diff --git a/front/js/svelte/files/Preview.svelte b/front/js/svelte/files/Preview.svelte
index c6ff9d2..63bbb41 100644
--- a/front/js/svelte/files/Preview.svelte
+++ b/front/js/svelte/files/Preview.svelte
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
     let imageSide;
     let fileSide;
     let fontSize;
+
+    console.log({ channel });
     if (size == "large") {
         imageSide = 256;
         fileSide = 32;
diff --git a/front/js/svelte/records/FilePreview.svelte b/front/js/svelte/records/FilePreview.svelte
index 259cb72..dd83238 100644
--- a/front/js/svelte/records/FilePreview.svelte
+++ b/front/js/svelte/records/FilePreview.svelte
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <script>
     import Preview from "../files/Preview.svelte";
-    import {fileurl} from "../files/imageserver"
-    import {getContext} from "svelte"
+    import { fileurl } from "../files/imageserver";
+    import { getContext } from "svelte";
 
     const channel = getContext("channel");
     export let record;
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@
 {#if schema.type === "files"}
     <div class="record-edit-file-preview">
         <div>
-            <Preview {record} size="large"/>
+            <Preview {record} size="large" />
         </div>
         <div class="file-details">
-
             <div class="file-details-item">
                 <span class="text-muted">Filename</span>
                 <span>{record._file.path}</span>
@@ -42,9 +41,13 @@
                 <span>{record._file.checksum}</span>
             </div>
             <div class="file-details-item">
-                <a class="button primary" target="_blank" style="display: inline-flex" href="{fileurl(channel,record)}">Download</a>
+                <a
+                    class="button primary"
+                    target="_blank"
+                    style="display: inline-flex"
+                    href={fileurl(channel, record)}>Download</a
+                >
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>
 {/if}
-
diff --git a/front/js/svelte/records/elements/File.svelte b/front/js/svelte/records/elements/File.svelte
index 10bb428..688ab9d 100644
--- a/front/js/svelte/records/elements/File.svelte
+++ b/front/js/svelte/records/elements/File.svelte
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
     import { array_move } from "../../edges/sortEdges";
     import Sortable from "../../libs/Sortable.svelte";
     import PreviewFile from "../previews/PreviewFile.svelte";
-    import { getContext } from "svelte";
     import FileDialog from "../../dialog/FileDialog.svelte";
     import Uploader from "../../files/Uploader.svelte";
 
-    const channel = getContext("channel");
     export let field;
     export let record;
     export let value = [];
diff --git a/src/Channel/Channel.php b/src/Channel/Channel.php
index 087bb5a..0d9f068 100644
--- a/src/Channel/Channel.php
+++ b/src/Channel/Channel.php
@@ -34,14 +34,16 @@ final class Channel
 
     private function makeFilesUrl(): string
     {
-        $lucentDisk = config("lucent.disk");
+        $lucentDisk = config("lucent.public_disk");
+
         return match (config("filesystems.disks.$lucentDisk.driver")) {
             "s3" => config("filesystems.disks.$lucentDisk.endpoint") .
-                "/" .
+                "/lucent" .
                 config("filesystems.disks.$lucentDisk.bucket"),
             "local" => $this->url .
-                "/storage" .
+                "/storage/lucent" .
                 config("filesystems.disks.$lucentDisk.endpoint"),
+
             default => "",
         };
     }
diff --git a/src/Channel/ChannelService.php b/src/Channel/ChannelService.php
index 3939403..40c1eba 100644
--- a/src/Channel/ChannelService.php
+++ b/src/Channel/ChannelService.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace Lucent\Channel;
 
 use Lucent\Channel\Data\UserCommand;
 use Lucent\Data\ChannelAuth;
+use Lucent\File\FileService;
 use Lucent\Primitive\Collection;
 use Lucent\Data\Schema;
 use Lucent\Schema\SchemaService;
@@ -18,8 +19,9 @@ final class ChannelService
     public static function fromConfig(): ChannelService
     {
         $schemasArray = [];
-        if (file_exists(schemas_path())) {
-            $schemasJson = file_get_contents(schemas_path());
+        $privateDisk = FileService::loadPrivateDisk();
+        if ($privateDisk->exists(schemas_path())) {
+            $schemasJson = $privateDisk->get(schemas_path());
             $schemasArray = json_decode($schemasJson, true);
         }
         $schemaService = new SchemaService();
diff --git a/src/Commands/CompileSchemas.php b/src/Commands/CompileSchemas.php
index 779d869..7203c34 100644
--- a/src/Commands/CompileSchemas.php
+++ b/src/Commands/CompileSchemas.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use DirectoryIterator;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 use Lucent\Data\Schema;
 use Lucent\Schema\SchemaService;
+use Lucent\File\FileService;
 
 class CompileSchemas extends Command
 {
@@ -13,8 +14,10 @@ class CompileSchemas extends Command
 
     protected $description = "Compiles schemas";
 
