diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f786b7780e7..7de28cd85e4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ devconfig.json
 *.sublime-project
 *.sublime-workspace
 intranet/apps/files/cred.py*
+uploads/*
diff --git a/config/provision_vagrant.sh b/config/provision_vagrant.sh
index 64f24f6bf3a..1114d7165b2 100644
--- a/config/provision_vagrant.sh
+++ b/config/provision_vagrant.sh
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ sudo -i -u vagrant bash -c "
 "
 source .virtualenvs/ion/bin/activate
 cd intranet
+mkdir -p uploads
 ./manage.py migrate --noinput
 cd ..
 chown -R vagrant: /home/vagrant
diff --git a/intranet/apps/printing/migrations/0004_auto_20151218_1346.py b/intranet/apps/printing/migrations/0004_auto_20151218_1346.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2dad789ddfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/intranet/apps/printing/migrations/0004_auto_20151218_1346.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import models, migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('printing', '0003_printjob_num_pages'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='printjob',
+            name='file',
+            field=models.FileField(upload_to='uploads/'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/intranet/apps/printing/models.py b/intranet/apps/printing/models.py
index a3d0e308e47..3114d15eafa 100644
--- a/intranet/apps/printing/models.py
+++ b/intranet/apps/printing/models.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 class PrintJob(models.Model):
     user = models.ForeignKey(User, null=True, blank=True)
     printer = models.CharField(max_length=100)
-    file = models.FileField()
+    file = models.FileField(upload_to="uploads/")
     time = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
     printed = models.BooleanField(default=False)
     num_pages = models.IntegerField(default=0)