diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 803efc6..e25bbc1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-# PictShare
-**[Live Demo](https://www.pictshare.net)**
-PictShare is a selfhostable, open source image, video and text hosting as well as URL shortening service with a simple API.
-
+# PictShare version 2
 ---
 [![Apache License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache-blue.svg?style=flat)](https://github.com/HaschekSolutions/pictshare/blob/master/LICENSE)
 
@@ -20,6 +17,18 @@ Test site: https://dev.pictshare.net/ (only sometimes on)
 - [x] Duplicate detection
 - [x] Write permission detection
 
+### Config options
+
+- [x] ALT_FOLDER
+- [x] URL
+- [x] LOG_UPLOADER
+- [x] FFMPEG_BINARY
+- [ ] PNG_COMPRESSION
+- [ ] JPEG_COMPRESSION
+- [ ] MASTER_DELETE_CODE
+- [ ] MASTER_DELETE_IP
+- [ ] UPLOAD_CODE
+
 ### Image hosting
 - [ ] Resizing
 - [ ] Filters
diff --git a/api/pastebin.php b/api/pastebin.php
index 2d8ee31..a623e52 100644
--- a/api/pastebin.php
+++ b/api/pastebin.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include_once(ROOT.DS.'inc'.DS.'config.inc.php');
 
 //loading core and controllers
 include_once(ROOT . DS . 'inc' .         DS. 'core.php');
-require_once(ROOT . DS . 'controllers' . DS. 'text'. DS . 'text.controller.php');
+require_once(ROOT . DS . 'content-controllers' . DS. 'text'. DS . 'text.controller.php');
 
 // check write permissions first
 if(!isFolderWritable(ROOT.DS.'data'))
diff --git a/api/upload.php b/api/upload.php
index 35456bb..67dfc7f 100644
--- a/api/upload.php
+++ b/api/upload.php
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ include_once(ROOT.DS.'inc'.DS.'config.inc.php');
 
 //loading core and controllers
 include_once(ROOT . DS . 'inc' .         DS. 'core.php');
-require_once(ROOT . DS . 'controllers' . DS. 'image'. DS . 'image.controller.php');
-require_once(ROOT . DS . 'controllers' . DS. 'text'. DS . 'text.controller.php');
-require_once(ROOT . DS . 'controllers' . DS. 'url'. DS . 'url.controller.php');
-require_once(ROOT . DS . 'controllers' . DS. 'video'. DS . 'video.controller.php');
+require_once(ROOT . DS . 'content-controllers' . DS. 'image'. DS . 'image.controller.php');
+require_once(ROOT . DS . 'content-controllers' . DS. 'text'. DS . 'text.controller.php');
+require_once(ROOT . DS . 'content-controllers' . DS. 'url'. DS . 'url.controller.php');
+require_once(ROOT . DS . 'content-controllers' . DS. 'video'. DS . 'video.controller.php');
 
 // check write permissions first
 if(!isFolderWritable(ROOT.DS.'data'))
@@ -57,8 +57,19 @@ if ($_FILES['file']["error"] == UPLOAD_ERR_OK)
         $answer = array('status'=>'err','reason'=>'Unsupported filetype');
 
     if($answer['hash'])
+    {
+        //add this sha1 to the list
         addSha1($answer['hash'],$sha1);
 
+        // Lets' check all storage controllers and tell them that a new file was uploaded
+        $sc = getStorageControllers();
+        foreach($sc as $contr)
+        {
+            if((new $contr())->isEnabled()===true)
+                (new $contr())->pushFile($answer['hash']);
+        }
+    }
+
     echo json_encode($answer);
 }
 else
diff --git a/controllers/image/image.controller.php b/content-controllers/image/image.controller.php
similarity index 91%
rename from controllers/image/image.controller.php
rename to content-controllers/image/image.controller.php
index 28f7724..6824541 100644
--- a/controllers/image/image.controller.php
+++ b/content-controllers/image/image.controller.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *  - Conversion jpg,png to webp
  */
 
-class ImageController
+class ImageController implements ContentController
 {
     //returns all extensions registered by this type of content
     public function getRegisteredExtensions(){return array('png','bmp','gif','jpg','jpeg','x-png','ico','webp');}
@@ -56,15 +56,6 @@ class ImageController
         copy($tmpfile, $file);
         unlink($tmpfile);
 
