diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 3ddb1f2793..83f7f76a85 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use Friendica\Database\DBM;
 use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 use Friendica\Model\GContact;
 use Friendica\Model\Group;
+use Friendica\Model\Term;
 use Friendica\Model\User;
 use Friendica\Object\Image;
 use Friendica\Protocol\DFRN;
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ use Friendica\Util\ParseUrl;
 
 require_once 'include/bbcode.php';
 require_once 'include/tags.php';
-require_once 'include/files.php';
 require_once 'include/text.php';
 require_once 'include/threads.php';
 require_once 'include/plaintext.php';
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ function item_store($arr, $force_parent = false, $notify = false, $dontcache = f
 	 * This is not perfect - but a workable solution until we found the reason for the problem.
 	 */
 	create_tags_from_item($current_post);
-	create_files_from_item($current_post);
+	Term::createFromItem($current_post);
 
 	/*
 	 * If this is now the last-child, force all _other_ children of this parent to *not* be last-child
@@ -2157,7 +2157,7 @@ function drop_item($id, $interactive = true) {
 				array('id' => $item['id']));
 
 		create_tags_from_item($item['id']);
-		create_files_from_item($item['id']);
+		Term::createFromItem($item['id']);
 		delete_thread($item['id'], $item['parent-uri']);
 
 		// clean up categories and tags so they don't end up as orphans
@@ -2230,7 +2230,7 @@ function drop_item($id, $interactive = true) {
 				array('parent-uri' => $item['parent-uri'], 'uid' => $item['uid']));
 
 			create_tags_from_itemuri($item['parent-uri'], $item['uid']);
-			create_files_from_itemuri($item['parent-uri'], $item['uid']);
+			Term::createFromItemURI($item['parent-uri'], $item['uid']);
 			delete_thread_uri($item['parent-uri'], $item['uid']);
 			// ignore the result
 		} else {
diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index 7ed561bbbb..f82a2ea3d3 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use Friendica\Core\Config;
 use Friendica\Core\PConfig;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Database\DBM;
+use Friendica\Model\Term;
 use Friendica\Util\Map;
 
 require_once "include/friendica_smarty.php";
@@ -1895,9 +1896,8 @@ function file_tag_update_pconfig($uid, $file_old, $file_new, $type = 'file') {
 	return true;
 }
 
-function file_tag_save_file($uid, $item, $file) {
-	require_once "include/files.php";
-
+function file_tag_save_file($uid, $item, $file)
+{
 	if (! intval($uid)) {
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ function file_tag_save_file($uid, $item, $file) {
 			);
 		}
 
-		create_files_from_item($item);
+		Term::createFromItem($item);
 
 		$saved = PConfig::get($uid, 'system', 'filetags');
 		if (!strlen($saved) || !stristr($saved, '[' . file_tag_encode($file) . ']')) {
@@ -1955,7 +1955,7 @@ function file_tag_unsave_file($uid, $item, $file, $cat = false) {
 		intval($uid)
 	);
 
-	create_files_from_item($item);
+	Term::createFromItem($item);
 
 	$r = q("SELECT `oid` FROM `term` WHERE `term` = '%s' AND `otype` = %d AND `type` = %d AND `uid` = %d",
 		dbesc($file),
diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index 49cb499c30..2ad610ccac 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 namespace Friendica\Model;
 
 use Friendica\Core\Worker;
+use Friendica\Model\Term;
 use dba;
 
 require_once 'include/tags.php';
-require_once 'include/files.php';
 require_once 'include/threads.php';
 
 class Item
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class Item
 			}
 
 			create_tags_from_item($item['id']);
-			create_files_from_item($item['id']);
+			Term::createFromItem($item['id']);
 			update_thread($item['id']);
 
 			Worker::add(PRIORITY_HIGH, "Notifier", 'edit_post', $item['id']);
diff --git a/src/Model/Term.php b/src/Model/Term.php
index 3b327b582c..8b007a93ae 100644
--- a/src/Model/Term.php
+++ b/src/Model/Term.php
@@ -4,15 +4,17 @@
  */
 namespace Friendica\Model;
 
