diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 93f3af4..1750f60 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-skins/
+skins/*.png
 *.log
 node_modules/
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8f79ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+web: npm start
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/cache.js b/modules/cache.js
index 2e66ca7..5154ef6 100644
--- a/modules/cache.js
+++ b/modules/cache.js
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ var redis = null;
 
 function connect_redis() {
   console.log("connecting to redis");
-  if (process.env.REDISTOGO_URL) {
-    var rtg = require("url").parse(process.env.REDISTOGO_URL);
-    redis = require("redis").createClient(rtg.port, rtg.hostname);
-    redis.auth(rtg.auth.split(":")[1]);
+  if (process.env.REDISCLOUD_URL) {
+    var redisURL = require("url").parse(process.env.REDISCLOUD_URL);
+    redis = require("redis").createClient(redisURL.port, redisURL.hostname);
+    redis.auth(redisURL.auth.split(":")[1]);
   } else {
     redis = require("redis").createClient();
   }
diff --git a/modules/helpers.js b/modules/helpers.js
index 6c3ef21..3f0258a 100644
--- a/modules/helpers.js
+++ b/modules/helpers.js
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ function store_images(uuid, details, callback) {
         } else {
           // hash has changed
           console.log(uuid + "new hash: " + hash);
-          var facepath = config.faces_dir + hash + ".png";
-          var helmpath = config.helms_dir + hash + ".png";
+          var facepath = __dirname + '/../' + config.faces_dir + hash + ".png";
+          var helmpath = __dirname + '/../' + config.helms_dir + hash + ".png";
           // download skin, extract face/helm
           networking.skin_file(skinurl, facepath, helmpath, function(err) {
             if (err) {
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ exp.get_avatar = function(uuid, helm, size, callback) {
   console.log("\nrequest: " + uuid);
   get_image_hash(uuid, function(err, status, hash) {
     if (hash) {
-      var filepath = (helm ? config.helms_dir : config.faces_dir) + hash + ".png";
+      var filepath = __dirname + '/../' + (helm ? config.helms_dir : config.faces_dir) + hash + ".png";
       skins.resize_img(filepath, size, function(img_err, result) {
         if (img_err) {
           callback(img_err, -1, null);
diff --git a/skins/faces/.gitkeep b/skins/faces/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/skins/helms/.gitkeep b/skins/helms/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29