-        if(defined('ALT_FOLDER') && ALT_FOLDER)
-        {
-            $altname=ALT_FOLDER.DS.$hash;
-            if(!file_exists($altname) && is_dir(ALT_FOLDER))
-            {
-                copy($file,$altname);
-            }
-        }
-
         if(defined('LOG_UPLOADER') && LOG_UPLOADER)
 		{
 			$fh = fopen(ROOT.DS.'data'.DS.'uploads.txt', 'a');
diff --git a/controllers/text/text.controller.php b/content-controllers/text/text.controller.php
similarity index 88%
rename from controllers/text/text.controller.php
rename to content-controllers/text/text.controller.php
index 002ad6b..8aba91b 100644
--- a/controllers/text/text.controller.php
+++ b/content-controllers/text/text.controller.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php 
 
-class TextController
+class TextController implements ContentController
 {
     //returns all extensions registered by this type of content
     public function getRegisteredExtensions(){return array('txt');}
@@ -52,15 +52,6 @@ class TextController
         copy($tmpfile, $file);
         unlink($tmpfile);
 
-        if(defined('ALT_FOLDER') && ALT_FOLDER)
-        {
-            $altname=ALT_FOLDER.DS.$hash;
-            if(!file_exists($altname) && is_dir(ALT_FOLDER))
-            {
-                copy($file,$altname);
-            }
-        }
-
         if(defined('LOG_UPLOADER') && LOG_UPLOADER)
 		{
 			$fh = fopen(ROOT.DS.'data'.DS.'uploads.txt', 'a');
diff --git a/content-controllers/url/url.controller.php b/content-controllers/url/url.controller.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d113f30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content-controllers/url/url.controller.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?php 
+
+class UrlController implements ContentController
+{
+    //returns all extensions registered by this type of content
+    public function getRegisteredExtensions(){return array('url');}
+    public function handleHash($hash,$url){}
+    public function handleUpload($tmpfile,$hash=false){}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/controllers/video/video.controller.php b/content-controllers/video/video.controller.php
similarity index 96%
rename from controllers/video/video.controller.php
rename to content-controllers/video/video.controller.php
index 1439609..4b0d4a4 100644
--- a/controllers/video/video.controller.php
+++ b/content-controllers/video/video.controller.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php 
 
-class VideoController
+class VideoController implements ContentController
 {
     //returns all extensions registered by this type of content
     public function getRegisteredExtensions(){return array('mp4','ogg','webm');}
@@ -81,15 +81,6 @@ class VideoController
         if(!$this->rightEncodedMP4($file))
             system("nohup php ".ROOT.DS.'tools'.DS.'re-encode_mp4.php force '.$hash." > /dev/null 2> /dev/null &");
 
-        if(defined('ALT_FOLDER') && ALT_FOLDER)
-        {
-            $altname=ALT_FOLDER.DS.$hash;
-            if(!file_exists($altname) && is_dir(ALT_FOLDER))
-            {
-                copy($file,$altname);
-            }
-        }
-
         if(defined('LOG_UPLOADER') && LOG_UPLOADER)
 		{
 			$fh = fopen(ROOT.DS.'data'.DS.'uploads.txt', 'a');
diff --git a/controllers/url/url.controller.php b/controllers/url/url.controller.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 537868e..0000000
--- a/controllers/url/url.controller.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?php 
-
-class UrlController
-{
-    //returns all extensions registered by this type of content
-    public function getRegisteredExtensions(){return array('url');}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/inc/core.php b/inc/core.php
index 0380996..4eee809 100644
--- a/inc/core.php
+++ b/inc/core.php
@@ -31,7 +31,25 @@ function architect($url)
     foreach($u as $el)
     {
         if(isExistingHash($el))
+        {
             $hash = $el;
+            break;
+        }
+        if($hash === false && mightBeAHash($el))
+        {
+            if(!$sc)
+                $sc = getStorageControllers();
+            foreach($sc as $contr)
+            {
+                $c = new $contr();
+                if($c->isEnabled()===true && $c->hashExists($el)) 
+                {
+                    $c->pullFile($el);
+                    $hash = $el;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        } 
     }
 
     //we didn't find a hash. Well let's just display the webpage instead
@@ -67,7 +85,7 @@ function architect($url)
             (new VideoController())->handleHash($hash,$u);
         }
         //very odd. We know it's a valid hash but no controller says it's one of their kids
-        //oh well, just show the main website
+        //oh well
         else
         {
             var_dump("odd err");
@@ -93,11 +111,24 @@ function isExistingHash($hash)
     return is_dir(ROOT.DS.'data'.DS.$hash);
 }
 
