diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Command/Setup/StaticMappingGenerator.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Command/Setup/StaticMappingGenerator.php
index 65766045c7..1ecaff8592 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Command/Setup/StaticMappingGenerator.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Command/Setup/StaticMappingGenerator.php
@@ -61,43 +61,4 @@ class StaticMappingGenerator extends Command
 
         return 0;
     }
-
-    private function computeMapping($paths)
-    {
-        $paths = array_unique($paths);
-
-        $ret = array();
-
-        foreach ($paths as $path) {
-            $ret[$path] = $this->pathsToConf($path);
-        }
-
-        return $ret;
-    }
-
-    private function pathsToConf($path)
-    {
-        static $n = 0;
-        $n++;
-
-        return array('mount-point' => 'mp4-videos-'.$n, 'directory' => $path, 'passphrase' => \random::generatePassword(32));
-    }
-
-    private function extractPath(\appbox $appbox)
-    {
-        $paths = array();
-
-        foreach ($appbox->get_databoxes() as $databox) {
-            foreach ($databox->get_subdef_structure() as $group => $subdefs) {
-                if ('video' !== $group) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                foreach ($subdefs as $subdef) {
-                    $paths[] = $subdef->get_path();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        return array_filter(array_unique($paths));
-    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/AbstractStaticMode.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/AbstractStaticMode.php
index eb09db5de5..a87237450c 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/AbstractStaticMode.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/AbstractStaticMode.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\StaticFile;
 
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\AbstractServerMode;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\StaticFile\Symlink\SymLinker;
+use Guzzle\Http\Url;
 
 abstract class AbstractStaticMode extends AbstractServerMode
 {
@@ -25,7 +26,22 @@ abstract class AbstractStaticMode extends AbstractServerMode
         parent::__construct($mapping);
     }
 
-    protected function ensureSymlink($pathFile)
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function getUrl($pathFile)
+    {
+        $this->ensureSymlink($pathFile);
+
+        return Url::factory(sprintf('%s/%s',  $this->mapping['mount-point'], $this->symlinker->getSymlinkBasePath($pathFile)));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a link if it does not exists
+     *
+     * @param $pathFile
+     */
+    private function ensureSymlink($pathFile)
     {
         if (false === $this->symlinker->hasSymlink($pathFile)) {
             $this->symlinker->symlink($pathFile);
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Apache.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Apache.php
index 76b77df46b..f200550987 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Apache.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Apache.php
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\StaticFile;
 
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
-use Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\AbstractServerMode;
-use Guzzle\Http\Url;
 
 class Apache extends AbstractStaticMode implements StaticFileModeInterface
 {
@@ -35,16 +33,6 @@ class Apache extends AbstractStaticMode implements StaticFileModeInterface
         $this->mapping = $mapping;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function getUrl($pathFile)
-    {
-        $this->ensureSymlink($pathFile);
-
-        return Url::factory(sprintf('%s/%s',  $this->mapping['mount-point'], $this->symlinker->getSymlinkBasePath($pathFile)));
-    }
-
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Nginx.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Nginx.php
index 8019f61ae5..a105f93336 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Nginx.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Nginx.php
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\StaticFile;
 
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
-use Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\AbstractServerMode;
-use Guzzle\Http\Url;
 
 class Nginx extends AbstractStaticMode implements StaticFileModeInterface
 {
@@ -35,16 +33,6 @@ class Nginx extends AbstractStaticMode implements StaticFileModeInterface
         $this->mapping = $mapping;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function getUrl($pathFile)
-    {
-        $this->ensureSymlink($pathFile);
-
-        return Url::factory(sprintf('%s/%s',  $this->mapping['mount-point'], $this->symlinker->getSymlinkBasePath($pathFile)));
-    }
-
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Symlink/SymLinker.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Symlink/SymLinker.php
index f0f1f6f7c1..0c21b0bfc8 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Symlink/SymLinker.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Symlink/SymLinker.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class SymLinker
             $app['phraseanet.thumb-symlinker-encoder'],
             $app['filesystem'],
             $app['phraseanet.registry'],
-            isset($app['phraseanet.configuration']['static-file']['symlink-directory']) ? $app['phraseanet.configuration']['static-file']['symlink-directory'] : null
+            isset($app['phraseanet.configuration']['static-file']['symlink-directory']) ? $app['phraseanet.configuration']['static-file']['symlink-directory'] : $app['root.path'] . '/symlinks'
         );
     }
 
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ class SymLinker
     {
         $this->encoder = $encoder;
         $this->fs = $fs;
-        
-        if (!$symlinkDir) {
-            throw new InvalidArgumentException("Symlink directory is not defined");
-        }
         $this->symlinkDir = rtrim($symlinkDir, '/');
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/classes/patch/385alpha1a.php b/lib/classes/patch/385alpha1a.php
index b867d7ca8f..de5550fd8f 100644
--- a/lib/classes/patch/385alpha1a.php
+++ b/lib/classes/patch/385alpha1a.php
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class patch_385alpha1a implements patchInterface
         $config['static-file'] = array(
             'enabled' => false,
             'type' => '',
+            'symlink-directory' => '',
         );
 
         $app['phraseanet.configuration']->setConfig($config);