diff --git a/src/Services/Catalog/Catalog.API/CatalogSettings.cs b/src/Services/Catalog/Catalog.API/CatalogSettings.cs
index 62e92c6ce..03bb584f3 100644
--- a/src/Services/Catalog/Catalog.API/CatalogSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Services/Catalog/Catalog.API/CatalogSettings.cs
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 {
     public class CatalogSettings
     {
-        public string ExternalCatalogBaseUrl {get;set;}
+        public string PicBaseUrl { get;set;}
 
         public string EventBusConnection { get; set; }
 
         public string ServiceBusConnectionString { get; set; }
+
+        public bool AzureStorageEnabled { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Services/Catalog/Catalog.API/Controllers/CatalogController.cs b/src/Services/Catalog/Catalog.API/Controllers/CatalogController.cs
index 374d8ec7c..ca1ef9e3b 100644
--- a/src/Services/Catalog/Catalog.API/Controllers/CatalogController.cs
+++ b/src/Services/Catalog/Catalog.API/Controllers/CatalogController.cs
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.eShopOnContainers.Services.Catalog.API.Controllers
                 CatalogTypeId = product.CatalogTypeId,
                 Description = product.Description,
                 Name = product.Name,
-                PictureUri = product.PictureUri,
+                PictureFileName = product.PictureFileName,
                 Price = product.Price
             };
             _catalogContext.CatalogItems.Add(item);
@@ -231,11 +231,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.eShopOnContainers.Services.Catalog.API.Controllers
 
         private List<CatalogItem> ChangeUriPlaceholder(List<CatalogItem> items)
         {
-            var baseUri = _settings.ExternalCatalogBaseUrl;
-
-            items.ForEach(x =>
+            var baseUri = _settings.PicBaseUrl;
+            
+            items.ForEach(catalogItem =>
             {
-                x.PictureUri = x.PictureUri.Replace("http://externalcatalogbaseurltobereplaced", baseUri);
+                catalogItem.PictureUri = _settings.AzureStorageEnabled
+                    ? baseUri + catalogItem.PictureFileName
+                    : baseUri + catalogItem.Id;
+
             });
 
             return items;
diff --git a/src/Services/Catalog/Catalog.API/Controllers/PicController.cs b/src/Services/Catalog/Catalog.API/Controllers/PicController.cs
index 8d8aaf9f2..a2106bead 100644
--- a/src/Services/Catalog/Catalog.API/Controllers/PicController.cs
+++ b/src/Services/Catalog/Catalog.API/Controllers/PicController.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.eShopOnContainers.Services.Catalog.API.Infrastructure;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 // For more information on enabling MVC for empty projects, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=397860
 
@@ -10,21 +13,38 @@ namespace Microsoft.eShopOnContainers.Services.Catalog.API.Controllers
     public class PicController : Controller
     {
         private readonly IHostingEnvironment _env;
-        public PicController(IHostingEnvironment env)
+        private readonly CatalogContext _catalogContext;
+
+        public PicController(IHostingEnvironment env,
+            CatalogContext catalogContext)
         {
             _env = env;
+            _catalogContext = catalogContext;
         }
 
         [HttpGet("{id}")]
         // GET: /<controller>/
-        public IActionResult GetImage(int id)
+        public async Task<IActionResult> GetImage(int id)
         {
-            var webRoot = _env.WebRootPath;
-            var path = Path.Combine(webRoot, id + ".png");
+            if (id <= 0)
+            {
+                return BadRequest();
+            }
+
+            var item = await _catalogContext.CatalogItems
+                .SingleOrDefaultAsync(ci => ci.Id == id);
+
+            if (item != null)
+            {
+                var webRoot = _env.WebRootPath;
+                var path = Path.Combine(webRoot, item.PictureFileName);
+
+                var buffer = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(path);
+
+                return File(buffer, "image/png");
+            }
 
-            var buffer = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(path); 
-            
-            return File(buffer, "image/png");
+            return NotFound();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Services/Catalog/Catalog.API/settings.json b/src/Services/Catalog/Catalog.API/settings.json
index 3cfe64f5e..b431cf8f0 100644
--- a/src/Services/Catalog/Catalog.API/settings.json
+++ b/src/Services/Catalog/Catalog.API/settings.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "ConnectionString": "Server=tcp:127.0.0.1,5433;Initial Catalog=Microsoft.eShopOnContainers.Services.CatalogDb;User Id=sa;Password=Pass@word",
-  "ExternalCatalogBaseUrl": "http://localhost:5101",
+  "PicBaseUrl": "http://localhost:5101",
   "Logging": {
     "IncludeScopes": false,
     "LogLevel": {
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@
   },
   "ServiceBusConnectionString": "Endpoint=sb://eshopsbez55a72p6wm62.servicebus.windows.net/;SharedAccessKeyName=RootManageSharedAccessKey;SharedAccessKey=oA6WpfCfCbScZbQa/DBOLfwl6oi5ezPsCYL7QsTb4PY=;EntityPath=eshop_event_bus",
   "AzureServiceBusEnabled": "true",
+  "AzureStorageEnabled": false,
   "SubscriptionClientName": "Catalog"
 }