diff --git a/formwizard/compat.py b/formwizard/compat.py
index 79ce7c5..f6d023e 100644
--- a/formwizard/compat.py
+++ b/formwizard/compat.py
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-from functools import wraps
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#-*- coding:utf-8 -*-
+
+try:
+    from functools import wraps
+except ImportError:
+    from django.utils.functional import wraps  # Python 2.4
 
 
 class lazy_property(property):
@@ -20,3 +26,4 @@ def fset(instance, value, name=fset.__name__):
             def fdel(instance, name=fdel.__name__):
                 return getattr(instance, name)()
         return property(fget, fset, fdel, doc)
+
diff --git a/formwizard/views.py b/formwizard/views.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 9af668b..7c834ce
--- a/formwizard/views.py
+++ b/formwizard/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import re
 
 from django import forms
+from django.core.files.storage import default_storage
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.forms import formsets, ValidationError
@@ -163,7 +164,8 @@ def get_initkwargs(cls, form_list, initial_dict=None,
             for field in form.base_fields.itervalues():
                 if (isinstance(field, forms.FileField) and
                         not hasattr(cls, 'file_storage')):
-                    raise NoFileStorageConfigured
+                    cls.file_storage = default_storage
+#                    raise NoFileStorageConfigured
 
         # build the kwargs for the formwizard instances
         kwargs['form_list'] = init_form_list
@@ -684,3 +686,4 @@ class NamedUrlCookieWizardView(NamedUrlWizardView):
     A NamedUrlFormWizard with pre-configured CookieStorageBackend.
     """
     storage_name = 'formwizard.storage.cookie.CookieStorage'
+