diff --git a/xos/configurations/acord/Makefile b/xos/configurations/acord/Makefile
index 6d5a04f..b5b93fa 100644
--- a/xos/configurations/acord/Makefile
+++ b/xos/configurations/acord/Makefile
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 	make -C ../../../containers/synchronizer
 
 devstack_images:
-	bash -c "source ../setup/admin-openrc.sh; glance image-show ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic || ! mkdir -p /opt/stack/images || ! wget http://www.vicci.org/cord/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.qcow2 -P /opt/stack/images || glance image-create --name ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic --disk-format qcow2 --file /opt/stack/images/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.qcow2 --container-format bare"
+	bash -c "source ../setup/admin-openrc.sh; glance image-show ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic || ! mkdir -p /opt/stack/images || ! wget http://www.vicci.org/cord/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.compressed.qcow2 -P /opt/stack/images || glance image-create --name ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic --disk-format qcow2 --file /opt/stack/images/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.compressed.qcow2 --container-format bare"
 
 cloudlab_ceilometer_custom_images:
-	bash -c "source ../setup/admin-openrc.sh; glance image-show ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic || ! mkdir -p /tmp/images || ! wget http://www.vicci.org/cord/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.qcow2 -P /tmp/images || glance image-create --name ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic --disk-format qcow2 --file /tmp/images/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.qcow2 --container-format bare"
+	bash -c "source ../setup/admin-openrc.sh; glance image-show ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic || if test -f /proj/xos-PG0/images/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.compressed.qcow2 ; then glance image-create --name ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic --disk-format qcow2 --file /proj/xos-PG0/images/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.compressed.qcow2 --container-format bare ; else mkdir -p /tmp/images && wget http://www.vicci.org/cord/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.compressed.qcow2 -P /tmp/images && glance image-create --name ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic --disk-format qcow2 --file /tmp/images/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.compressed.qcow2 --container-format bare ; fi "
diff --git a/xos/configurations/common/devstack/local.conf b/xos/configurations/common/devstack/local.conf
index 632ed1b..ea70675 100644
--- a/xos/configurations/common/devstack/local.conf
+++ b/xos/configurations/common/devstack/local.conf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 DOWNLOAD_DEFAULT_IMAGES=false
 IMAGE_URLS="http://www.planet-lab.org/cord/trusty-server-multi-nic.img,"
-IMAGE_URLS+="http://www.vicci.org/cord/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.qcow2"
+#IMAGE_URLS+="http://www.vicci.org/cord/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.compressed.qcow2"
 LIBVIRT_FIREWALL_DRIVER=nova.virt.firewall.NoopFirewallDriver
 # Append the git branch name if you wish to download ceilometer from a specific branch
 enable_plugin ceilometer https://git.openstack.org/openstack/ceilometer 
diff --git a/xos/configurations/cord-pod/Makefile b/xos/configurations/cord-pod/Makefile
index 592f579..2d869a4 100644
--- a/xos/configurations/cord-pod/Makefile
+++ b/xos/configurations/cord-pod/Makefile
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 	bash -c "source ./admin-openrc.sh; nova list --all-tenants; neutron net-list"
 
 ceilometer_custom_images:
-	bash -c "source ./admin-openrc.sh; glance image-show ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic || ! mkdir -p ./images || ! wget http://www.vicci.org/cord/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.qcow2 -P ./images || glance image-create --name ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic --disk-format qcow2 --file ./images/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.qcow2 --container-format bare"
+	bash -c "source ./admin-openrc.sh; glance image-show ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic || ! mkdir -p ./images || ! wget http://www.vicci.org/cord/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.compressed.qcow2 -P ./images || glance image-create --name ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic --disk-format qcow2 --file ./images/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.compressed.qcow2 --container-format bare"
 
 .PHONY: local_containers
 local_containers:
diff --git a/xos/configurations/cord/Makefile b/xos/configurations/cord/Makefile
index 9fee5f8..1e53e79 100644
--- a/xos/configurations/cord/Makefile
+++ b/xos/configurations/cord/Makefile
@@ -96,4 +96,4 @@
 	sudo pip install httpie --upgrade
 
 cloudlab_ceilometer_custom_images:
-	bash -c "source ../setup/admin-openrc.sh; glance image-show ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic || ! mkdir -p /tmp/images || ! wget http://www.vicci.org/cord/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.qcow2 -P /tmp/images || glance image-create --name ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic --disk-format qcow2 --file /tmp/images/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.qcow2 --container-format bare"
+	bash -c "source ../setup/admin-openrc.sh; glance image-show ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic || if test -f /proj/xos-PG0/images/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.compressed.qcow2 ; then glance image-create --name ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic --disk-format qcow2 --file /proj/xos-PG0/images/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.compressed.qcow2 --container-format bare ; else mkdir -p /tmp/images && wget http://www.vicci.org/cord/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.compressed.qcow2 -P /tmp/images && glance image-create --name ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic --disk-format qcow2 --file /tmp/images/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.compressed.qcow2 --container-format bare ; fi "