diff --git a/app/models/album.rb b/app/models/album.rb
index b30cb5c45d73fc59900806d013ba5306d5dceb51..b6daabb474c99715980b1ae1975931575bb9a6a6 100644
--- a/app/models/album.rb
+++ b/app/models/album.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ class Album
 
   def self.mine_or_friends(friend_param, current_user)
     if friend_param
-      puts "i am working"
       Album.find_all_by_person_id(current_user.friend_ids)
     else
       current_user.person.albums
diff --git a/app/models/photo.rb b/app/models/photo.rb
index d93a1189a90c5603d09b662cd416a3ee87800a70..b43ddc376f50e57e4d7bce0f7dbc38a9573c7381 100644
--- a/app/models/photo.rb
+++ b/app/models/photo.rb
@@ -35,15 +35,24 @@ class Photo < Post
   def validate_album_person
     album.person_id == person_id
   end
-
+  
   def remote_photo
-    @remote_photo ||= self.person.url.chop + image.url
+    url
   end
 
   def remote_photo= remote_path
-    @remote_photo = remote_path
-    image.download! remote_path
-    image.store!
+    name_start = remote_path.rindex '/'
+    @remote_photo_path = remote_path.slice(0, name_start )
+    @remote_photo_name = remote_path.slice(name_start, remote_path.length)
+    puts url
+  end
+
+  def url name = nil
+    if @remote_photo_path
+      @remote_photo_path + name.to_s + @remote_photo_name
+    else
+      image.url name
+    end
   end
 
   def ensure_user_picture
diff --git a/app/uploaders/image_uploader.rb b/app/uploaders/image_uploader.rb
index 2a55e30592e564c46ded16c6ea9b7c83f744cdc6..3fd36c6a602fc93df12fb3d8c8db5604aad7196d 100644
--- a/app/uploaders/image_uploader.rb
+++ b/app/uploaders/image_uploader.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 class ImageUploader < CarrierWave::Uploader::Base
   include CarrierWave::MiniMagick
 
-  storage :grid_fs
+  storage :file
 
   def store_dir
-    "files"
+    "uploads/images"
   end
 
   def extension_white_list
diff --git a/app/views/albums/_album.html.haml b/app/views/albums/_album.html.haml
index 52cb7fe4aea4d276f43a2e4b49f0968ee01b796d..3e4bf3483c97d11ad75ef830c321e0b6a11e976f 100644
--- a/app/views/albums/_album.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/albums/_album.html.haml
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
 
   %div.image_cycle
     - for photo in post.photos[0..3]
-      = link_to (image_tag photo.image.url(:thumb_large)), album_path(post)
+      = link_to (image_tag photo.url(:thumb_large)), album_path(post)
     
diff --git a/app/views/albums/edit.html.haml b/app/views/albums/edit.html.haml
index b505cf76b626a02c3f369c54ac60d81250ec8098..18cb8b6447961bb7ca34bd275563c5a33b712fdf 100644
--- a/app/views/albums/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/albums/edit.html.haml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
   %ul
   - for photo in @album.photos
-    %li.photo_edit_block= image_tag photo.image.url(:thumb_large)
+    %li.photo_edit_block= image_tag photo.url(:thumb_large)
 
   #submit_block
     = link_to "Cancel", root_path
diff --git a/app/views/albums/show.html.haml b/app/views/albums/show.html.haml
index b63dea9de9afff13345f3b65eaf58ec7b78f6fc6..04b1176456f9c1a802e26e80c2f3789ed5966ecf 100644
--- a/app/views/albums/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/albums/show.html.haml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #thumbnails
   - for photo in @album_photos
     .image_thumb
-      = link_to (image_tag photo.image.url(:thumb_medium)), object_path(photo)
+      = link_to (image_tag photo.url(:thumb_medium)), object_path(photo)
 
