diff --git a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
index 4175d25eb..fdceca359 100644
--- a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 namespace App\Providers;
 
-use Validator;
+
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
-use DB;
 use Log;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 use App\Observers\AssetObserver;
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ use App\Models\Component;
 
 
 /**
- * This service provider handles a few custom validation rules.
+ * This service provider handles setting the observers on models
  *
  * PHP version 5.5.9
  * @version    v3.0
@@ -42,82 +41,7 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
         Component::observe(ComponentObserver::class);
         Consumable::observe(ConsumableObserver::class);
         License::observe(LicenseObserver::class);
-        
-        // Email array validator
-        Validator::extend('email_array', function ($attribute, $value, $parameters, $validator) {
-            $value = str_replace(' ', '', $value);
-            $array = explode(',', $value);
 
-            foreach ($array as $email) { //loop over values
-                $email_to_validate['alert_email'][]=$email;
-            }
-
-            $rules = array('alert_email.*'=>'email');
-            $messages = array(
-                 'alert_email.*'=>trans('validation.email_array')
-            );
-
-            $validator = Validator::make($email_to_validate, $rules, $messages);
-
-            return $validator->passes();
-
-        });
-
-        // Unique only if undeleted
-        // This works around the use case where multiple deleted items have the same unique attribute.
-        // (I think this is a bug in Laravel's validator?)
-        Validator::extend('unique_undeleted', function ($attribute, $value, $parameters, $validator) {
-
-            if (count($parameters)) {
-                $count = DB::table($parameters[0])->select('id')->where($attribute, '=', $value)->whereNull('deleted_at')->where('id', '!=', $parameters[1])->count();
-                return $count < 1;
-            }
-
-        });
-
-
-        // Yo dawg. I heard you like validators.
-        // This validates the custom validator regex in custom fields.
-        // We're just checking that the regex won't throw an exception, not
-        // that it's actually correct for what the user intended.
-
-        Validator::extend('valid_regex', function ($attribute, $value, $parameters, $validator) {
-
-            // Make sure it's not just an ANY format
-            if ($value!='') {
-
-               //  Check that the string starts with regex:
-                if (strpos($value, 'regex:') === FALSE) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-
-                $test_string = 'My hovercraft is full of eels';
-
-                // We have to stip out the regex: part here to check with preg_match
-                $test_pattern = str_replace('regex:','', $value);
-
-                try {
-                    preg_match($test_pattern, $test_string, $matches);
-                    return true;
-                } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-
-            }
-            return true;
-
-        });
-
-
-
-        // Share common setting variables with all views.
-        view()->composer('*', function ($view) {
-            $view->with('snipeSettings', \App\Models\Setting::getSettings());
-        });
-
-        // Set the monetary locale to the configured locale to make helper::parseFloat work.
-        setlocale(LC_MONETARY, config('app.locale'));
-        setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, config('app.locale'));
 
