diff --git a/apps/files_versions/command/expire.php b/apps/files_versions/command/expire.php
index 1036741c79100cb4c1a34ef2b69ab2470276998a..a934b0f715947dbf46b10244b63b1b8d8982b3cd 100644
--- a/apps/files_versions/command/expire.php
+++ b/apps/files_versions/command/expire.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace OCA\Files_Versions\Command;
 use OC\Command\FileAccess;
 use OCA\Files_Versions\Storage;
 use OCP\Command\ICommand;
+use OCP\IUser;
 
 class Expire implements ICommand {
 	use FileAccess;
@@ -31,18 +32,26 @@ class Expire implements ICommand {
 	private $neededSpace = 0;
 
 	/**
+	 * @var int
+	 */
+	private $user;
+
+	/**
+	 * @param IUser $user
 	 * @param string $fileName
 	 * @param int|null $versionsSize
 	 * @param int $neededSpace
 	 */
-	function __construct($fileName, $versionsSize = null, $neededSpace = 0) {
+	function __construct(IUser $user, $fileName, $versionsSize = null, $neededSpace = 0) {
+		$this->user = $user;
 		$this->fileName = $fileName;
 		$this->versionsSize = $versionsSize;
 		$this->neededSpace = $neededSpace;
 	}
 
 
-	public function handle(){
+	public function handle() {
+		$this->setupFS($this->user);
 		Storage::expire($this->fileName, $this->versionsSize, $this->neededSpace);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/apps/files_versions/lib/storage.php b/apps/files_versions/lib/storage.php
index 40f6ad7e77db5ca4d2f41473307fea92ccde331c..34ed812f4bbde8244fd8dc350fb3646bb1fe36c1 100644
--- a/apps/files_versions/lib/storage.php
+++ b/apps/files_versions/lib/storage.php
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ class Storage {
 	 * @param int $neededSpace
 	 */
 	private static function scheduleExpire($fileName, $versionsSize = null, $neededSpace = 0) {
-		$command = new Expire($fileName, $versionsSize, $neededSpace);
+		$command = new Expire(\OC::$server->getUserSession()->getUser(), $fileName, $versionsSize, $neededSpace);
 		\OC::$server->getCommandBus()->push($command);
 	}
 
diff --git a/apps/files_versions/tests/versions.php b/apps/files_versions/tests/versions.php
index cf0ffb320e2f1e17b4933bfabde3e9d3a875a74e..3690057355e68a7739433b492ab9bccf7ec92df2 100644
--- a/apps/files_versions/tests/versions.php
+++ b/apps/files_versions/tests/versions.php
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ class Test_Files_Versioning extends \Test\TestCase {
 		// execute rename hook of versions app
 		\OC\Files\Filesystem::rename("test.txt", "test2.txt");
 
+		$this->runCommands();
+
 		$this->assertFalse($this->rootView->file_exists($v1));
 		$this->assertFalse($this->rootView->file_exists($v2));
 
@@ -285,8 +287,11 @@ class Test_Files_Versioning extends \Test\TestCase {
 		// execute rename hook of versions app
 		\OC\Files\Filesystem::rename('/folder1/test.txt', '/folder1/folder2/test.txt');
 
+
 		self::loginHelper(self::TEST_VERSIONS_USER2);
 
+		$this->runCommands();
+
 		$this->assertFalse($this->rootView->file_exists($v1));
 		$this->assertFalse($this->rootView->file_exists($v2));
 
@@ -330,6 +335,8 @@ class Test_Files_Versioning extends \Test\TestCase {
 
 		self::loginHelper(self::TEST_VERSIONS_USER);
 
+		$this->runCommands();
+
 		$this->assertTrue($this->rootView->file_exists($v1));
 		$this->assertTrue($this->rootView->file_exists($v2));
 
@@ -361,6 +368,8 @@ class Test_Files_Versioning extends \Test\TestCase {
 		// execute copy hook of versions app
 		\OC\Files\Filesystem::copy("test.txt", "test2.txt");
 
+		$this->runCommands();
+
 		$this->assertTrue($this->rootView->file_exists($v1));
 		$this->assertTrue($this->rootView->file_exists($v2));
 
@@ -414,7 +423,9 @@ class Test_Files_Versioning extends \Test\TestCase {
 	public static function loginHelper($user, $create = false) {
 
 		if ($create) {
-			\OC_User::createUser($user, $user);
+			$backend  = new \OC_User_Dummy();
+			$backend->createUser($user, $user);
+			\OC::$server->getUserManager()->registerBackend($backend);
 		}
 
 		\OC_Util::tearDownFS();