diff --git a/planetstack/core/models/image.py b/planetstack/core/models/image.py
index b4803e2..db01e1b 100644
--- a/planetstack/core/models/image.py
+++ b/planetstack/core/models/image.py
@@ -1,13 +1,23 @@
 import os
 from django.db import models
 from core.models import PlCoreBase
+from core.models import Deployment
 
 # Create your models here.
 
 class Image(PlCoreBase):
-    image_id = models.CharField(max_length=256, unique=True)
     name = models.CharField(max_length=256, unique=True)
     disk_format = models.CharField(max_length=256)
     container_format = models.CharField(max_length=256)
+    path = models.CharField(max_length=256, null=True, blank=True, help_text="Path to image on local disk")
 
     def __unicode__(self):  return u'%s' % (self.name)
+
+class ImageDeployments(PlCoreBase):
+    image = models.ForeignKey(Image)
+    deployment = models.ForeignKey(Deployment)
+    glance_image_id = models.CharField(null=True, blank=True, max_length=200, help_text="Glance image id") 
+
+    def __unicode__(self):  return u'%s %s' % (self.image, self.deployment)
+
+    
diff --git a/planetstack/observer/steps/__init__.py b/planetstack/observer/steps/__init__.py
index eabf46c..2ef6922 100644
--- a/planetstack/observer/steps/__init__.py
+++ b/planetstack/observer/steps/__init__.py
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@
 from .sync_roles import SyncRoles
 from .sync_nodes import SyncNodes
 from .sync_images import SyncImages
+from .sync_image_deployments import SyncImageDeployments
 from .garbage_collector import GarbageCollector
diff --git a/planetstack/observer/steps/sync_image_deployments.py b/planetstack/observer/steps/sync_image_deployments.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e611044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/planetstack/observer/steps/sync_image_deployments.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import os
+import base64
+from collections import defaultdict
+from django.db.models import F, Q
+from planetstack.config import Config
+from observer.openstacksyncstep import OpenStackSyncStep
+from core.models.deployment import Deployment
+from core.models.image import Image, ImageDeployments
+
+class SyncImageDeployments(OpenStackSyncStep):
+    provides=[ImageDeployments]
+    requested_interval=0
+
+    def fetch_pending(self):
+        # ensure images are available across all deployments
+        image_deployments = ImageDeployments.objects.all()
+        image_deploy_lookup = defaultdict(list)
+        for image_deployment in image_deployments:
+            image_deploy_lookup[image_deployment.image].append(image_deployment.deployment)
+        
+        all_deployments = Deployment.objects.all() 
+        for image in Image.objects.all():
+            expected_deployments = all_deployments
+            for expected_deployment in expected_deployments:
+                if image not in image_deploy_lookup or \
+                  expected_deployment not in image_deploy_lookup[image]:
+                    id = ImageDeployments(image=image, deployment=expected_deployment)
+                    id.save()
+            
+        # now we return all images that need to be enacted
+        return ImageDeployments.objects.filter(Q(enacted__lt=F('updated')) | Q(enacted=None)) 
+                      
+    def sync_record(self, image_deployment):
+        driver = self.driver.admin_driver(deployment=image_deployment.deployment.name)
+        image = {
+            'name': image_deployment.image.name,
+            'is_public': True,
+            'disk_format': 'raw', 
+            'container_format': 'bare',
+            'file': image_deployment.image.path, 
+        }  
+        glance_image = driver.shell.glance.add_image(image)  
+        image_deployment.glance_image_id = glance_image['id']
+        image_deployment.save()
diff --git a/planetstack/observer/steps/sync_images.py b/planetstack/observer/steps/sync_images.py
index 2dbd74d..6ee53fe 100644
--- a/planetstack/observer/steps/sync_images.py
+++ b/planetstack/observer/steps/sync_images.py
@@ -10,20 +10,28 @@
     requested_interval=0
 
     def fetch_pending(self):
+        # get list of images on disk
+        images_path = Config().observer_images_directory 
+        available_images = {}
+        for f in os.listdir(images_path):
+            if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(images_path ,f)):
+                available_images[f] = os.path.join(images_path ,f)
+
         images = Image.objects.all()
         image_names = [image.name for image in images]
+     
+        for image_name in available_images:
+            #remove file extension 
+            clean_name = ".".join(image_name.split('.')[:-1])
+            if image_name not in image_names:
+                image = Image(name=clean_name,
+                              disk_format='raw',
+                              container_format='bare', 
+                              path = available_images[image_name])
+                image.save()
        
-        new_images = []
-        glance_images = self.driver.shell.glance.get_images()
-        for glance_image in glance_images:
-            if glance_image['name'] not in image_names:
-                image = Image(image_id=glance_image['id'],
-                              name=glance_image['name'],
-                              disk_format=glance_image['disk_format'],
-                              container_format=glance_image['container_format'])
-                new_images.append(image)   
- 
-        return new_images
+        
+        return Image.objects.filter(Q(enacted__lt=F('updated')) | Q(enacted=None)) 
 
     def sync_record(self, image):
         image.save()