diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 5b497632eb..4cdd5b76ab 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ class App {
 
 	}
 
-	function get_basepath() {
+	public static function get_basepath() {
 
 		$basepath = get_config("system", "basepath");
 
diff --git a/include/cron.php b/include/cron.php
index d7771c08b8..008260592f 100644
--- a/include/cron.php
+++ b/include/cron.php
@@ -362,14 +362,14 @@ function cron_clear_cache(&$a) {
 	clear_cache();
 
 	// clear cache for photos
-	clear_cache($a->get_basepath(), $a->get_basepath()."/photo");
+	clear_cache(App::get_basepath(), App::get_basepath()."/photo");
 
 	// clear smarty cache
-	clear_cache($a->get_basepath()."/view/smarty3/compiled", $a->get_basepath()."/view/smarty3/compiled");
+	clear_cache(App::get_basepath()."/view/smarty3/compiled", App::get_basepath()."/view/smarty3/compiled");
 
 	// clear cache for image proxy
 	if (!get_config("system", "proxy_disabled")) {
-		clear_cache($a->get_basepath(), $a->get_basepath()."/proxy");
+		clear_cache(App::get_basepath(), App::get_basepath()."/proxy");
 
 		$cachetime = get_config('system','proxy_cache_time');
 		if (!$cachetime) $cachetime = PROXY_DEFAULT_TIME;
diff --git a/mod/photo.php b/mod/photo.php
index fc9d9f1748..e2fd7887b7 100644
--- a/mod/photo.php
+++ b/mod/photo.php
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ function photo_init(&$a) {
 	// If the photo is public and there is an existing photo directory store the photo there
 	if ($public and ($file != "")) {
 		// If the photo path isn't there, try to create it
-		$basepath = $a->get_basepath();
+		$basepath = App::get_basepath();
 		if (!is_dir($basepath."/photo"))
 			if (is_writable($basepath))
 				mkdir($basepath."/photo");
diff --git a/mod/proxy.php b/mod/proxy.php
index 612dc910a0..6434cf8e64 100644
--- a/mod/proxy.php
+++ b/mod/proxy.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function proxy_init() {
 	$thumb = false;
 	$size = 1024;
 	$sizetype = "";
-	$basepath = $a->get_basepath();
+	$basepath = App::get_basepath();
 
 	// If the cache path isn't there, try to create it
 	if (!is_dir($basepath."/proxy"))
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ function proxy_url($url, $writemode = false, $size = '') {
 	$url = html_entity_decode($url, ENT_NOQUOTES, 'utf-8');
 
 	// Creating a sub directory to reduce the amount of files in the cache directory
-	$basepath = $a->get_basepath() . '/proxy';
+	$basepath = App::get_basepath() . '/proxy';
 
 	$shortpath = hash('md5', $url);
 	$longpath = substr($shortpath, 0, 2);