diff --git a/.env-sample b/.env-sample
index c55fd29b..0d1eaa31 100644
--- a/.env-sample
+++ b/.env-sample
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ SLACKBOT_S3_BUCKET=my-bucket
 SLACKBOT_S3_BUCKET_REGION=us-east-1
 AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=ABCDEFGHJKL
 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=abcdefghjkl
+GOOGLE_CLOUD_BUCKET=my-bucket-name
+GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=my-project-id
+GOOGLE_CLOUD_CREDENTIALS_JSON=<path to .json (credential) file>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5b30f851..0364f185 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ There are a couple environment variables that can be used to tweak behavior:
 
 ###### Google Cloud Storage
 
+Requires that the Cloud Storage Bucket isn't preventing public access and that `Access Control` is set to `Fine-Grained` and `Object-level ACLs enabled` is set.
+
 - `GOOGLE_CLOUD_BUCKET` (optional) - If you want to use Google Cloud to store visualization images posted by Lookerbot, provide the name of your bucket.
 
 If Lookerbot is running on Google Compute Engine, [no further information should be needed if the approprate API scopes are set up](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-node#on-google-cloud-platform).
diff --git a/src/stores/google_cloud_store.ts b/src/stores/google_cloud_store.ts
index 8628c636..5a6e2599 100644
--- a/src/stores/google_cloud_store.ts
+++ b/src/stores/google_cloud_store.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import * as fs from "fs"
 import { ReadableStreamBuffer } from "stream-buffers"
 import { Store } from "./store"
 
-const gcs = require("@google-cloud/storage")
+// post v2.* nodejs cloud storage client requires the below import
+const {Storage} = require("@google-cloud/storage")
 
 export class GoogleCloudStore extends Store {
 
@@ -16,9 +17,10 @@ export class GoogleCloudStore extends Store {
     blobStream.put(buffer)
     blobStream.stop()
 
-    const storage = gcs({
-      credentials: process.env.GOOGLE_CLOUD_CREDENTIALS_JSON ? JSON.parse(process.env.GOOGLE_CLOUD_CREDENTIALS_JSON) : undefined,
-      projectId: process.env.GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT,
+    // updating due to v2.* nodejs client changes
+    const storage = new Storage({
+      // if keyFilename is supplied, projectID is no longer required
+      keyFilename: process.env.GOOGLE_CLOUD_CREDENTIALS_JSON
     })
 
     const bucketName = process.env.GOOGLE_CLOUD_BUCKET