diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 01bff31..1ba5899 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@
             </feature>
             <allow-navigation href="cdvfile:*" />
         </config-file>
-
+        <edit-config file="app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml" mode="merge" target="/manifest/application">
+            <application android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true" />
+        </edit-config>
         <config-file target="AndroidManifest.xml" parent="/*">
             <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
         </config-file>