-    public function handle(SchemaService $schemaService)
-    {
+    public function handle(
+        SchemaService $schemaService,
+        FileService $fileService,
+    ) {
         $configDir = base_path(config("lucent.schemas_path"));
         $schemasDirIterator = new DirectoryIterator($configDir);
         $schemas = [];
@@ -63,8 +66,8 @@ class CompileSchemas extends Command
             mkdir(storage_path("lucent"));
         }
 
-        file_put_contents(schemas_path(), json_encode($json));
-
+        $disk = $fileService->loadPrivateDisk();
+        $disk->put(schemas_path(), json_encode($json));
         $this->info("Lucent Schemas were updated");
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Commands/Export.php b/src/Commands/Export.php
index aa3e8f4..470662e 100644
--- a/src/Commands/Export.php
+++ b/src/Commands/Export.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 namespace Lucent\Commands;
 
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
+use Lucent\File\FileService;
 use ZipArchive;
 
 class Export extends Command
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Export extends Command
 
     protected $description = "Export data and files";
 
-    public function handle(): void
+    public function handle(FileService $fileService): void
     {
         $db = config("database.connections.pgsql");
         $tables = [
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ class Export extends Command
             "lucent_edges",
         ];
 
-        $exportDir = storage_path("exports");
+        $disk = $fileService->loadPrivateDisk();
+        $exportDir = $disk->path("lucent/exports");
         if (!is_dir($exportDir)) {
             mkdir($exportDir, 0755, true);
         }
@@ -55,7 +56,9 @@ class Export extends Command
         $this->info("Database dumped.");
 
         // Zip SQL + files
-        $filesDir = Storage::disk(config("lucent.disk"))->path("files");
+        $publicDisk = $fileService->loadPublicDisk();
+
+        $filesDir = $publicDisk->path("lucent/files");
 
         $zip = new ZipArchive();
         if (
diff --git a/src/Commands/Import.php b/src/Commands/Import.php
index c177a86..eab8ce5 100644
--- a/src/Commands/Import.php
+++ b/src/Commands/Import.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 namespace Lucent\Commands;
 
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
+use Lucent\File\FileService;
 use ZipArchive;
 
 class Import extends Command
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ class Import extends Command
 
     protected $description = "Import data and files from an export archive";
 
-    public function handle(): void
+    public function handle(FileService $fileService): void
     {
-        $exportDir = storage_path("exports");
+        $disk = $fileService->loadPrivateDisk();
+        $exportDir = $disk->path("lucent/exports");
 
         if (!is_dir($exportDir)) {
             $this->error("No exports directory found at {$exportDir}");
@@ -34,7 +35,9 @@ class Import extends Command
         $chosen = $this->choice("Select an export to import", $choices, 0);
         $zipFile = $exportDir . "/" . $chosen;
 
-        $this->warn("This will REPLACE all records, revisions, edges, files data and uploaded files.");
+        $this->warn(
+            "This will REPLACE all records, revisions, edges, files data and uploaded files.",
+        );
 
         if (!$this->confirm("Import {$chosen}?", false)) {
             $this->info("Aborted.");
@@ -118,16 +121,23 @@ class Import extends Command
         $srcFilesDir = $tempDir . "/files";
 
         if (is_dir($srcFilesDir)) {
-            $disk = Storage::disk(config("lucent.disk"));
-            $destFilesDir = $disk->path("files");
+            $publicDisk = $fileService->loadPublicDisk();
+            $filesDir = $publicDisk->path("lucent");
+            $destFilesDir = $publicDisk->path("lucent");
 
-            // Remove existing files directory
+            // Remove existing files directory or create it if missing
             if (is_dir($destFilesDir)) {
                 exec("rm -rf " . escapeshellarg($destFilesDir));
+            } else {
+                mkdir($destFilesDir, 0755, true);
             }
 
             exec(
-                sprintf("cp -R %s %s", escapeshellarg($srcFilesDir), escapeshellarg($destFilesDir)),
+                sprintf(
+                    "cp -R %s %s",
+                    escapeshellarg($srcFilesDir),
+                    escapeshellarg($destFilesDir),
+                ),
                 result_code: $copyCode,
             );
 
@@ -139,7 +149,9 @@ class Import extends Command
 
             $this->info("Files restored.");
         } else {
-            $this->warn("No files directory found in archive — skipping file restore.");
+            $this->warn(
+                "No files directory found in archive — skipping file restore.",
+            );
         }
 
         $this->cleanup($tempDir);
diff --git a/src/Commands/RebuildThumbnails.php b/src/Commands/RebuildThumbnails.php
index 8244705..a861ea9 100644
--- a/src/Commands/RebuildThumbnails.php
+++ b/src/Commands/RebuildThumbnails.php
@@ -2,17 +2,11 @@
 
 namespace Lucent\Commands;
 
