# \[Question\] Loading images from gateway's file system

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [June 4, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-loading-images-from-gateways-file-system/25548 "2019-06-04T17:45:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-loading-images-from-gateways-file-system/25548/3 "2019-06-04T19:51:13Z")

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`<Edit>`  
The proposed method of placing files in the `main` directory is not officially supported and could stop working at any point in the future. The only officially supported first-party route for serving files is use of the WebDev module.  
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I had a conversation with development just to make sure I was on the same page as them and here are your options:

1. Move any content you want to share publicly into a directory structure within `Inductive Automation\Ignition\webserver\webapps\main\`.
2. Use the Web Dev module to mount your own folders of content

I'll cover the first option because I'm more familiar with that route.

Assuming your images/svgs are in a folder structure starting with "Files" and there is an image named my\_image.jpeg in the "Files" directory (such that `C:\Files\my_image.jpeg` is a real file):

1. Move the Files directory to `C:\Program Files\Inductive Automation\Ignition\webserver\webapps\main` so that you have `C:\Program Files\Inductive Automation\Ignition\webserver\webapps\main\Files\my_image.jpeg`.
2. Place an Image Component in a View.
3. Set `Image.props.source` to "http://\<gateway\_ip\>:\<gateway\_port\>/Files/my\_image.jpeg".
4. Done.

The short story of why we don't allow for you to just point at `C:\Files\my_image/jpeg` is Security. suppose you had `C:\Personal_files\2018_tax_return.pdf` on the file system... Well, if we allowed for just pointing components at any old directory, then nothing would be safe.

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