+function mightBeAHash($string)
+{
+	$len = strlen($string);
+	$dot = strpos($string,'.');
+    if(substr_count($string,'.')!=1) return false;
+    if(!$dot) return false;
+    $afterdot = substr($string,$dot+1);
+
+    //@todo: maybe pull all allowed types and compare to afterdot
+    return ($afterdot && strlen($afterdot)>=2 && strlen($afterdot)<=5 );
+}
 
 function autoload($className)
 {
-	if (file_exists(ROOT . DS . 'controllers' . DS . strtolower($className) . '.php'))
-		require_once(ROOT . DS . 'controllers' . DS . strtolower($className) . '.php');
+	if (file_exists(ROOT . DS . 'content-controllers' . DS . strtolower($className) . '.php'))
+        require_once(ROOT . DS . 'content-controllers' . DS . strtolower($className) . '.php');
+    if (file_exists(ROOT . DS . 'interfaces' . DS . strtolower($className) . '.interface.php'))
+		require_once(ROOT . DS . 'interfaces' . DS . strtolower($className) . '.interface.php');
 }
 
 function renderTemplate($template,$vars=false)
@@ -225,8 +256,7 @@ function getTypeOfFile($url)
     $fi = new finfo(FILEINFO_MIME);
     $type = $fi->buffer(file_get_contents($url, false, null, -1, 1024));
     
-	//to catch a strange error for PHP7 and Alpine Linux
-	//if the file seems to be a stream, use unix file command
+    // on linux use the "file" command or it will handle everything as octet-stream
 	if(strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) !== 'WIN' && startsWith($type,'application/octet-stream'))
 	{
 		$content_type = exec("file -bi " . escapeshellarg($url));
@@ -333,4 +363,23 @@ function isSize($var)
 	if(count($a)!=2 || !is_numeric($a[0]) || !is_numeric($a[1])) return false;
 	
 	return true;
+}
+
+function getStorageControllers()
+{
+    $controllers = array();
+    if ($handle = opendir(ROOT.DS.'storage-controllers')) {
+        while (false !== ($entry = readdir($handle))) {
+            if ($entry != "." && $entry != "..") {
+                if(endswith($entry,'.controller.php'))
+                {
+                    $controllers[] = ucfirst(substr($entry,0,-15)).'Storage';
+                    include_once(ROOT.DS.'storage-controllers'.DS.$entry);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        closedir($handle);
+    }
+
+    return $controllers;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/inc/example.config.inc.php b/inc/example.config.inc.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6cabb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inc/example.config.inc.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php 
+/**
+ * All settings that are uncommented are mandatory
+ * Others optional
+ */
+
+//Use a specific domain for links presented to the user
+//Format: https://your.domain.name/
+// MUST HAVE TAILING /
+define('URL','https://dev.pictshare.net/');
+
+//define('JPEG_COMPRESSION', 90);
+//define('FFMPEG_BINARY','');
+//define('ALT_FOLDER','/ftp/pictshare');
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index fff5e0b..cd3fc05 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ include_once(ROOT.DS.'inc'.DS.'config.inc.php');
 
 //loading core and controllers
 include_once(ROOT.DS.'inc'.DS.'core.php');
-require_once(ROOT . DS . 'controllers' . DS. 'image'. DS . 'image.controller.php');
-require_once(ROOT . DS . 'controllers' . DS. 'text'. DS . 'text.controller.php');
-require_once(ROOT . DS . 'controllers' . DS. 'url'. DS . 'url.controller.php');
-require_once(ROOT . DS . 'controllers' . DS. 'video'. DS . 'video.controller.php');
+require_once(ROOT . DS . 'content-controllers' . DS. 'image'. DS . 'image.controller.php');
+require_once(ROOT . DS . 'content-controllers' . DS. 'text'. DS . 'text.controller.php');
+require_once(ROOT . DS . 'content-controllers' . DS. 'url'. DS . 'url.controller.php');
+require_once(ROOT . DS . 'content-controllers' . DS. 'video'. DS . 'video.controller.php');
 
