 <p>You should just change the "upload_path" value in your configuration Array.</p> <p>Here is some kind of code you could use :</p> <pre><code> $config['upload_path'] = './uploads/'; $this-&gt;load-&gt;library('upload', $config); </code></pre> <p>Referring to the <strong>User Guide</strong> : <a href="http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/file_uploading.html" rel="nofollow">http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/file_uploading.html</a></p>