+use dba;
+
 class Term
 {
 	/**
 	 * @param integer $itemid item id
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	function create_files_from_item($itemid)
+	public static function createFromItem($itemid)
 	{
-		$messages = q("SELECT `guid`, `uid`, `id`, `edited`, `deleted`, `file`, `parent` FROM `item` WHERE `id` = %d LIMIT 1", intval($itemid));
+		$messages = dba::selectFirst('item', ['guid', 'uid', 'id', 'edited', 'deleted', 'file', 'parent'], ['id' => $itemid]);
 		if (!$messages) {
 			return;
 		}
@@ -31,15 +33,13 @@ class Term
 
 		if (preg_match_all("/\[(.*?)\]/ism", $message["file"], $files)) {
 			foreach ($files[1] as $file) {
-				q("INSERT INTO `term` (`uid`, `oid`, `otype`, `type`, `term`) VALUES (%d, %d, %d, %d, '%s')",
-					intval($message["uid"]), intval($itemid), intval(TERM_OBJ_POST), intval(TERM_FILE), dbesc($file));
+				dba::insert('term', ['uid' => $message["uid"], 'oid' => $itemid, 'otype' => TERM_OBJ_POST, 'type' => TERM_FILE, 'term' => $file]);
 			}
 		}
 
 		if (preg_match_all("/\<(.*?)\>/ism", $message["file"], $files)) {
 			foreach ($files[1] as $file) {
-				q("INSERT INTO `term` (`uid`, `oid`, `otype`, `type`, `term`) VALUES (%d, %d, %d, %d, '%s')",
-					intval($message["uid"]), intval($itemid), intval(TERM_OBJ_POST), intval(TERM_CATEGORY), dbesc($file));
+				dba::insert('term', ['uid' => $message["uid"], 'oid' => $itemid, 'otype' => TERM_OBJ_POST, 'type' => TERM_CATEGORY, 'term' => $file]);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -49,26 +49,26 @@ class Term
 	 * @param integer $uid     uid
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	function create_files_from_itemuri($itemuri, $uid)
+	public static function createFromItemURI($itemuri, $uid)
 	{
 		$messages = q("SELECT `id` FROM `item` WHERE uri ='%s' AND uid=%d", dbesc($itemuri), intval($uid));
 
 		if (count($messages)) {
 			foreach ($messages as $message)
-				create_files_from_item($message["id"]);
+				self::createFromItem($message["id"]);
 		}
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	function update_files_for_items()
+	private function update_files_for_items()
 	{
 		$messages = q("SELECT `id` FROM `item` where file !=''");
 
 		foreach ($messages as $message) {
 			echo $message["id"] . "\n";
-			create_files_from_item($message["id"]);
+			self::createFromItem($message["id"]);
 		}
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
index 4d63f2b0bb..509d05e6c6 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 use Friendica\Model\GContact;
 use Friendica\Model\Group;
 use Friendica\Model\Profile;
+use Friendica\Model\Term;
 use Friendica\Model\User;
 use Friendica\Object\Image;
 use Friendica\Protocol\OStatus;
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ require_once "include/enotify.php";
 require_once "include/threads.php";
 require_once "include/items.php";
 require_once "include/tags.php";
-require_once "include/files.php";
 require_once "include/event.php";
 require_once "include/text.php";
 require_once "include/html2bbcode.php";
@@ -2912,7 +2912,7 @@ class DFRN
 					intval($importer["uid"])
 				);
 				create_tags_from_itemuri($uri, $importer["uid"]);
-				create_files_from_itemuri($uri, $importer["uid"]);
+				Term::createFromItemURI($uri, $importer["uid"]);
 				update_thread_uri($uri, $importer["uid"]);
 			} else {
 				$r = q(
@@ -2925,7 +2925,7 @@ class DFRN
 					intval($importer["uid"])
 				);
 				create_tags_from_itemuri($uri, $importer["uid"]);
-				create_files_from_itemuri($uri, $importer["uid"]);
+				Term::createFromItemURI($uri, $importer["uid"]);
 				update_thread_uri($uri, $importer["importer_uid"]);
 				if ($item["last-child"]) {
 					// ensure that last-child is set in case the comment that had it just got wiped.