diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/configs/conf.php b/airtime_mvc/application/configs/conf.php
index 3f6426e69..cf8e610bc 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/configs/conf.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/configs/conf.php
@@ -11,48 +11,24 @@ define('AIRTIME_COPYRIGHT_DATE', '2010-2011');
 define('AIRTIME_REST_VERSION', '1.1');
 
 global $CC_CONFIG;
-$values = load_airtime_config();
 
 $CC_CONFIG = array(
-
-    // Name of the web server user
-    'webServerUser' => $values['general']['web_server_user'],
-
-    'rabbitmq' => $values['rabbitmq'],
-
-    'baseFilesDir' => $values['general']['base_files_dir'],
-    // main directory for storing binary media files
-    'storageDir'    =>  $values['general']['base_files_dir']."/stor",
-
-	// Database config
-    'dsn' => array(
-                'username'      => $values['database']['dbuser'],
-                'password'      => $values['database']['dbpass'],
-                'hostspec'      => $values['database']['host'],
-                'phptype'       => 'pgsql',
-                'database'      => $values['database']['dbname']),
-
     // prefix for table names in the database
     'tblNamePrefix' => 'cc_',
 
     /* ================================================ storage configuration */
 
-    'apiKey' => array($values['general']['api_key']),
-    'apiPath' => '/api/',
-
     'soundcloud-client-id' => '2CLCxcSXYzx7QhhPVHN4A',
     'soundcloud-client-secret' => 'pZ7beWmF06epXLHVUP1ufOg2oEnIt9XhE8l8xt0bBs',
 
-    'soundcloud-connection-retries' => $values['soundcloud']['connection_retries'],
-    'soundcloud-connection-wait' => $values['soundcloud']['time_between_retries'], 
-
     "rootDir" => __DIR__."/../..",
     'pearPath'      =>  dirname(__FILE__).'/../../library/pear',
     'zendPath'      =>  dirname(__FILE__).'/../../library/Zend',
-    'phingPath'      =>  dirname(__FILE__).'/../../library/phing',
-
+    'phingPath'      =>  dirname(__FILE__).'/../../library/phing'
 );
 
+$CC_CONFIG = Config::loadConfig($CC_CONFIG);
+
 // Add database table names
 $CC_CONFIG['playListTable'] = $CC_CONFIG['tblNamePrefix'].'playlist';
 $CC_CONFIG['playListContentsTable'] = $CC_CONFIG['tblNamePrefix'].'playlistcontents';
@@ -83,20 +59,17 @@ set_include_path('.'.PATH_SEPARATOR.$CC_CONFIG['pearPath']
 					.PATH_SEPARATOR.$CC_CONFIG['zendPath']
 					.PATH_SEPARATOR.$old_include_path);
 
-function load_airtime_config(){
-	$ini_array = parse_ini_file('/etc/airtime/airtime.conf', true);
-    return $ini_array;
-} 
-
 class Config {
-    public static function reload_config() {
-        global $CC_CONFIG;
+    public static function loadConfig($CC_CONFIG) {
         $values = parse_ini_file('/etc/airtime/airtime.conf', true);
 
         // Name of the web server user
         $CC_CONFIG['webServerUser'] = $values['general']['web_server_user'];
         $CC_CONFIG['rabbitmq'] = $values['rabbitmq'];
 
+        $CC_CONFIG['baseUrl'] = $values['general']['base_url'];
+        $CC_CONFIG['basePort'] = $values['general']['base_port'];
+
         $CC_CONFIG['baseFilesDir'] = $values['general']['base_files_dir'];
         // main directory for storing binary media files
         $CC_CONFIG['storageDir'] =  $values['general']['base_files_dir']."/stor";
@@ -111,5 +84,7 @@ class Config {
 
         $CC_CONFIG['soundcloud-connection-retries'] = $values['soundcloud']['connection_retries'];
         $CC_CONFIG['soundcloud-connection-wait'] = $values['soundcloud']['time_between_retries'];
+
+        return $CC_CONFIG;
     }
 }
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php
index 82e68aafd..322919c29 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php
@@ -1513,7 +1513,8 @@ class StoredFile {
     public function getFileUrl()
     {
         global $CC_CONFIG;
-        return $this->gunid.".".$this->getFileExtension();
+        return "http://$CC_CONFIG[baseUrl]:$CC_CONFIG[basePort]/".$this->gunid.".".$this->getFileExtension();
+        //return $CC_CONFIG["base_url"]..$this->gunid.".".$this->getFileExtension();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/build/airtime.conf b/airtime_mvc/build/airtime.conf
index 9135f09e4..982d5a762 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/build/airtime.conf
+++ b/airtime_mvc/build/airtime.conf
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ api_key = AAA
 web_server_user = www-data
 airtime_dir = x
 base_files_dir = x
+base_url = localhost
+base_port = 80
 
 [soundcloud]
 connection_retries = 3
diff --git a/install/upgrades/airtime-1.8/airtime-upgrade.php b/install/upgrades/airtime-1.8/airtime-upgrade.php
index a961bdbe5..6563e98b4 100644
--- a/install/upgrades/airtime-1.8/airtime-upgrade.php
+++ b/install/upgrades/airtime-1.8/airtime-upgrade.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ AirtimeInstall::InstallBinaries();
 
 echo "* Initializing INI files".PHP_EOL;
 AirtimeIni::UpdateIniFiles();
-Config::reload_config();
+Config::loadConfig();
 
 echo "* Creating default storage directory".PHP_EOL;
 AirtimeInstall::InstallStorageDirectory();
diff --git a/python_apps/api_clients/api_client.py b/python_apps/api_clients/api_client.py
index 8a38e682e..84a03d19e 100644
--- a/python_apps/api_clients/api_client.py
+++ b/python_apps/api_clients/api_client.py
@@ -220,9 +220,9 @@ class AirTimeApiClient(ApiClientInterface):
         logger = logging.getLogger()
         
         try:
-            src = "http://%s:%s/%s/%s" % \
-            (self.config["base_url"], str(self.config["base_port"]), self.config["api_base"], self.config["get_media_url"])
-            src = src.replace("%%file%%", uri)
+            #src = "http://%s:%s/%s/%s" % \
+            #(self.config["base_url"], str(self.config["base_port"]), self.config["api_base"], self.config["get_media_url"])
+            src = uri
             logger.info("try to download from %s to %s", src, dst)
             src = src.replace("%%api_key%%", self.config["api_key"])
             # check if file exists already before downloading again