diff --git a/ruby/Gemfile b/ruby/Gemfile
index 67fa507f4..768695548 100644
--- a/ruby/Gemfile
+++ b/ruby/Gemfile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ gem 'actionmailer', '3.2.13'
 gem 'sendgrid'
 gem 'aws-sdk', '1.29.1'
 gem 'carrierwave'
+gem 'carrierwave_direct'
 gem 'aasm', '3.0.16'
 gem 'devise', '>= 1.1.2'
 gem 'postgres-copy'
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ group :test do
   gem 'spork', '0.9.0'
   gem 'database_cleaner', '0.7.0'
   gem 'rest-client'
+  gem 'faker'
 end
 
 # Specify your gem's dependencies in jam_ruby.gemspec
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby.rb
index c09ed211d..a2235ad27 100755
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ require "pg"
 require "active_record"
 require "carrierwave"
 require "carrierwave/orm/activerecord"
+require "carrierwave_direct"
 require "jampb"
 require "uuidtools"
 require "logging"
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/promotional.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/promotional.rb
index a48312516..20d83f1d0 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/promotional.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/promotional.rb
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ class JamRuby::Promotional < ActiveRecord::Base
 end
 
 class JamRuby::PromoBuzz < JamRuby::Promotional
-  attr_accessible :original_fpfile_photo, :photo_url, :text_short, :text_long
-
+  attr_accessible :image, :text_short, :text_long
+  
   def self.create_with_params(params)
     obj = self.new
     obj.text_short = params[:text_short]
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ class JamRuby::PromoBuzz < JamRuby::Promotional
     "Buzz #{created_at.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H-%M')}"
   end
 
+  def image_name
+    fn = image ? image.path || image.filename : nil
+    File.basename(fn) if fn
+  end
+
+  def image_url
+    self.image.direct_fog_url(with_path: true)
+  end
+
 end
 
 class JamRuby::PromoLatest < JamRuby::Promotional
diff --git a/ruby/spec/factories.rb b/ruby/spec/factories.rb
index dbb845cc5..285dd5ad5 100644
--- a/ruby/spec/factories.rb
+++ b/ruby/spec/factories.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'faker'
+
 FactoryGirl.define do
   factory :user, :class => JamRuby::User do
     sequence(:email) { |n| "person_#{n}@example.com"}
@@ -132,4 +134,9 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
     sequence(:lng) { |n| [-78.85029, -122.4155311][(n-1).modulo(2)] }
   end
 
+  factory :promo_buzz, :class => JamRuby::PromoBuzz do
+    text_short Faker::Lorem.sentence
+    text_long Faker::Lorem.paragraphs(3).join("\n")
+  end
+
 end