diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e48310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+./log/superdesk.txt
diff --git a/autoload.php b/autoload.php
index cda2b69..6cb68e6 100644
--- a/autoload.php
+++ b/autoload.php
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 require_once '../../../wp-load.php';
 
 $json = file_get_contents('php://input');
-//$json = file_get_contents('log.txt');
+//$json = file_get_contents('./log/superdesk.txt');
 
-file_put_contents('log.txt', $json . "\n\n", FILE_APPEND);
+file_put_contents('./log/superdesk.txt', $json . "\n\n", FILE_APPEND);
 
 $obj = json_decode($json, true);
 
diff --git a/log/superdesk.txt b/log/superdesk.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/superdeskPublisher.php b/superdeskPublisher.php
index 21c26b3..438eaa1 100644
--- a/superdeskPublisher.php
+++ b/superdeskPublisher.php
@@ -86,10 +86,11 @@ function saveAttachment($picture, $post_ID, $caption, $alt) {
   $filenameQ = explode("/", $picture['renditions']['original']['media']);
   $filename = $filenameQ[count($filenameQ) - 1];
 
-  saveFile($picture['renditions']['original']['href'], wp_upload_dir()['path'] . "/" . $filename);
+  $uploadDir = wp_upload_dir();
+  saveFile($picture['renditions']['original']['href'], $uploadDir['path'] . "/" . $filename);
 
   $attachment = array(
-      'guid' => wp_upload_dir()['url'] . '/' . basename($filename),
+      'guid' => $uploadDir['url'] . '/' . basename($filename),
       'post_mime_type' => $picture['mimetype'],
       'post_title' => $caption,
       'post_content' => '',
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ function saveAttachment($picture, $post_ID, $caption, $alt) {
 
   require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php' );
 
-  $attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata($attach_id, wp_upload_dir()['path'] . "/" . $filename);
+  $attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata($attach_id, $uploadDir['path'] . "/" . $filename);
 
   wp_update_attachment_metadata($attach_id, $attach_data);
   set_post_thumbnail($post_ID, $attach_id);
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ function saveAttachment($picture, $post_ID, $caption, $alt) {
 function savePicture($localPath, $postId, $oldSrc, $associations, $alt) {
   $filenameQ = explode("/", $localPath);
   $filename = $filenameQ[count($filenameQ) - 1];
+  $uploadDir = wp_upload_dir();
 
   $name = null;
   $mimeType = null;
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ function savePicture($localPath, $postId, $oldSrc, $associations, $alt) {
   }
   $attachment = array(
       'guid' => $localPath,
-      'post_mime_type' => $mimeType == null ? mime_content_type(wp_upload_dir()['path'] . "/" . $filename) : $mimeType,
+      'post_mime_type' => $mimeType == null ? mime_content_type($uploadDir['path'] . "/" . $filename) : $mimeType,
       'post_title' => $caption,
       'post_content' => '',
       'post_excerpt' => $caption,
@@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ function savePicture($localPath, $postId, $oldSrc, $associations, $alt) {
 
   require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php' );
 
-  $attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata($attach_id, wp_upload_dir()['path'] . "/" . $filename);
+  $attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata($attach_id, $uploadDir['path'] . "/" . $filename);
 
   wp_update_attachment_metadata($attach_id, $attach_data);
   set_post_thumbnail($postId, $attach_id);
@@ -196,10 +198,11 @@ function generate_caption_image($media) {
 }
 
 function embed_src($src) {
+  $uploadDir = wp_upload_dir();
   $filename = sha1($src);
 
-  saveFile($src, wp_upload_dir()['path'] . "/" . $filename);
-  return wp_upload_dir()['url'] . "/" . $filename;
+  saveFile($src, $uploadDir['path'] . "/" . $filename);
+  return $uploadDir['url'] . "/" . $filename;
 }
 
 class Image {