diff --git a/pkg/storage/fs/nextcloud/nextcloud_test.go b/pkg/storage/fs/nextcloud/nextcloud_test.go
index 8f660bf6697..6dd00aa0b62 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/fs/nextcloud/nextcloud_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/fs/nextcloud/nextcloud_test.go
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Nextcloud", func() {
 			mock, teardown := nextcloud.TestingHTTPClient(h)
 			defer teardown()
 			nc.SetHTTPClient(mock)
-			maxBytes, maxFiles, err := nc.GetQuota(ctx)
+			maxBytes, maxFiles, err := nc.GetQuota(ctx, nil)
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 			Expect(maxBytes).To(Equal(uint64(456)))
 			Expect(maxFiles).To(Equal(uint64(123)))
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/decomposedfs.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/decomposedfs.go
index e88f4fe91b9..c1fffd27a0a 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/decomposedfs.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/decomposedfs.go
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ func (fs *Decomposedfs) CreateDir(ctx context.Context, ref *provider.Reference)
 
 	err = fs.tp.CreateDir(ctx, n)
 
-	if fs.o.TreeTimeAccounting {
+	if fs.o.TreeTimeAccounting || fs.o.TreeSizeAccounting {
 		nodePath := n.InternalPath()
 		// mark the home node as the end of propagation
 		if err = xattr.Set(nodePath, xattrs.PropagationAttr, []byte("1")); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/lookup.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/lookup.go
index a5285217de9..94379b3012c 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/lookup.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/lookup.go
@@ -49,22 +49,22 @@ func (lu *Lookup) NodeFromResource(ctx context.Context, ref *provider.Reference)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-
 		n := spaceRoot
-		p := filepath.Clean(ref.Path)
-		if p != "." {
-			// walk the relative path
-			n, err = lu.WalkPath(ctx, n, p, false, func(ctx context.Context, n *node.Node) error {
-				return nil
-			})
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
+		// is this a relative reference?
+		if ref.Path != "" {
+			p := filepath.Clean(ref.Path)
+			if p != "." {
+				// walk the relative path
+				n, err = lu.WalkPath(ctx, n, p, false, func(ctx context.Context, n *node.Node) error {
+					return nil
+				})
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
 			}
 			// use reference id as space root for relative references
 			n.SpaceRoot = spaceRoot
-			return n, nil
 		}
-
 		return n, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/node.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/node.go
index a375e79c631..bfac1410d7e 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/node.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/node.go
@@ -240,9 +240,10 @@ func (n *Node) Child(ctx context.Context, name string) (*Node, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) || isNotDir(err) {
 			c := &Node{
-				lu:       n.lu,
-				ParentID: n.ID,
-				Name:     name,
+				lu:        n.lu,
+				ParentID:  n.ID,
+				Name:      name,
+				SpaceRoot: n.SpaceRoot,
 			}
 			return c, nil // if the file does not exist we return a node that has Exists = false
 		}
@@ -269,8 +270,9 @@ func (n *Node) Parent() (p *Node, err error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Decomposedfs: root has no parent")
 	}
 	p = &Node{
-		lu: n.lu,
-		ID: n.ParentID,
+		lu:        n.lu,
+		ID:        n.ParentID,
+		SpaceRoot: n.SpaceRoot,
 	}
 
 	parentPath := n.lu.InternalPath(n.ParentID)
@@ -612,9 +614,12 @@ func (n *Node) AsResourceInfo(ctx context.Context, rp *provider.ResourcePermissi
 		if n.SpaceRoot != nil {
 			quotaPath = n.SpaceRoot.InternalPath()
 		} else {
-			sublog.Error().Err(err).Msg("error determining the space root node for quota")
+			root, err := n.lu.HomeOrRootNode(ctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				sublog.Error().Err(err).Msg("error determining the space root node for quota")
+			}
+			quotaPath = root.InternalPath()
 		}
-		quotaPath = n.InternalPath()
 		readQuotaIntoOpaque(ctx, quotaPath, ri)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/permissions.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/permissions.go
index 05a1282e864..9bd6923c5f1 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/permissions.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/permissions.go
@@ -287,7 +287,13 @@ func (p *Permissions) getUserAndPermissions(ctx context.Context, n *Node) (*user
 func isNoData(err error) bool {
 	if xerr, ok := err.(*xattr.Error); ok {
 		if serr, ok2 := xerr.Err.(syscall.Errno); ok2 {
-			return serr == syscall.ENODATA
+			switch serr {
+			case syscall.ENODATA:
+			case syscall.ENOATTR:
+				return true
+			default:
+				return false
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return false
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/spaces.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/spaces.go
index 7bc82296c63..473fdabab66 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/spaces.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/spaces.go
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ func (fs *Decomposedfs) CreateStorageSpace(ctx context.Context, req *provider.Cr
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// always enable propagation on the storage space root
+	nodePath := n.InternalPath()
+	// mark the space root node as the end of propagation
+	if err = xattr.Set(nodePath, xattrs.PropagationAttr, []byte("1")); err != nil {
+		appctx.GetLogger(ctx).Error().Err(err).Interface("node", n).Msg("could not mark node to propagate")
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	if err := fs.createHiddenSpaceFolder(ctx, n); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/tree/tree.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/tree/tree.go
index 6d0da24d001..30752f16cb0 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/tree/tree.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/tree/tree.go
@@ -578,8 +578,12 @@ func (t *Tree) Propagate(ctx context.Context, n *node.Node) (err error) {
 	// is propagation enabled for the parent node?
 
 	var root *node.Node
-	if root, err = t.lookup.HomeOrRootNode(ctx); err != nil {
-		return
+	if n.SpaceRoot == nil {
+		if root, err = t.lookup.HomeOrRootNode(ctx); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	} else {
+		root = n.SpaceRoot
 	}
 
 	// use a sync time and don't rely on the mtime of the current node, as the stat might not change when a rename happened too quickly
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/upload.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/upload.go
index 1287fdaebc6..31a70c2db69 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/upload.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/upload.go
@@ -252,12 +252,14 @@ func (fs *Decomposedfs) NewUpload(ctx context.Context, info tusd.FileInfo) (uplo
 	}
 
 	info.Storage = map[string]string{
+		// Todo: add storage space root
 		"Type":    "OCISStore",
 		"BinPath": binPath,
 
 		"NodeId":       n.ID,
 		"NodeParentId": n.ParentID,
 		"NodeName":     n.Name,
+		"SpaceRoot":    n.SpaceRoot.ID,
 
 		"Idp":      usr.Id.Idp,
 		"UserId":   usr.Id.OpaqueId,
@@ -474,7 +476,9 @@ func (upload *fileUpload) FinishUpload(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 		nil,
 		upload.fs.lu,
 	)
-
+	n.SpaceRoot = &node.Node{
+		ID: upload.info.Storage["SpaceRoot"],
+	}
 	if n.ID == "" {
 		n.ID = uuid.New().String()
 	}