diff --git a/api/src/Asyncservice.php b/api/src/Asyncservice.php
index b90725e3c5..d169f0c786 100644
--- a/api/src/Asyncservice.php
+++ b/api/src/Asyncservice.php
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ class Asyncservice
 						}
 						// set VFS user for vfs access rights
 						Vfs::$user = $job['account_id'];
+						Vfs\StreamWrapper::init_static();
 						Vfs::clearstatcache();
 					}
 					else
diff --git a/api/src/Vfs/UserContextTrait.php b/api/src/Vfs/UserContextTrait.php
index 9c6cf34fa3..77eb87d7ba 100644
--- a/api/src/Vfs/UserContextTrait.php
+++ b/api/src/Vfs/UserContextTrait.php
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ trait UserContextTrait
 						$this->context = stream_context_create($options);
 					}
 				}
+				else
+				{
+					$this->context = stream_context_create();
+				}
 				break;
 		}
 	}