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Providers/SettingsServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/SettingsServiceProvider.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f5b36311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Providers/SettingsServiceProvider.php
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+<?php
+namespace App\Providers;
+
+use Validator;
+use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+use DB;
+use Log;
+
+
+
+/**
+ * This service provider handles sharing the snipeSettings variable, and sets
+ * some common upload path and image urls.
+ *
+ * PHP version 5.5.9
+ * @version    v3.0
+ */
+
+class SettingsServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
+{
+    /**
+     * Custom email array validation
+     *
+     * @author [A. Gianotto] [<snipe@snipe.net>]
+     * @since [v3.0]
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function boot()
+    {
+
+
+        // Share common setting variables with all views.
+        view()->composer('*', function ($view) {
+            $view->with('snipeSettings', \App\Models\Setting::getSettings());
+        });
+
+
+        /**
+         * Set some common variables so that they're globally available.
+         * The paths should always be public (versus private uploads)
+         */
+        // Model paths and URLs
+        \App::singleton('models_upload_path', function(){
+            return public_path('/uploads/models/');
+        });
+
+        \App::singleton('models_upload_url', function(){
+            return url('/'.'uploads/models/');
+        });
+
+        // Categories
+        \App::singleton('categories_upload_path', function(){
+            return public_path('/uploads/categories/');
+        });
+
+        \App::singleton('categories_upload_url', function(){
+            return url('/'.'uploads/categories/');
+        });
+
+        // Locations
+        \App::singleton('locations_upload_path', function(){
+            return public_path('/uploads/locations/');
+        });
+
+        \App::singleton('locations_upload_url', function(){
+            return url('/'.'uploads/locations/');
+        });
+
+        // Users
+        \App::singleton('users_upload_path', function(){
+            return public_path('/uploads/users/');
+        });
+
+        \App::singleton('users_upload_url', function(){
+            return url('/'.'uploads/users/');
+        });
+
+        // Manufacturers
+        \App::singleton('manufacturers_upload_path', function(){
+            return public_path('/uploads/manufacturers/');
+        });
+
+        \App::singleton('manufacturers_upload_url', function(){
+            return url('/'.'uploads/manufacturers/');
+        });
+
+        // Suppliers
+        \App::singleton('suppliers_upload_path', function(){
+            return public_path('/uploads/suppliers/');
+        });
+
+        \App::singleton('suppliers_upload_url', function(){
+            return url('/'.'uploads/suppliers/');
+        });
+
+        // Departments
+        \App::singleton('departments_upload_path', function(){
+            return public_path('/uploads/departments/');
+        });
+
+        \App::singleton('departments_upload_url', function(){
+            return url('/'.'uploads/departments/');
+        });
+
+
+        // Set the monetary locale to the configured locale to make helper::parseFloat work.
+        setlocale(LC_MONETARY, config('app.locale'));
+        setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, config('app.locale'));
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Register any application services.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function register()
+    {
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Providers/ValidationServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/ValidationServiceProvider.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dac557b7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Providers/ValidationServiceProvider.php
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+<?php
+namespace App\Providers;
+
+use Validator;
+use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+use DB;
+use Log;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+use App\Observers\AssetObserver;
+use App\Observers\LicenseObserver;
+use App\Observers\AccessoryObserver;
+use App\Observers\ConsumableObserver;
+use App\Observers\ComponentObserver;
+use App\Models\Asset;
+use App\Models\License;
+use App\Models\Accessory;
+use App\Models\Consumable;
+use App\Models\Component;
+
+
+/**
+ * This service provider handles a few custom validation rules.
+ *
+ * PHP version 5.5.9
+ * @version    v3.0
+ */
+
+class ValidationServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
+{
+    /**
+     * Custom email array validation
+     *
+     * @author [A. Gianotto] [<snipe@snipe.net>]
+     * @since [v3.0]
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function boot()
+    {
+
+        // Email array validator
+        Validator::extend('email_array', function ($attribute, $value, $parameters, $validator) {
+            $value = str_replace(' ', '', $value);
+            $array = explode(',', $value);
+
+            foreach ($array as $email) { //loop over values
+                $email_to_validate['alert_email'][]=$email;
+            }
+
+            $rules = array('alert_email.*'=>'email');
+            $messages = array(
+                'alert_email.*'=>trans('validation.email_array')
+            );
+
+            $validator = Validator::make($email_to_validate, $rules, $messages);
+
+            return $validator->passes();
+
+        });
+
+
+        // Unique only if undeleted
+        // This works around the use case where multiple deleted items have the same unique attribute.
+        // (I think this is a bug in Laravel's validator?)
+        Validator::extend('unique_undeleted', function ($attribute, $value, $parameters, $validator) {
+
+            if (count($parameters)) {
+                $count = DB::table($parameters[0])->select('id')->where($attribute, '=', $value)->whereNull('deleted_at')->where('id', '!=', $parameters[1])->count();
+                return $count < 1;
+            }
+
+        });
+
+
+        // Yo dawg. I heard you like validators.
+        // This validates the custom validator regex in custom fields.
+        // We're just checking that the regex won't throw an exception, not
+        // that it's actually correct for what the user intended.
+
+        Validator::extend('valid_regex', function ($attribute, $value, $parameters, $validator) {
+
+            // Make sure it's not just an ANY format
+            if ($value!='') {
+
+                //  Check that the string starts with regex:
+                if (strpos($value, 'regex:') === FALSE) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                $test_string = 'My hovercraft is full of eels';
+
+                // We have to stip out the regex: part here to check with preg_match
+                $test_pattern = str_replace('regex:','', $value);
+
+                try {
+                    preg_match($test_pattern, $test_string, $matches);
+                    return true;
+                } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+            }
+            return true;
+
+        });
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Register any application services.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function register()
+    {
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/config/app.php b/config/app.php
index 08befc236..66e002453 100755
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
@@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ return [
         App\Providers\AuthServiceProvider::class,
         App\Providers\EventServiceProvider::class,
         App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider::class,
+        App\Providers\SettingsServiceProvider::class,
+        App\Providers\ValidationServiceProvider::class,
 
 
         /*