diff --git a/src/editor/engine/Page.js b/src/editor/engine/Page.js
index f1d9045..7f5da2e 100644
--- a/src/editor/engine/Page.js
+++ b/src/editor/engine/Page.js
@@ -147,14 +147,10 @@ export default class Page {
         function doNext (str) {
             str = str.replace(/>\s*</g, '><');
             me.setSVG(str);
-            if ((str.indexOf('xlink:href') < 0) && OS.path) {
-                me.setBackgroundImage(url, fcn); // does not have embedded images
-            } else {
+            IO.getImagesInSVG(str, function () {
                 var base64 = IO.getImageDataURL(me.md5, btoa(str));
-                IO.getImagesInSVG(str, function () {
-                    me.setBackgroundImage(base64, fcn);
-                });
-            }
+                me.setBackgroundImage(base64, fcn);
+            });
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/editor/engine/Sprite.js b/src/editor/engine/Sprite.js
index 75b2312..7f03243 100755
--- a/src/editor/engine/Sprite.js
+++ b/src/editor/engine/Sprite.js
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ export default class Sprite {
     getAsset (whenDone) {
         var md5 = this.md5;
         var spr = this;
-        var url = (MediaLib.keys[md5]) ?
-            MediaLib.path + md5 :
-            (md5.indexOf('/') < 0) ? OS.path + md5 : md5;
         md5 = (MediaLib.keys[md5]) ? MediaLib.path + md5 : md5;
         if (md5.indexOf('/') > -1) {
             IO.requestFromServer(md5, doNext);
@@ -92,14 +89,10 @@ export default class Sprite {
         function doNext (str) {
             str = str.replace(/>\s*</g, '><');
             spr.setSVG(str);
-            if ((str.indexOf('xlink:href') < 0) && OS.path) {
-                whenDone(url); // does not have embedded images
-            } else {
+            IO.getImagesInSVG(str, function () {
                 var base64 = IO.getImageDataURL(spr.md5, btoa(str));
-                IO.getImagesInSVG(str, function () {
-                    whenDone(base64);
-                });
-            }
+                whenDone(base64);
+            });
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/tablet/IO.js b/src/tablet/IO.js
index b54ec2c..ef767c3 100644
--- a/src/tablet/IO.js
+++ b/src/tablet/IO.js
@@ -90,11 +90,8 @@ export default class IO {
             IO.requestFromServer(md5, gotit); // get url contents
             return;
         }
-        if ((IO.getExtension(md5) == 'png') && OS.path) {
-            fcn(OS.path + md5); // only if it is not in debug mode
-        } else {
-            OS.getmedia(md5, nextStep);
-        } // get url contents
+
+        OS.getmedia(md5, nextStep);
 
         function gotit (str) {
             var base64 = IO.getImageDataURL(md5, btoa(str));