-use DirectoryIterator;
 use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
-use Intervention\Image\ImageManager;
-use Lucent\Channel\ChannelService;
 use Lucent\File\FileRepo;
 use Lucent\File\FileService;
 use Lucent\Query\Query;
-use Lucent\Schema\FilesSchema;
-use Lucent\Schema\Schema;
-use Lucent\Schema\Type;
 
 class RebuildThumbnails extends Command
 {
@@ -31,7 +25,7 @@ class RebuildThumbnails extends Command
     {
         $this->info("Rebuilding thumbnails ");
         $files = FileRepo::query()->get();
-        $disk = $this->fileService->loadDisk();
+        $disk = $this->fileService->loadPublicDisk();
         foreach ($files as $file) {
             try {
                 $this->fileService->createTemplates($disk, $file->path);
diff --git a/src/Config/main.php b/src/Config/main.php
index 0886901..ce0af76 100644
--- a/src/Config/main.php
+++ b/src/Config/main.php
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ return [
     "env" => env("LUCENT_ENV", "production"),
     // lucent or lunar
     "auth" => env("LUCENT_AUTH", "lucent"),
-    "disk" => env("LUCENT_DISK", "public"),
+    "private_disk" => env("LUCENT_PRIVATE_DISK", "local"),
+    "public_disk" => env("LUCENT_PUBLIC_DISK", "public"),
     "schemas_path" => env("LUCENT_SCHEMAS_PATH", "resources/lucent/schemas"),
     "database" => env("LUCENT_DB_CONNECTION", env("DB_CONNECTION", "sqlite")),
     "name" => env("LUCENT_NAME", "Lucent"),
     "url" => env("LUCENT_URL", env("APP_URL")),
-    "previewTarget" => env("LUCENT_PREVIEW_TARGET", "previewTarget"),
+    "preview_target" => env("LUCENT_PREVIEW_TARGET", "previewTarget"),
     /*
      * Make available laravel artisan commands for admin users
      * example:
diff --git a/src/File/FileService.php b/src/File/FileService.php
index 52c3595..daa2fa6 100644
--- a/src/File/FileService.php
+++ b/src/File/FileService.php
@@ -4,16 +4,13 @@ namespace Lucent\File;
 
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Filesystem\Filesystem;
 use Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile;
-use Illuminate\Log\Logger;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Intervention\Image\ImageManager;
 use Lucent\Channel\ChannelService;
-use Lucent\Database\Database;
 use Lucent\Id\Id;
 use Lucent\LucentException;
 use Lucent\Data\File as DataFile;
-use Lucent\Record\QueryRecord;
 use Spatie\ImageOptimizer\OptimizerChainFactory;
 
 class FileService
@@ -21,7 +18,6 @@ class FileService
     public function __construct(
         public ChannelService $channelService,
         public ImageManager $imageManager,
-        public Logger $logger,
     ) {}
 
     public function createFromUrl(
@@ -58,10 +54,10 @@ class FileService
 
         $checksum = sha1_file($file);
 
-        $disk = $this->loadDisk();
+        $disk = $this->loadPublicDisk();
         $path = "files/" . $recordId . "/" . $filename;
         $res = $disk->put(
-            $path,
+            "lucent/" . $path,
             file_get_contents($file),
             //        'public' // now managed by aws policy
         );
@@ -117,22 +113,29 @@ class FileService
         return in_array($mimetype, $imageMimes);
     }
 
-    public function loadDisk(): Filesystem
+    public static function loadPublicDisk(): Filesystem
     {
-        return Storage::disk(config("lucent.disk"));
+        return Storage::disk(config("lucent.public_disk"));
+    }
+
+    public static function loadPrivateDisk(): Filesystem
+    {
+        return Storage::disk(config("lucent.private_disk"));
     }
 
     public function createTemplates(Filesystem $disk, string $path): void
     {
-        $originalImage = $this->imageManager->make($disk->get($path));
+        $originalImage = $this->imageManager->make(
+            $this->loadPublicDisk()->get("lucent/" . $path),
+        );
         foreach (config("lucent.imageFilters") as $preset => $filterClass) {
             $imageClone = clone $originalImage;
             $image = $imageClone->filter(new $filterClass());
-            $templateUri = "/templates/" . $preset . "/" . $path;
+            $templateUri = "lucent/templates/" . $preset . "/" . $path;
             $disk->put($templateUri, $image->encode("webp", 75));
         }
 
-        $thumbDir = "thumbs/" . $path;
+        $thumbDir = "lucent/thumbs/" . $path;
 
         $image = $originalImage->fit(300, 300);
         $disk->put($thumbDir, $image->encode("webp", 75));
diff --git a/src/macros.php b/src/macros.php
index 8544307..72ea59b 100644
--- a/src/macros.php
+++ b/src/macros.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if (!function_exists("make_dir_r")) {
 if (!function_exists("schemas_path")) {
     function schemas_path(): string
     {
-        return storage_path("lucent/lucent.schemas.json");
+        return "lucent/lucent.schemas.json";
     }
 }