diff --git a/src/badger/models.py b/src/badger/models.py
index fa9b47d..cca9bc4 100644
--- a/src/badger/models.py
+++ b/src/badger/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
@@ -55,6 +56,9 @@ class Badge(models.Model):
         verbose_name = _(u'Badge')
         verbose_name_plural = _(u'Badges')
 
+    def get_badge_url(self):
+        return u'{}{}'.format(settings.MEDIA_URL, self.image)
+
     def __unicode__(self):
         return u'{} ({}, {})'.format(
             self.title,
diff --git a/src/colab/custom_settings.py b/src/colab/custom_settings.py
index b36b1d5..2080b48 100644
--- a/src/colab/custom_settings.py
+++ b/src/colab/custom_settings.py
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ STATICFILES_DIRS = (
 )
 
 STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '..', 'www', 'static')
+MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '..', 'www', 'static', 'media')
 
 TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
     os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates'),
diff --git a/src/colab/settings.py b/src/colab/settings.py
index a5e22a2..56e24e8 100644
--- a/src/colab/settings.py
+++ b/src/colab/settings.py
@@ -80,5 +80,6 @@ USE_TZ = True
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/static-files/
 
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
 
 from custom_settings import *
diff --git a/src/colab/urls.py b/src/colab/urls.py
index be295a0..dc69c9d 100644
--- a/src/colab/urls.py
+++ b/src/colab/urls.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
+from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url, static
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
 from django.contrib import admin
@@ -31,3 +31,9 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
 
     url(r'^', include('proxy.urls')),
 )
+
+if settings.DEBUG:
+    urlpatterns += static.static(
+        settings.MEDIA_URL,
+        document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT
+    )
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