/services.yml b/src/Kunstmaan/FormBundle/Resources/config/services.yml
index a5da381b99..c39466e9ab 100644
--- a/src/Kunstmaan/FormBundle/Resources/config/services.yml
+++ b/src/Kunstmaan/FormBundle/Resources/config/services.yml
@@ -30,3 +30,15 @@ services:
         arguments: ['@kunstmaan_form.form_mailer']
         tags:
             - { name: 'kernel.event_listener', event: 'kunstmaan_form.add_submission', method: 'onSubmission' }
+
+    kunstmaan_form.filesystem_adapter:
+        class: Gaufrette\Adapter\Local
+        arguments:
+            - '%kunstmaan_form.web_root%'
+            - true
+
+    kunstmaan_form.filesystem:
+        class: Gaufrette\Filesystem
+        arguments:
+            - '@kunstmaan_form.filesystem_adapter'
+        public: true