 #content_bottom
   .back
diff --git a/app/views/photos/show.html.haml b/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
index 05443591f847f29762c16bdb90d1ec204aa5e513..8636998b3e515b73ea02939efa2728a26c532046 100644
--- a/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .sub_header
   = link_to_prev @photo, @album
   |
-  = link_to "full size", @photo.image.url
+  = link_to "full size", @photo.url
   |
   = link_to_next @photo, @album
 
diff --git a/app/views/users/edit.html.haml b/app/views/users/edit.html.haml
index fa1136fec5668497a7dc7d669dd9546adeca42ba..24aa8e7f01c5b224723acd628ed1ec5f55831e84 100644
--- a/app/views/users/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/users/edit.html.haml
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
     %div#image_picker
       = p.hidden_field :image_url, :value => @profile.image_url, :id => 'image_url_field'
       - for photo in @photos
-        - if photo.image.url(:thumb_medium) == @profile.image_url
+        - if photo.url(:thumb_medium) == @profile.image_url
           %div.small_photo{:id => photo.image.thumb_medium.url, :class=>'selected'}
             = check_box_tag 'checked_photo', true, true
-            = link_to image_tag(photo.image.url(:thumb_medium)), "#"
+            = link_to image_tag(photo.url(:thumb_medium)), "#"
         - else
           %div.small_photo{:id => photo.image.thumb_medium.url}
             = check_box_tag 'checked_photo'
-            = link_to image_tag(photo.image.url(:thumb_medium)), "#"
+            = link_to image_tag(photo.url(:thumb_medium)), "#"
     =will_paginate @photos
 
 
diff --git a/config/initializers/carrierwave.rb b/config/initializers/carrierwave.rb
index ed6e8bb4ecc19a9d6e91e975f2d7558d3a9038b2..0fe280e02335bf4a17ef51a045058ca287edd7f2 100644
--- a/config/initializers/carrierwave.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/carrierwave.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 CarrierWave.configure do |config|
-  config.grid_fs_database = MongoMapper::database.name
-  config.grid_fs_host = MongoMapper::connection.host
-  config.grid_fs_access_url = "/images"
-  config.storage = :grid_fs
-  #config.storage = :file
+  config.storage = :file
 end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index e1991d0330e4b2d232396e979e09bec2af1bd014..e8d5616f0a7f8cb9fb95717eb8a346475e236d50 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ Diaspora::Application.routes.draw do |map|
   resources :albums
   resources :groups
 
-  match "/images/files/*path" => "gridfs#serve"
-  
   match 'warzombie',          :to => "dev_utilities#warzombie"
   match 'zombiefriends',      :to => "dev_utilities#zombiefriends"
   match 'zombiefriendaccept', :to => "dev_utilities#zombiefriendaccept"
diff --git a/spec/models/photo_spec.rb b/spec/models/photo_spec.rb
index 3d4d83008272834b3ee26bcbc96e4116e87ea322..c91fd3c1a711aa581c61849d1b18078bd66f84f1 100644
--- a/spec/models/photo_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/photo_spec.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe Photo do
     photo.image.read.nil?.should be false
   end
 
-  it 'should save a photo to GridFS' do
+  it 'should save a photo' do
     @photo.image.store! File.open(@fixture_name)
     @photo.save.should == true
     binary = @photo.image.read
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ describe Photo do
   end
 
   it 'should not use the imported filename as the url' do
-    pending "Until this passes, duplicate photos will cause errors"
     @photo.image.store! File.open(@fixture_name)
     @photo.image.url.include?(@fixture_filename).should be false
     @photo.image.url(:thumb_medium).include?("/" + @fixture_filename).should be false
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ describe Photo do
       stub_signature_verification
     end
 
-    it 'should save a signed photo to GridFS' do
+    it 'should save a signed photo' do
       photo  = @user.post(:photo, :album => @album, :user_file => [File.open(@fixture_name)])
       photo.save.should == true
       photo.signature_valid?.should be true