 
 //send the URL to the architect. It'll know what to do
diff --git a/interfaces/contentcontroller.interface.php b/interfaces/contentcontroller.interface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c358ab5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/interfaces/contentcontroller.interface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Content controller interface for new content types
+ */
+
+interface ContentController
+{
+    /** This method will return all file extensions that will be associated with this content type
+     *  for example 'pdf' but it could be anything really. You just need a way later to confirm that a type is what it says it is
+     * 
+     * 
+     * @return array the extensions of files associated with this controller. eg. return array('pdf');
+    */
+    public function getRegisteredExtensions();
+
+    /** This method will be called whenever the system has to find out if a user requested (existing) hash
+     * belongs to this controller.
+     * In here the content should be rendered or processed like resized or something.
+     * You can decide what it does by working with the $url array which gives you every element in the URL
+     * Does not need to return anything for example you can just set the header and print your data right away
+     * 
+     * @param string $hash the hash (with extension eg '5saB2.pdf') of the file this controller will work with
+     * @param array $url contains all URL elements exploded with '/' so you can do your magic. 
+    */
+    public function handleHash($hash,$url);
+
+    /** This method will be called if the upload script detects the content of a newly uploaded file as one of the
+     *  extensions registered at "getRegisteredExtensions".
+     *  For Example if someone uploads a PDF and getRegisteredExtensions has registered "pdf", then this method of this
+     *  controller will be called
+     * 
+     * @param string $tmpfile is the location on disk of the temp file that was uploaded. It is your job to put it somewhere, your handleHash method will find it again
+     * @param array $hash (optional) if you want your upload to have a certain hash then add it here. This allows for user chosen hashes
+    */
+    public function handleUpload($tmpfile,$hash=false);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/interfaces/storagecontroller.interface.php b/interfaces/storagecontroller.interface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fab5d5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/interfaces/storagecontroller.interface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?php 
+/**
+ * StorageController interface
+ * 
+ * Must be implemented by all storage systems
+ */
+
+interface StorageController
+{
+    /**
+     * Checks if this storage system is enabled. 
+     * For example check if all depenencies are met
+     * or config vars are set
+     * 
+     * @return bool 
+     */
+    function isEnabled();
+    
+    /**
+     * Is fired whenever a hash is not found locally
+     * Use this to look in your storage system for the file
+     * 
+     * @param string $hash is  the hash of the file requested
+     * 
+     * @return bool 
+     */
+    function hashExists($hash);
+
+    /**
+     * If a file does exist in this storage system, then this method should
+     * get the file and put it in the default data directory
+     * 
+     * The file should be placed in /data/$hash/$hash where the first $hash is obviously
+     * a folder that you might have to create first before putting the file in
+     * 
+     * @param string $hash is the hash of the file that should be pulled from this storage system
+     * 
+     * @return bool true if successful
+     */
+    function pullFile($hash);
+
+    /**
+     * Whenever a new file is uploaded this method will be called
+     * You should then upload it or do whatever your storage system is meant to do with new files
+     * 
+     * @param string $hash is the hash of the new file. The file path of this file is always ROOT.DS.'data'.DS.$hash.DS.$hash
+     * 
+     * @return bool true if successful
+     */
+    function pushFile($hash);
+
+    /**
+     * If deletion of a file is requested, this method is called
+     * 
+     * @param string $hash is the hash of the file. Delete this hash from your storage system
+     * 
+     * @return bool true if successful
+     */
+    function deleteFile($hash);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/storage-controllers/altfolder.controller.php b/storage-controllers/altfolder.controller.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1be5c06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage-controllers/altfolder.controller.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php 
+
+class AltfolderStorage implements StorageController
+{
+    function isEnabled()
+    {
+        return (defined('ALT_FOLDER') && ALT_FOLDER && is_dir(ALT_FOLDER));
+    }
+    
+    function hashExists($hash)
+    {
+        $altname=ALT_FOLDER.DS.$hash;
+		return file_exists($altname);
+    }
+
+    function pullFile($hash)
+    {
+        $altname=ALT_FOLDER.DS.$hash;
+		if(file_exists($altname))
+		{
+            mkdir(ROOT.DS.'data'.DS.$hash);
+            copy($altname,ROOT.DS.'data'.DS.$hash.DS.$hash);
+
+            //and don't forget to add it to the duplicate detection system
+            addSha1($hash,sha1_file($altname));
+		}
+    }
+
+    function pushFile($hash)
+    {
+        $altname=ALT_FOLDER.DS.$hash;
+        $orig = ROOT.DS.'data'.DS.$hash.DS.$hash;
+		if(file_exists($orig) && !$this->hashExists($hash))
+		{
+            copy($orig,$altname);
+		}
+    }
+
+    function deleteFile($hash)
+    {
+        $altname=ALT_FOLDER.DS.$hash;
+		if(file_exists($altname))
+		{
+			unlink($altname);
+		}
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/re-encode_mp4.php b/tools/re-encode_mp4.php
index 2e3aa48..6cfad18 100644
--- a/tools/re-encode_mp4.php
+++ b/tools/re-encode_mp4.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ include_once(ROOT.DS.'inc'.DS.'config.inc.php');
 
 //loading core and controllers
 include_once(ROOT.DS.'inc'.DS.'core.php');
-require_once(ROOT . DS . 'controllers' . DS. 'video'. DS . 'video.controller.php');
+require_once(ROOT . DS . 'content-controllers' . DS. 'video'. DS . 'video.controller.php');
 
 if(!defined('FFMPEG_BINARY')||FFMPEG_BINARY=='' || !FFMPEG_BINARY) exit('Error: FFMPEG_BINARY not defined, no clue where to look');