diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 064c5a0..2abd8df 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,3 +67,4 @@ $img = Image::cache(function($image) {
 ## License
 
 Intervention Imagecache Class is licensed under the [MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
+
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 82dc4b2..f1620ce 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.3.0",
         "intervention/image": "dev-master|~2,>=2.2.0",
-        "illuminate/cache": "~4|~5",
-        "illuminate/filesystem": "~4|~5",
-        "jeremeamia/SuperClosure": "~1|~2"
+        "illuminate/cache": "~6|~7|~8|~9",
+        "illuminate/filesystem": "~6|~7|~8|~9",
+        "jeremeamia/superclosure": "~1|~2"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "3.*",
diff --git a/src/Intervention/Image/ImageCacheController.php b/src/Intervention/Image/ImageCacheController.php
index 5e53861..5116280 100644
--- a/src/Intervention/Image/ImageCacheController.php
+++ b/src/Intervention/Image/ImageCacheController.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Routing\Controller as BaseController;
 use Illuminate\Http\Response as IlluminateResponse;
 use Config;
+use Storage;
 
 class ImageCacheController extends BaseController
 {
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ public function getResponse($template, $filename)
 
             case 'download':
                 return $this->getDownload($filename);
-            
+
             default:
                 return $this->getImage($template, $filename);
         }
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ public function getImage($template, $filename)
                 // build from filter template
                 $image->make($path)->filter($template);
             }
-            
+
         }, config('imagecache.lifetime'));
 
         return $this->buildResponse($content);
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ public function getOriginal($filename)
     {
         $path = $this->getImagePath($filename);
 
-        return $this->buildResponse(file_get_contents($path));
+        return $this->buildResponse(self::getImageData($path));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ protected function getTemplate($template)
             // filter template found
             case class_exists($template):
                 return new $template;
-            
+
             default:
                 // template not found
                 abort(404);
@@ -126,11 +127,13 @@ protected function getImagePath($filename)
     {
         // find file
         foreach (config('imagecache.paths') as $path) {
+            list($fs, $dir) = self::parsePath($path);
+            $disk = Storage::disk($fs);
             // don't allow '..' in filenames
-            $image_path = $path.'/'.str_replace('..', '', $filename);
-            if (file_exists($image_path) && is_file($image_path)) {
+            $image_path = $dir.'/'.str_replace('..', '', $filename);
+            if ($disk->exists($image_path)) {
                 // file found
-                return $image_path;
+                return "$fs:$image_path";
             }
         }
 
@@ -138,10 +141,39 @@ protected function getImagePath($filename)
         abort(404);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Parse a path string.
+     *
+     * @param path a path string
+     * @return array the path components [ 0 => disk name, 1 => file path ]
+     */
+    private static function parsePath($path)
+    {
+        $fs = 'local';
+        $dir = $path;
+        if (preg_match('/(.*):(.*)/', $path, $matches) === 1) {
+            list(, $fs, $dir) = $matches;
+        }
+
+        return [$fs, $dir];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Load the image data via the Storage subsystem.
+     *
+     * @param image_path the path to the image from getImagePath()
+     */
+    private static function getImageData($image_path)
+    {
+        list($fs, $path) = self::parsePath($image_path);
+
+        return Storage::disk($fs)->get($path);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Builds HTTP response from given image data
      *
-     * @param  string $content 
+     * @param  string $content
      * @return Illuminate\Http\Response
      */
     protected function buildResponse($content)
diff --git a/src/config/config.php b/src/config/config.php
index d227f51..f9db13a 100644
--- a/src/config/config.php
+++ b/src/config/config.php
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
     |
     | Enter the routes name to enable dynamic imagecache manipulation.
     | This handle will define the first part of the URI:
-    | 
+    |
     | {route}/{template}/{filename}
-    | 
+    |
     | Examples: "images", "img/cache"
     |
     */
-   
+
     'route' => null,
 
     /*
@@ -23,16 +23,20 @@
     | Storage paths
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     |
-    | The following paths will be searched for the image filename, submitted 
-    | by URI. 
-    | 
+    | The following paths will be searched for the image filename, submitted
+    | by URI.
+    |
+    | Uses the File Storage system.
+    | <disk>:<path>
+    |
     | Define as many directories as you like.
     |
     */
-    
+
     'paths' => array(
-        public_path('upload'),
-        public_path('images')
+        'public:upload', // Uses the public disk as defined in Storage
+        'public:images',
+        'images'         // If no disk is specified it will default to 'local'
     ),
 
     /*
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     |
     | Here you may specify your own manipulation filter templates.
-    | The keys of this array will define which templates 
+    | The keys of this array will define which templates
     | are available in the URI:
     |
     | {route}/{template}/{filename}
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@
     | will be applied, by its fully qualified name.
     |
     */
-   
+
     'templates' => array(
         'small' => 'Intervention\Image\Templates\Small',
         'medium' => 'Intervention\Image\Templates\Medium',
@@ -65,7 +69,7 @@
     | Lifetime in minutes of the images handled by the imagecache route.
     |
     */
-   
+
     'lifetime' => 43200,
 
 );