diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0fe8c6587f..162da8c185 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -51,3 +51,6 @@ lib/build/grunt-aws.json
 lib/build/app_config.js
 rubygems
 lib/build/_SpecRunner.html
+vendor/bundle/*
+.vagrant
+Vagrantfile
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 480e66d1ba..77987c3cad 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ gem 'nokogiri',                '1.6.0'
 gem 'statsd-client',           '0.0.7', require: 'statsd'
 gem 'aws-sdk',                 '1.8.5'
 
-# It's used in the dataimport and arcgis. Just two calls. 
-# It's a replacement for the ruby uri that it's supposed to 
+# It's used in the dataimport and arcgis. Just two calls.
+# It's a replacement for the ruby uri that it's supposed to
 # perform better parsing of a URI
 gem 'addressable',             '2.3.2', require: 'addressable/uri'
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'mocha',                 '0.10.5'
   gem 'ci_reporter',           '1.8.4'
 
-  gem 'debugger',              '1.6.5'
+  gem 'debugger',              '1.6.8'
 
   gem 'rspec-rails',           '2.10.1'
   gem 'capybara',              '1.1.2'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index e74c366291..47a8fdd614 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ GEM
     daemons (1.1.9)
     dbf (2.0.6)
       fastercsv (~> 1.5.4)
-    debugger (1.6.5)
+    debugger (1.6.8)
       columnize (>= 0.3.1)
       debugger-linecache (~> 1.2.0)
-      debugger-ruby_core_source (~> 1.3.1)
+      debugger-ruby_core_source (~> 1.3.5)
     debugger-linecache (1.2.0)
-    debugger-ruby_core_source (1.3.5)
+    debugger-ruby_core_source (1.3.7)
     delorean (2.1.0)
       chronic
     descendants_tracker (0.0.4)
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   ci_reporter (= 1.8.4)
   compass (= 0.12.3)
   dbf (= 2.0.6)
-  debugger (= 1.6.5)
+  debugger (= 1.6.8)
   delorean
   dropbox-sdk (= 1.6.3)
   ejs (~> 1.1.1)
diff --git a/app/models/asset.rb b/app/models/asset.rb
index 4e125b04b8..0f4667f9c6 100644
--- a/app/models/asset.rb
+++ b/app/models/asset.rb
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ class Asset < Sequel::Model
     local_path = Rails.root.join 'public', 'uploads', target_asset_path
     FileUtils.mkdir_p local_path
     FileUtils.cp @file.path, local_path.join(filename)
-    File.join('/', 'uploads', target_asset_path, filename)
+    p = File.join('/', 'uploads', target_asset_path, filename)
+    "http://#{Cartodb.config[:account_host]}#{p}"
   end
 
   def use_s3?
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@ class Asset < Sequel::Model
 
   def remove
     unless use_s3?
-      FileUtils.rm("#{Rails.root}/public#{public_url}") rescue ''
+      local_url = public_url.gsub(/http:\/\/#{Cartodb.config[:account_host]}/,'')
+      FileUtils.rm("#{Rails.root}/public#{local_url}") rescue ''
       return
     end
     basename = File.basename(public_url)
diff --git a/spec/models/asset_spec.rb b/spec/models/asset_spec.rb
index 2f72df0672..2ccf9633a9 100644
--- a/spec/models/asset_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/asset_spec.rb
@@ -52,13 +52,15 @@ describe Asset do
 
       it 'should save the file when passing a full path as an argument' do
         asset = Asset.create user_id: @user.id, asset_file: (Rails.root + 'db/fake_data/simple.json').to_s
-        File.exists?("#{Rails.root}/public#{asset.public_url}").should be_true
+        local_url = asset.public_url.gsub(/http:\/\/#{Cartodb.config[:account_host]}/,'')
+        File.exists?("#{Rails.root}/public#{local_url}").should be_true
         asset.public_url.should =~ /.*test\/#{@user.username}\/assets\/\d+simple\.json.*/
       end
 
       it 'should save the file when passing an UploadedFile as an argument' do
         asset = Asset.create user_id: @user.id, asset_file: Rack::Test::UploadedFile.new(Rails.root.join('db/fake_data/column_number_to_boolean.csv'), 'text/csv')
-        File.exists?("#{Rails.root}/public#{asset.public_url}").should be_true
+        local_url = asset.public_url.gsub(/http:\/\/#{Cartodb.config[:account_host]}/,'')
+        File.exists?("#{Rails.root}/public#{local_url}").should be_true
         asset.public_url.should =~ /.*test\/#{@user.username}\/assets\/\d+column_number_to_boolean.csv.*/
       end
 
@@ -74,7 +76,8 @@ describe Asset do
         file = Rails.root.join('spec/support/data/cartofante_blue.png')
         serve_file file do |url|
           asset = Asset.create(user_id: @user.id, url: url)
-          File.exists?("#{Rails.root}/public#{asset.public_url}").should be_true
+          local_url = asset.public_url.gsub(/http:\/\/#{Cartodb.config[:account_host]}/,'')
+          File.exists?("#{Rails.root}/public#{local_url}").should be_true
           asset.public_url.should =~ /\/test\/test\/assets\/\d+cartofante_blue\.png/
         end
       end
@@ -86,7 +89,8 @@ describe Asset do
     it 'removes the file from storage if needed' do
       Asset.any_instance.stubs("use_s3?").returns(false)
       asset = Asset.create user_id: @user.id, asset_file: (Rails.root + 'db/fake_data/simple.json').to_s
-      path = "#{Rails.root}/public#{asset.public_url}"
+      local_url = asset.public_url.gsub(/http:\/\/#{Cartodb.config[:account_host]}/,'')
+      path = "#{Rails.root}/public#{local_url}"
       File.exists?(path).should be_true
       asset.destroy
       File.exists?(path).should be_false