diff --git a/lib/web/imageRouter/index.js b/lib/web/imageRouter/index.js
index ee123867..701db5f7 100644
--- a/lib/web/imageRouter/index.js
+++ b/lib/web/imageRouter/index.js
@@ -67,21 +67,22 @@ imageRouter.post('/uploadimage', function (req, res) {
     return errors.errorForbidden(res)
   }
 
-  const form = new formidable.IncomingForm()
-  form.keepExtensions = true
   const tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'hedgedoc-'))
-  form.uploadDir = tmpDir
+  const form = formidable({
+    keepExtensions: true,
+    uploadDir: tmpDir
+  })
 
   form.parse(req, async function (err, fields, files) {
     if (err) {
       logger.error(`Image upload error: formidable error: ${err}`)
       rimraf(tmpDir)
       return errors.errorForbidden(res)
-    } else if (!files.image || !files.image.path) {
+    } else if (!files.image || !files.image.filepath) {
       logger.error("Image upload error: Upload didn't contain file)")
       rimraf.sync(tmpDir)
       return errors.errorBadRequest(res)
-    } else if (!(await checkUploadType(files.image.path))) {
+    } else if (!(await checkUploadType(files.image.filepath))) {
       rimraf.sync(tmpDir)
       return errors.errorBadRequest(res)
     } else {
@@ -91,9 +92,9 @@ imageRouter.post('/uploadimage', function (req, res) {
 
       const uploadProvider = require('./' + config.imageUploadType)
       logger.debug(
-        `imageRouter: Uploading ${files.image.path} using ${config.imageUploadType}`
+        `imageRouter: Uploading ${files.image.filepath} using ${config.imageUploadType}`
       )
-      uploadProvider.uploadImage(files.image.path, function (err, url) {
+      uploadProvider.uploadImage(files.image.filepath, function (err, url) {
         rimraf.sync(tmpDir)
         if (err !== null) {
           logger.error(err)