diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 41bc62e..714297e 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ android {
         disable 'InvalidPackage'
     }
     dependencies {
-        compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:9.0.0'
-        compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-storage:9.0.0'
+      compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-storage:10.2.1'
     }
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/firebase/storage/FirebaseStoragePlugin.java b/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/firebase/storage/FirebaseStoragePlugin.java
index fa908c5..ba913c1 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/firebase/storage/FirebaseStoragePlugin.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/firebase/storage/FirebaseStoragePlugin.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodChannel.Result;
 import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodCall;
 
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.io.File;
 
 /**
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
  */
 public class FirebaseStoragePlugin implements MethodCallHandler {
   private FlutterActivity activity;
+  private FirebaseStorage firebaseStorage;
 
   public static FirebaseStoragePlugin register(FlutterActivity activity) {
     return new FirebaseStoragePlugin(activity);
@@ -37,17 +38,19 @@ public static FirebaseStoragePlugin register(FlutterActivity activity) {
 
   private FirebaseStoragePlugin(FlutterActivity activity) {
     this.activity = activity;
+    FirebaseApp.initializeApp(activity);
+    this.firebaseStorage = FirebaseStorage.getInstance();
     new MethodChannel(activity.getFlutterView(), "firebase_storage").setMethodCallHandler(this);
   }
 
   @Override
   public void onMethodCall(MethodCall call, final Result result) {
     if (call.method.equals("StorageReference#putFile")) {
-      List arguments = (List) call.arguments;
-      String filename = (String) arguments.get(0);
-      String path = (String) arguments.get(1);
+      Map<String, String> arguments = (Map<String, String>) call.arguments;
+      String filename = arguments.get("filename");
+      String path = arguments.get("path");
       File file = new File(filename);
-      StorageReference ref = FirebaseStorage.getInstance().getReference().child(path);
+      StorageReference ref = firebaseStorage.getReference().child(path);
       UploadTask uploadTask = ref.putFile(Uri.fromFile(file));
       uploadTask.addOnSuccessListener(new OnSuccessListener<UploadTask.TaskSnapshot>() {
         @Override
diff --git a/ios/Classes/FirebaseStoragePlugin.m b/ios/Classes/FirebaseStoragePlugin.m
index 8068713..6bac486 100644
--- a/ios/Classes/FirebaseStoragePlugin.m
+++ b/ios/Classes/FirebaseStoragePlugin.m
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@ - (instancetype)initWithController:(FlutterViewController *)controller {
     }
     FlutterMethodChannel *channel =
         [FlutterMethodChannel methodChannelWithName:@"firebase_storage"
-                             binaryMessenger:controller];
+                                    binaryMessenger:controller];
     [channel
         setMethodCallHandler:^(FlutterMethodCall *call, FlutterResult result) {
           if ([@"StorageReference#putFile" isEqualToString:call.method]) {
-            NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:call.arguments[0]];
-            NSString *path = call.arguments[1];
+            NSData *data =
+                [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:call.arguments["filename"]];
+            NSString *path = call.arguments["path"];
             FIRStorageReference *fileRef =
                 [[FIRStorage storage].reference child:path];
             FIRStorageUploadTask *uploadTask = [fileRef
diff --git a/lib/firebase_storage.dart b/lib/firebase_storage.dart
index 5926aae..7242802 100644
--- a/lib/firebase_storage.dart
+++ b/lib/firebase_storage.dart
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ class StorageUploadTask {
   Future<Null> _start() async {
     String downloadUrl = await FirebaseStorage._channel.invokeMethod(
         "StorageReference#putFile",
-        <dynamic>[file.absolute.path, path],
+        <String, String>{
+          'filename': file.absolute.path,
+          'path': path,
+        },
     );
     _completer.complete(new UploadTaskSnapshot(downloadUrl: Uri.parse(downloadUrl)));
   }