diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index c7f3d637a6..9661002f91 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function loadConfig() {
 	nconf.defaults({
 		base_dir: __dirname,
 		themes_path: path.join(__dirname, 'node_modules'),
-		upload_url: path.join(path.sep, 'uploads', path.sep),
+		upload_url: '/uploads/',
 		views_dir: path.join(__dirname, 'public/templates')
 	});
 
diff --git a/src/file.js b/src/file.js
index 4d0068dabf..f88728b860 100644
--- a/src/file.js
+++ b/src/file.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 var file = {};
 
 file.saveFileToLocal = function(filename, tempPath, callback) {
+
 	var uploadPath = path.join(nconf.get('base_dir'), nconf.get('upload_path'), filename);
 
 	winston.info('Saving file '+ filename +' to : ' + uploadPath);
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ file.saveFileToLocal = function(filename, tempPath, callback) {
 
 	is.on('end', function () {
 		callback(null, {
-			url: (nconf.get('upload_url') + filename).split(path.sep).join('/')
+			url: nconf.get('upload_url') + filename
 		});
 	});
 
@@ -29,6 +30,4 @@ file.saveFileToLocal = function(filename, tempPath, callback) {
 	is.pipe(os);
 };
 
-module.exports = file;
-
-
+module.exports = file;
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