diff --git a/lib/modules/storage/reference.js b/lib/modules/storage/reference.js
index 4e96e209..a5b8b0d5 100644
--- a/lib/modules/storage/reference.js
+++ b/lib/modules/storage/reference.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* @flow */
 import { NativeModules } from 'react-native';
 
-import { promisify } from '../../utils';
 import { ReferenceBase } from './../base';
 import StorageTask, { UPLOAD_TASK, DOWNLOAD_TASK } from './task';
 import Storage from './';
@@ -21,17 +20,7 @@ export default class StorageReference extends ReferenceBase {
     return this.path;
   }
 
-  // todo add support for method
-  put(data: Object, metadata: Object = {}): /*UploadTask*/Promise<Object> {
-    throw new Error('put() is not currently supported by react-native-firebase');
-  }
-
-  // todo add support for method
-  putString(data: string, format: String, metadata: Object = {}): /*UploadTask*/Promise<Object> {
-    throw new Error('putString() is not currently supported by react-native-firebase');
-  }
-
-  // todo eturn full gs://bucket/path
+  // todo return full gs://bucket/path
   toString(): String {
     return this.path;
   }
@@ -50,11 +39,7 @@ export default class StorageReference extends ReferenceBase {
    * @returns {Promise.<T>|*}
    */
   delete(): Promise<*> {
-    return promisify('delete', FirebaseStorage)(this.path)
-      .catch((error) => {
-        this.log.error('Error deleting reference ', this.path, '.  Error: ', error);
-        throw error;
-      });
+    return FirebaseStorage.delete(this.path);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -62,12 +47,7 @@ export default class StorageReference extends ReferenceBase {
    * @returns {Promise.<T>|*}
    */
   getDownloadURL(): Promise<String> {
-    this.log.debug('getDownloadURL(', this.path, ')');
-    return promisify('getDownloadURL', FirebaseStorage)(this.path)
-      .catch((err) => {
-        this.log.error('Error downloading URL for ', this.path, '.  Error: ', err);
-        throw err;
-      });
+    return FirebaseStorage.getDownloadURL(this.path);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -75,11 +55,7 @@ export default class StorageReference extends ReferenceBase {
    * @returns {Promise.<T>|*}
    */
   getMetadata(): Promise<Object> {
-    return promisify('getMetadata', FirebaseStorage)(this.path)
-      .catch((error) => {
-        this.log.error('Error getting metadata for ', this.path, '.  Error: ', error);
-        throw error;
-      });
+    return FirebaseStorage.getMetadata(this.path);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -88,11 +64,7 @@ export default class StorageReference extends ReferenceBase {
    * @returns {Promise.<T>|*}
    */
   updateMetadata(metadata: Object = {}): Promise<Object> {
-    return promisify('updateMetadata', FirebaseStorage)(this.path, metadata)
-      .catch((error) => {
-        this.log.error('Error updating metadata for ', this.path, '.  Error: ', error);
-        throw error;
-      });
+    return FirebaseStorage.updateMetadata(this.path, metadata);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -101,8 +73,7 @@ export default class StorageReference extends ReferenceBase {
    * @return {Promise}
    */
   downloadFile(filePath: string): Promise<Object> {
-    this.log.debug('download(', this.path, ') -> ', filePath);
-    return new StorageTask(DOWNLOAD_TASK, promisify('downloadFile', FirebaseStorage)(this.path, filePath), this);
+    return new StorageTask(DOWNLOAD_TASK, FirebaseStorage.downloadFile(this.path, filePath), this);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -113,7 +84,6 @@ export default class StorageReference extends ReferenceBase {
    */
   putFile(filePath: Object, metadata: Object = {}): Promise<Object> {
     const _filePath = filePath.replace('file://', '');
-    this.log.debug('putFile(', _filePath, ') -> ', this.path);
-    return new StorageTask(UPLOAD_TASK, promisify('putFile', FirebaseStorage)(this.path, _filePath, metadata), this);
+    return new StorageTask(UPLOAD_TASK, FirebaseStorage.putFile(this.path, _filePath, metadata), this);
   }
 }