diff --git a/mopidy_iris/__init__.py b/mopidy_iris/__init__.py
index 9486eb2c..1345594f 100755
--- a/mopidy_iris/__init__.py
+++ b/mopidy_iris/__init__.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from mopidy import config, ext
 from .frontend import IrisFrontend
 from .handlers import WebsocketHandler, HttpHandler
 from .core import IrisCore
+from .mem import setIris, getIris
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 __version__ = '3.42.2'
@@ -48,8 +49,8 @@ class Extension( ext.Extension ):
         })
 
         # create our core instance
-        mem.iris = IrisCore()
-        mem.iris.version = self.version
+        setIris(IrisCore())
+        getIris().version = self.version
 
         # Add our frontend
         registry.add('frontend', IrisFrontend)
@@ -77,13 +78,6 @@ def iris_factory(config, core):
     path = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / "static"
 
     return [
-        (
-            r"/images/(.*)",
-            tornado.web.StaticFileHandler,
-            {
-                'path': config['local-images']['image_dir']
-            }
-        ),
         (
             r'/http/([^/]*)',
             handlers.HttpHandler,
diff --git a/mopidy_iris/frontend.py b/mopidy_iris/frontend.py
index 4e097c8e..018f4214 100755
--- a/mopidy_iris/frontend.py
+++ b/mopidy_iris/frontend.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from mopidy.core import CoreListener
 
 import pykka
 import logging
-from .mem import mem
+from .mem import getIris
 
 # import logger
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -13,17 +13,17 @@ class IrisFrontend(pykka.ThreadingActor, CoreListener):
 
     def __init__(self, config, core):
         super(IrisFrontend, self).__init__()
-        mem.iris.core = core
-        mem.iris.config = config
+        getIris().core = core
+        getIris().config = config
 
     def on_start(self):
-        mem.iris.start()
+        getIris().start()
 
     def on_stop(self):
-        mem.iris.stop()
+        getIris().stop()
 
     def track_playback_ended(self, tl_track, time_position):
-        mem.iris.check_for_radio_update()
+        getIris().check_for_radio_update()
 
     def tracklist_changed(self):
-        mem.iris.clean_queue_metadata()
+        getIris().clean_queue_metadata()
diff --git a/mopidy_iris/handlers.py b/mopidy_iris/handlers.py
index a7749458..0b9549b8 100755
--- a/mopidy_iris/handlers.py
+++ b/mopidy_iris/handlers.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from tornado.escape import json_encode, json_decode
 import tornado.ioloop, tornado.web, tornado.websocket, tornado.template
 import random, string, logging, uuid, subprocess, pykka, ast, logging, json, urllib, requests, time
 
-from .mem import mem
+from .mem import getIris
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ class WebsocketHandler(tornado.websocket.WebSocketHandler):
 
         # Construct our initial client object, and add to our list of connections
         client = {
-            'connection_id': mem.iris.generateGuid(),
+            'connection_id': getIris().generateGuid(),
             'ip': ip,
             'created': datetime.strftime(datetime.now(), '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
         }
 
         self.connection_id = client['connection_id']
 
-        mem.iris.add_connection(connection=self, client=client)
+        getIris().add_connection(connection=self, client=client)
 
 
     def on_message(self, message):
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ class WebsocketHandler(tornado.websocket.WebSocketHandler):
         if 'method' in message:
 
             # make sure the method exists
-            if hasattr(mem.iris, message['method']):
+            if hasattr(iris, message['method']):
                 try:
-                    getattr(mem.iris, message['method'])(data=params, callback=lambda response, error=False: self.handle_result(id=id, method=message['method'], response=response, error=error))
+                    getattr(iris, message['method'])(data=params, callback=lambda response, error=False: self.handle_result(id=id, method=message['method'], response=response, error=error))
                 except Exception as e:
                     logger.error(str(e))
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class WebsocketHandler(tornado.websocket.WebSocketHandler):
 
 
     def on_close(self):
-        mem.iris.remove_connection(connection_id=self.connection_id)
+        getIris().remove_connection(connection_id=self.connection_id)
 
     ##
     # Handle a response from our core
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class WebsocketHandler(tornado.websocket.WebSocketHandler):
         # Respond to the original request
         data = request_response
         data['recipient'] = self.connection_id
-        mem.iris.send_message(data=data)
+        getIris().send_message(data=data)
 
 
 
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ class HttpHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
         id = int(time.time())
 
         # make sure the method exists
-        if hasattr(mem.iris, slug):
+        if hasattr(iris, slug):
             try:
-                getattr(mem.iris, slug)(request=self, callback=lambda response, error=False: self.handle_result(id=id, method=slug, response=response, error=error))
+                getattr(iris, slug)(request=self, callback=lambda response, error=False: self.handle_result(id=id, method=slug, response=response, error=error))
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error(str(e))
 
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ class HttpHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
             return
 
         # make sure the method exists
-        if hasattr(mem.iris, slug):
+        if hasattr(iris, slug):
             try:
-                getattr(mem.iris, slug)(data=params, request=self.request, callback=lambda response=False, error=False: self.handle_result(id=id, method=slug, response=response, error=error))
+                getattr(iris, slug)(data=params, request=self.request, callback=lambda response=False, error=False: self.handle_result(id=id, method=slug, response=response, error=error))
 
             except HTTPError as e:
                 self.handle_result(id=id, error={'code': 32601, 'message': "Invalid JSON payload"})
diff --git a/mopidy_iris/mem.py b/mopidy_iris/mem.py
index e75471ef..4b397a1f 100755
--- a/mopidy_iris/mem.py
+++ b/mopidy_iris/mem.py
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 
 iris = None
 
+def setIris(irisCore):
+  global iris
+  iris = irisCore
+
+def getIris():
+  return iris
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 95b1b2c4..5cc7caf6 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ setup(
     install_requires=[
         'setuptools >= 3.3',
         'Mopidy >= 2.0',
-        'Mopidy-Local-Images >= 1.0',
         'ConfigObj >= 5.0.6',
         'requests >= 2.0.0'
     ],