diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/ims/qti/editor/ItemMetadataFormController.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/ims/qti/editor/ItemMetadataFormController.java
index 91e48abdc1a50851f3e0bc713f42801ab521c718..dbead9701240f1cf38e4ccc55b8ce04c4ef42ce8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/ims/qti/editor/ItemMetadataFormController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/ims/qti/editor/ItemMetadataFormController.java
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ public class ItemMetadataFormController extends FormBasicController {
 			solution = uifactory.addRichTextElementForStringData("solution", "form.imd.correctsolution", item.getQuestion().getSolutionText(), 8,
 					-1, false, true, qti.getBaseDir(), null, formLayout, ureq.getUserSession(), getWindowControl());
 			// set upload dir to the media dir
-			hint.getEditorConfiguration().setFileBrowserUploadRelPath("media");
+			solution.getEditorConfiguration().setFileBrowserUploadRelPath("media");
 			if (itemControl.isSolution()) {
 				showSolution.select("y", true);
 			} else {