diff --git a/classes/backblaze.php b/classes/backblaze.php
index e809483..a995e45 100644
--- a/classes/backblaze.php
+++ b/classes/backblaze.php
@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ class Backblaze
         curl_close ($session); // Clean up
         $data = json_decode($server_output,true); // Tell me about the rabbits, George!
         $this->ulURL = $data['uploadUrl'];
+        //var_dump("upload url at load: ".$data['uploadUrl']);
         $this->ulToken = $data['authorizationToken'];
+
+        //var_dump($data);
     }
 
     function download($hash)
diff --git a/inc/example.config.inc.php b/inc/example.config.inc.php
index 122e8ba..8cebf73 100644
--- a/inc/example.config.inc.php
+++ b/inc/example.config.inc.php
@@ -87,3 +87,11 @@ define('SHOW_ERRORS', false);
 //define('BACKBLAZE_AUTODOWNLOAD', true);   //if true, will download images from backblaze if not found local
 //define('BACKBLAZE_AUTOUPLOAD', true);     //if true, will upload images to backblaze when they are uploaded to pictshare
 //define('BACKBLAZE_AUTODELETE', true);     //if true, will delete images from backblaze if they are deleted from pictshare
+
+//If you have a NAS or some cifs or nfs mounted drive, you can specify this here as a folder
+//if a requested hash is not found locally, its looked up on this location. This allows for mounted external spaces
+//or just backups on a second drive.
+//Also new hashes will be uploaded there (just the originals, not resizes)
+//value should be a path **without tailing slash**!
+
+define('ALT_FOLDER','/mnt');
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diff --git a/models/pictsharemodel.php b/models/pictsharemodel.php
index 0a4e015..59645bd 100644
--- a/models/pictsharemodel.php
+++ b/models/pictsharemodel.php
@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ class PictshareModel extends Model
 				}
 				$data['hash']=$el;
 			}
+			else if(defined('ALT_FOLDER') && ALT_FOLDER && $this->couldThisBeAnImage($el)) //check alternative folder for the hash
+			{
+				$altname=ALT_FOLDER.DS.$el;
+				//var_dump($altname);
+				if(file_exists($altname))
+				{
+					$this->uploadImageFromURL($altname,$el);
+					$data['hash'] = $el;
+				}
+			}
 			else if(BACKBLAZE === true && $this->couldThisBeAnImage($el) && BACKBLAZE_AUTODOWNLOAD ===true) //looks like it might be a hash but didn't find it here. Let's see
 			{
 				$b = new Backblaze();
@@ -211,6 +221,16 @@ class PictshareModel extends Model
 		
 		rmdir($base_path);
 
+		//delete from alt folder if configured
+		if(defined('ALT_FOLDER') && ALT_FOLDER)
+		{
+			$altname=ALT_FOLDER.DS.$hash;
+			if(file_exists($altname))
+			{
+				unlink($altname);
+			}
+		}
+
 		//delete from backblaze if configured
 		if(BACKBLAZE===true && BACKBLAZE_AUTODELETE===true)
 		{
@@ -444,7 +464,7 @@ class PictshareModel extends Model
 		return $this->isTypeAllowed($this->getTypeOfFile($url));
 	}
 
-	function uploadImageFromURL($url)
+	function uploadImageFromURL($url,$forcehash=false)
 	{
 		$type = $this->getTypeOfFile($url);
 		$type = $this->isTypeAllowed($type);
@@ -466,12 +486,12 @@ class PictshareModel extends Model
 		$dup_id = $this->isDuplicate($url);
 		if($dup_id)
 		{
-			$hash = $dup_id;
+			$hash = $forcehash?$forcehash:$dup_id;
 			$url = ROOT.DS.'upload'.DS.$hash.DS.$hash;
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			$hash = $this->getNewHash($type);
+			$hash = $forcehash?$forcehash:$this->getNewHash($type);
 			$this->saveSHAOfFile($url,$hash);
 		}
 		
@@ -497,6 +517,15 @@ class PictshareModel extends Model
 			fclose($fh);
 		}
 
+		if(defined('ALT_FOLDER') && ALT_FOLDER)
+		{
+			$altname=ALT_FOLDER.DS.$hash;
+			if(!file_exists($altname))
+			{
+				copy($file,$altname);
+			}
+		}
+
 		if(BACKBLAZE===true && BACKBLAZE_AUTOUPLOAD===true)
 		{
 			$b = new Backblaze();
@@ -512,6 +541,8 @@ class PictshareModel extends Model
 		{
 			$code = getRandomString(32);
 			$file = ROOT.DS.'upload'.DS.'deletecodes'.DS.$code;
+			if(!is_dir(ROOT.DS.'upload'.DS.'deletecodes'))
+				mkdir(ROOT.DS.'upload'.DS.'deletecodes');
 			if(file_exists($file)) continue;
 			file_put_contents($file,$hash);
 			return $code;
diff --git a/tools/altfolder_copy.php b/tools/altfolder_copy.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c079890
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/altfolder_copy.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+* Alternative folder upload
+* This tool copies all raw images/videos/gifs to the defined ALT_FOLDER location
+* This will create a copy in the location. The location can be a mounted external server like CIFS or sshfs
+* This will allow you to store a backup of your images on some other server
+*
+*/ 
+
+if(php_sapi_name() !== 'cli') exit('This script can only be called via CLI');
+error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_STRICT & ~E_NOTICE);
+define('DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+define('ROOT', dirname(__FILE__).DS.'..');
+include_once(ROOT.DS.'inc/config.inc.php');
+include_once(ROOT.DS.'inc/core.php');
+
+if(!defined('ALT_FOLDER') || !ALT_FOLDER)
+die("[X] Error: You should define the ALT_FOLDER config in your inc/config.inc.php first");
+
+$pm = new PictshareModel();
+
+if(in_array('sim',$argv))
+{
+    echo "[!!!!] SIMULATION MODE. Nothing will be uploaded [!!!!] \n\n";
+    $sim = true;
+}
+else $sim = false;
+
+
+//gather local data
+echo "[i] Looping through local files\n";
+
+$dir = ROOT.DS.'upload'.DS;
+$dh  = opendir($dir);
+$localfiles = array();
+while (false !== ($hash = readdir($dh))) {
+    $img = $dir.$hash.DS.$hash;
+    if(!file_exists($img)) continue;
+    $type = pathinfo($img, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
+    $type = $pm->isTypeAllowed($type);
+    if($type)
+    {
+        ++$allhashes;
+        //$localfiles[] = $hash;
+        if(file_exists(ALT_FOLDER.DS.$hash))
+        {
+            echo "  [!] Skipping $hash because it already exists in ".ALT_FOLDER."\n";
+            ++$skips;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            ++$copied;
+            echo "[i] Copying $hash\t to ".ALT_FOLDER.DS.$hash."                     \r";
+            if($sim===false)
+                copy($img,ALT_FOLDER.DS.$hash);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+echo "\n[i] Done\n";
+echo "\n----------- STATS ----------\n\n";
+echo "   All files found:\t$allhashes\n";
+echo "   Copied files:\t$copied\n";
+echo "   Skipped files:\t$skips\n";
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diff --git a/upload/deletecodes/.gitignore b/upload/deletecodes/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100755
index 86d0cb2..0000000
--- a/upload/deletecodes/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Ignore everything in this directory
-*
-# Except this file
-!.gitignore
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