diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 63cf7ed..113d45d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /node_modules
 /public/hot
 /public/storage
+/public/avatars
 /public/js/
 /public/css/
 /public/mix-manifest.json
diff --git a/config/filesystems.php b/config/filesystems.php
index 1d44e8c..af08bf5 100644
--- a/config/filesystems.php
+++ b/config/filesystems.php
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ return [
         ],
     ],
     "links" => [
-        public_path("storage") => storage_path("app/public"),
         public_path("avatars") => storage_path("app/avatars"),
     ],
 ];
diff --git a/public/avatars b/public/avatars
deleted file mode 120000
index c6a773f..0000000
--- a/public/avatars
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/application/storage/app/avatars
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index f1e4372..d25b8f7 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ Directory structure little differs from a standard Laravel tree. We decided to r
 
       dcr php php artisan key:generate
 
+- generate storage link
+
+      dcr php php artisan storage:link
+
 - migrate and seed database
 
       dcr php php artisan migrate --seed
diff --git a/setup b/setup
index 2fd090a..7e8b15c 100644
--- a/setup
+++ b/setup
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ docker-compose build --no-cache --pull
 docker-compose up -d
 docker-compose run --rm -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" php composer install
 docker-compose run --rm -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" php php artisan key:generate
+docker-compose run --rm -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" php php artisan storage:link
 docker-compose run --rm -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" php php artisan migrate --seed
 docker-compose run --rm -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" node npm install
 docker-compose run --rm -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" node npm run dev
diff --git a/storage/app/.gitignore b/storage/app/.gitignore
index 8f4803c..e857769 100644
--- a/storage/app/.gitignore
+++ b/storage/app/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *
 !public/
+!avatars/
 !.gitignore
diff --git a/storage/app/avatars/.gitignore b/storage/app/avatars/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6b7ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage/app/avatars/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore