diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d5af34b6c..484b2caf6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* **Build 199** (2015-02-19)
+  - The **/uploads** directory has been moved to **/storage/app/uploads** to make way for CDN support. This directory should be moved on the file system and the config (`cms.uploadsPath`) updated.
+
 * **Build 192** (2015-02-14)
   - For security reasons a vague error message is shown when a user tries to sign in unsuccessfully and the setting `app.debug` is disabled.
   - Added "Auto close tags and special characters" to Code editor preferences.
diff --git a/config/cms.php b/config/cms.php
index b9d279ce3..f166d8358 100644
--- a/config/cms.php
+++ b/config/cms.php
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ return array(
     |
     */
 
-    'uploadsPath' => '/uploads',
+    'uploadsPath' => '/storage/app/uploads',
 
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/modules/backend/controllers/index/_warnings.htm b/modules/backend/controllers/index/_warnings.htm
index c2d259e71..e43cc1778 100644
--- a/modules/backend/controllers/index/_warnings.htm
+++ b/modules/backend/controllers/index/_warnings.htm
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ $warnings = [];
 $writablePaths = [
     temp_path(),
     themes_path(),
-    uploads_path(),
-    uploads_path().'/public',
-    uploads_path().'/protected',
     base_path().'/storage',
     base_path().'/storage/app',
     base_path().'/storage/logs',
diff --git a/modules/system/models/File.php b/modules/system/models/File.php
index fa05cf605..7fe8f0d34 100644
--- a/modules/system/models/File.php
+++ b/modules/system/models/File.php
@@ -21,25 +21,12 @@ class File extends FileBase
     // Configuration
     //
 
-    /**
-     * Define the storage path, override this method to define.
-     */
-    public function getStorageDirectory()
-    {
-        if ($this->isPublic()) {
-            return uploads_path() . '/public/';
-        }
-        else {
-            return uploads_path() . '/protected/';
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Define the public address for the storage path.
      */
     public function getPublicDirectory()
     {
-        $uploadsPath = Config::get('cms.uploadsPath', '/uploads');
+        $uploadsPath = Config::get('cms.uploadsPath', '/storage/app/uploads');
 
         if (!preg_match("/(\/\/|http|https)/", $uploadsPath)) {
             $uploadsPath = Request::getBasePath() . $uploadsPath;
diff --git a/uploads/protected/.gitignore b/uploads/protected/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index c96a04f00..000000000
--- a/uploads/protected/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*
-!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/uploads/public/.gitignore b/uploads/public/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index c96a04f00..000000000
--- a/uploads/public/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*
-!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file