diff --git a/js/editor/Editor.js b/js/editor/Editor.js
index e39f94a9..49eb3690 100644
--- a/js/editor/Editor.js
+++ b/js/editor/Editor.js
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ define("webodf/editor/Editor", [
              * @param {?function()} editorReadyCallback
              */
             self.loadSession = function (sessionId, editorReadyCallback) {
-                initGuiAndDoc("/session/" + sessionId + "/genesis", function () {
+                initGuiAndDoc(server.getGenesisUrl(sessionId), function () {
                     // get router and user model
                     opRouter = opRouter || server.createOperationRouter(sessionId, memberid);
                     session.setOperationRouter(opRouter);
diff --git a/js/editor/boot_editor.js b/js/editor/boot_editor.js
index 5d029aff..f758c470 100644
--- a/js/editor/boot_editor.js
+++ b/js/editor/boot_editor.js
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ var webodfEditor = (function () {
         } else if (backend === "owncloud") {
             runtime.loadClass("ops.PullBoxServer");
             server = new ops.PullBoxServer({url: "../../ajax/otpoll.php"});
+			server.getGenesisUrl = function(sid) {
+				return "/owncloud/index.php/apps/files/download/welcome.odt";
+			};
         } else {
             callback("unavailable");
         }
diff --git a/js/webodf-debug.js b/js/webodf-debug.js
index 35a75725..b9c87d59 100644
--- a/js/webodf-debug.js
+++ b/js/webodf-debug.js
@@ -9003,6 +9003,9 @@ ops.NowjsServer = function NowjsServer() {
   function createUserModel() {
     return new ops.NowjsUserModel(self)
   }
+  function getGenesisUrl(sessionId) {
+    return"/session/" + sessionId + "/genesis"
+  }
   this.connect = function(timeout, callback) {
     var accumulatedWaitingTime = 0;
     if(nowObject) {
@@ -9092,6 +9095,9 @@ ops.PullBoxServer = function PullBoxServer(args) {
   function createUserModel() {
     return new ops.PullBoxUserModel(self)
   }
+  function getGenesisUrl(sessionId) {
+    return"/session/" + sessionId + "/genesis"
+  }
   function call(message, cb) {
     var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest, byteArrayWriter = new core.ByteArrayWriter("utf8"), data;
     function handleResult() {