diff --git a/application/controllers/Eqsl.php b/application/controllers/Eqsl.php
index c6a34bc8b..eb3a78cfc 100644
--- a/application/controllers/Eqsl.php
+++ b/application/controllers/Eqsl.php
@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@ class eqsl extends CI_Controller {
     public function index() {
 
         $this->lang->load('qslcard');
-        $folder_name = "images/eqsl_card_images";
+		$this->load->model('eqsl_images');
+        $folder_name = $this->eqsl_images->get_imagePath('p');
         $data['storage_used'] = $this->sizeFormat($this->folderSize($folder_name));
 
 
         // Render Page
         $data['page_title'] = "eQSL Cards";
 
-        $this->load->model('eqsl_images');
+        
         $data['qslarray'] = $this->eqsl_images->eqsl_qso_list();
 
         $this->load->view('interface_assets/header', $data);
@@ -547,13 +548,13 @@ class eqsl extends CI_Controller {
 				}
 				echo $content;
 				$filename = uniqid().'.jpg';
-				if (file_put_contents('images/eqsl_card_images/' . '/'.$filename, $content) !== false) {
+				if (file_put_contents($this->Eqsl_images->get_imagePath('p') .'/'. $filename, $content) !== false) {
 					$this->Eqsl_images->save_image($id, $filename);
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
 			header('Content-Type: image/jpg');
-			$image_url = base_url('images/eqsl_card_images/'.$this->Eqsl_images->get_image($id));
+			$image_url = base_url($this->Eqsl_images->get_imagePath() .'/'. $this->Eqsl_images->get_image($id));
 			header('Location: ' . $image_url);
 		}
 
@@ -608,7 +609,7 @@ class eqsl extends CI_Controller {
 				return $error;
 			}
 			$filename = uniqid().'.jpg';
-			if (file_put_contents('images/eqsl_card_images/' . '/'.$filename, $content) !== false) {
+			if (file_put_contents($this->Eqsl_images->get_imagePath('p') .'/'. $filename, $content) !== false) {
 				$this->Eqsl_images->save_image($id, $filename);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/application/models/Eqsl_images.php b/application/models/Eqsl_images.php
index dcd160922..e3af37d31 100644
--- a/application/models/Eqsl_images.php
+++ b/application/models/Eqsl_images.php
@@ -35,6 +35,27 @@ class Eqsl_images extends CI_Model {
 		return $this->db->get('eQSL_images');
 	}
 
+	// return path of esql file : u=url / p=real path //
+	function get_imagePath($pathorurl='u') {
+		$eqsl_dir = "eqsl_card";
+		// test if new folder directory exist // 
+		$data_userdir = $this->config->item('userdatadir');
+		if (isset($data_userdir)) {
+			if (!file_exists(realpath(APPPATH.'../').'/'.$data_userdir)) {
+				mkdir(realpath(APPPATH.'../').'/'.$data_userdir, 0755, true);
+			}
+			if (!file_exists(realpath(APPPATH.'../').'/'.$data_userdir.'/'.$eqsl_dir)) {
+				mkdir(realpath(APPPATH.'../').'/'.$data_userdir.'/'.$eqsl_dir, 0755, true);
+			}
+			if ($pathorurl=='u') {
+				return $data_userdir.'/'.$eqsl_dir;
+			} else {
+				return realpath(APPPATH.'../').'/'.$data_userdir.'/'.$eqsl_dir;
+			}
+		} else {
+			return 'images/eqsl_card_images';
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 ?>
diff --git a/application/views/interface_assets/footer.php b/application/views/interface_assets/footer.php
index 14766a0c2..1308b4883 100644
--- a/application/views/interface_assets/footer.php
+++ b/application/views/interface_assets/footer.php
@@ -2471,9 +2471,14 @@ function deleteQsl(id) {
 </script>
 <script>
 function viewEqsl(picture, callsign) {
+            <?php
+            $CI =& get_instance();
+            $CI->load->model('Eqsl_images');
+            echo 'var eqslpath = "'.$CI->Eqsl_images->get_imagePath().'"; '; 
+            ?>
             var baseURL= "<?php echo base_url();?>";
             var $textAndPic = $('<div></div>');
-                $textAndPic.append('<img class="img-fluid" style="height:auto;width:auto;"src="'+baseURL+'images/eqsl_card_images/'+picture+'" />');
+                $textAndPic.append('<img class="img-fluid" style="height:auto;width:auto;"src="'+baseURL+eqslpath+'/'+picture+'" />');
             var title = '';
             if (callsign == null) {
                 title = 'eQSL Card';
diff --git a/application/views/view_log/qso.php b/application/views/view_log/qso.php
index 73dc8e3fa..ec835830e 100644
--- a/application/views/view_log/qso.php
+++ b/application/views/view_log/qso.php
@@ -607,9 +607,12 @@
 
         <div class="tab-pane fade" id="eqslcard" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="table-tab">
         <?php
-	if ($row->eqsl_image_file != null) {
-		echo '<img class="d-block" src="' . base_url() . '/images/eqsl_card_images/' . $row->eqsl_image_file .'" alt="eQSL picture">';
-	}
+        $CI =& get_instance();
+        $CI->load->model('Eqsl_images');
+        $eqlpath = $CI->Eqsl_images->get_imagePath();
+	    if ($row->eqsl_image_file != null) {
+		    echo '<img class="d-block" src="' . base_url() . '/'. $eqlpath .'/' . $row->eqsl_image_file .'" alt="eQSL picture">';
+	    }
         ?>
         </div>
         <?php