diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/MicropubClientController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/MicropubClientController.php
index 672c66f2..4c06a867 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/MicropubClientController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/MicropubClientController.php
@@ -144,11 +144,10 @@ class MicropubClientController extends Controller
         if ($request->hasFile('photo')) {
             $photos = $request->file('photo');
             foreach ($photos as $photo) {
-                $filename = $photo->getClientOriginalName();
-                $photo->move(storage_path() . '/media-tmp', $filename);
                 $multipart[] = [
                     'name' => 'photo[]',
-                    'contents' => fopen(storage_path() . '/media-tmp/' . $filename, 'r'),
+                    'contents' => fopen($photo->path(), 'r'),
+                    'filename' => $photo->getClientOriginalName(),
                 ];
             }
         }
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index d28ef0c0..ac9c72f9 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Version {next}
+  - Allow files uploaded to the client to be sent to the endoint without needing to use `media-tmp`
+
 ## Version 0.0.14 (2016-10-07)
   - Fix image upload for notes
   - Allow co-ordinates to be sent by the client as a geo: URI
diff --git a/storage/media-tmp/.gitignore b/storage/media-tmp/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d6b7ef32..00000000
--- a/storage/media-tmp/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*
-!.gitignore