diff --git a/installer/init_var.php b/installer/init_var.php
index c010888c3b..353665a3bb 100755
--- a/installer/init_var.php
+++ b/installer/init_var.php
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 !file_exists(VARPATH . "thumbs") && mkdir(VARPATH . "thumbs");
 !file_exists(VARPATH . "tmp") && mkdir(VARPATH . "tmp");
 !file_exists(VARPATH . "uploads") && mkdir(VARPATH . "uploads");
+file_put_contents(VARPATH . "logs/.htaccess", base64_decode("RGlyZWN0b3J5SW5kZXggLmh0YWNjZXNzClNldEhhbmRsZXIgR2FsbGVyeV9TZWN1cml0eV9Eb19Ob3RfUmVtb3ZlCk9wdGlvbnMgTm9uZQo8SWZNb2R1bGUgbW9kX3Jld3JpdGUuYz4KUmV3cml0ZUVuZ2luZSBvZmYKPC9JZk1vZHVsZT4KT3JkZXIgYWxsb3csZGVueQpEZW55IGZyb20gYWxsCg=="));
+file_put_contents(VARPATH . "tmp/.htaccess", base64_decode("RGlyZWN0b3J5SW5kZXggLmh0YWNjZXNzClNldEhhbmRsZXIgR2FsbGVyeV9TZWN1cml0eV9Eb19Ob3RfUmVtb3ZlCk9wdGlvbnMgTm9uZQo8SWZNb2R1bGUgbW9kX3Jld3JpdGUuYz4KUmV3cml0ZUVuZ2luZSBvZmYKPC9JZk1vZHVsZT4KT3JkZXIgYWxsb3csZGVueQpEZW55IGZyb20gYWxsCg=="));
+file_put_contents(VARPATH . "uploads/.htaccess", base64_decode("RGlyZWN0b3J5SW5kZXggLmh0YWNjZXNzClNldEhhbmRsZXIgR2FsbGVyeV9TZWN1cml0eV9Eb19Ob3RfUmVtb3ZlCk9wdGlvbnMgTm9uZQo8SWZNb2R1bGUgbW9kX3Jld3JpdGUuYz4KUmV3cml0ZUVuZ2luZSBvZmYKPC9JZk1vZHVsZT4KT3JkZXIgYWxsb3csZGVueQpEZW55IGZyb20gYWxsCg=="));
diff --git a/installer/install.sql b/installer/install.sql
index e64a961ec6..20b632faa2 100644
--- a/installer/install.sql
+++ b/installer/install.sql
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ CREATE TABLE {modules} (
   UNIQUE KEY `name` (`name`)
 ) AUTO_INCREMENT=10 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client;
-INSERT INTO {modules} VALUES (1,1,'gallery',23);
+INSERT INTO {modules} VALUES (1,1,'gallery',25);
 INSERT INTO {modules} VALUES (2,1,'user',2);
 INSERT INTO {modules} VALUES (3,1,'comment',2);
 INSERT INTO {modules} VALUES (4,1,'organize',1);
diff --git a/modules/gallery/controllers/packager.php b/modules/gallery/controllers/packager.php
index cb64f1bf67..666264835c 100644
--- a/modules/gallery/controllers/packager.php
+++ b/modules/gallery/controllers/packager.php
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ private function _dump_var() {
     foreach($objects as $name => $file){
       if ($file->getBasename() == "database.php") {
         continue;
-      } else if (basename($file->getPath()) == "logs") {
+      } else if (basename($file->getPath()) == "logs" && $file->getBasename() != ".htaccess") {
         continue;
       }
 
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ private function _dump_var() {
         $paths[] = "VARPATH . \"" . substr($name, strlen(VARPATH)) . "\"";
       } else {
         // @todo: serialize non-directories
-        print "IGNORING FILE: $name\n";
-        return;
+        $files["VARPATH . \"" . substr($name, strlen(VARPATH)) . "\""] =
+          base64_encode(file_get_contents($name));
       }
     }
     // Sort the paths so that the var file is stable
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ private function _dump_var() {
     foreach ($paths as $path) {
       fwrite($fd, "!file_exists($path) && mkdir($path);\n");
     }
+    foreach ($files as $file => $contents) {
+      fwrite($fd, "file_put_contents($file, base64_decode(\"$contents\"));\n");
+    }
     fclose($fd);
   }
 }
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