diff --git a/app/models/article.rb b/app/models/article.rb
index 55f7abe..5130196 100644
--- a/app/models/article.rb
+++ b/app/models/article.rb
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def first_image
-    img = ( image.present? && { 'src' => image.public_filename } ) ||
+    img = ( image.present? && { 'src' => File.join([Noosfero.root, image.public_filename].join) } ) ||
           Nokogiri::HTML.fragment(self.lead.to_s).css('img[src]').first ||
           Nokogiri::HTML.fragment(self.body.to_s).search('img').first
     img.nil? ? '' : img['src']
diff --git a/app/views/cms/media_panel/_image.html.erb b/app/views/cms/media_panel/_image.html.erb
index 1125742..48f243c 100644
--- a/app/views/cms/media_panel/_image.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/cms/media_panel/_image.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class="item image" data-item="span" title="<%= @file.name %>">
   <span>
-    <img src="<%= @file.public_filename(:uploaded) %>"/>
+    <%= image_tag(@file.public_filename(:uploaded)) %>
   </span>
   <div class="controls image-controls">
     <a class="button icon-add add-to-text" href="#"><span><%= _('Add to the text') %></span></a>
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