diff --git a/classes/ComicPressMediaHandling.inc b/classes/ComicPressMediaHandling.inc
index 887c1aa..31f7e7d 100644
--- a/classes/ComicPressMediaHandling.inc
+++ b/classes/ComicPressMediaHandling.inc
@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ class ComicPressMediaHandling {
 				break;
 			default:
 				if (preg_match('#^date-(.*)$#', $matches[1], $date_matches) > 0) {
-					$value = date($date_matches[1], strtotime($this->post_to_use->post_date));
-					break;
+					if (isset($this->post_to_use)) {
+						$value = date($date_matches[1], strtotime($this->post_to_use->post_date));
+						break;
+					}
 				}
 				$value = $matches[0];
 				break;
@@ -110,6 +112,54 @@ class ComicPressMediaHandling {
 		return $results;
 	}
 
+	function _check_post_meta_data($post_to_use, $type) {
+		if ($result = get_post_meta($post_to_use->ID, "backend_url_${type}", true)) {
+			if (is_string($result)) {
+				return $result;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if ($result = get_post_meta($post_to_use->ID, "backend_url_images", true)) {
+			if (is_string($result)) {
+				parse_str($result, $types);
+				if (isset($types[$type])) {
+					return $types[$type];
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if ($result = get_post_meta($post_to_use->ID, "backend_url", true)) {
+			if (is_string($result)) {
+				return $result;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	function _ensure_valid_uri($uri, $type) {
+		if (!empty($uri)) {
+			if (substr($uri, 0, 1) == '/') {
+				return $uri;
+			} else {
+				if (preg_match('#^[a-z]+://#', $uri) > 0) {
+					return $uri;
+				} else {
+					$bundle = $this->_bundle_global_variables();
+					if (isset($bundle[$type])) {
+						$this->type_folder = $bundle[$type];
+					} else {
+						$this->type_folder = '';
+					}
+
+					$uri = preg_replace_callback('#%([a-z0-9-]+)%#i', array(&$this, '_expand_filter_callback'), $uri);
+
+					return trailingslashit(get_bloginfo('url')) . $uri;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get the comic path.
 	 * @param string $type The type to retrieve.
@@ -122,6 +172,12 @@ class ComicPressMediaHandling {
 		global $post;
 		$post_to_use = !is_null($override_post) ? $override_post : $post;
 
+		if ($uri = $this->_check_post_meta($post_to_use, $type)) {
+			if ($result = $this->_ensure_valid_url($uri, $type)) {
+				return $result;
+			}
+		}
+
 		$filter = $this->_get_filter($filter);
 		$globals = $this->_bundle_global_variables();
 
diff --git a/test/ComicPressMediaHandlingTest.php b/test/ComicPressMediaHandlingTest.php
index 03ab451..d36181e 100644
--- a/test/ComicPressMediaHandlingTest.php
+++ b/test/ComicPressMediaHandlingTest.php
@@ -175,4 +175,47 @@ class ComicPressMediaHandlingTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 
 		$this->assertEquals($expected_result, _comicpress_pre_handle_comic_path_results(false, array('one/one', 'two/two', 'three/three'), 'comic', (object)array('ID' => 1)));
 	}
+
+	function providerTestCheckPostMetaData() {
+		return array(
+			array('comic', array(), false),
+			array('comic', array('backend_url_comic' => '/test'), '/test'),
+			array('comic', array('backend_url_images' => 'test=/test'), false),
+			array('comic', array('backend_url_images' => 'comic=/test'), '/test'),
+			array('comic', array('backend_url' => '/test'), '/test'),
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider providerTestCheckPostMetaData
+	 */
+	function testCheckPostMetaData($type, $metadata, $expected_result) {
+		foreach ($metadata as $key => $value) {
+			update_post_meta(1, $key, $value);
+		}
+
+    $this->assertEquals($expected_result, $this->cpmh->_check_post_meta_data((object)array('ID' => 1), $type));
+	}
+
+	function providerTestEnsureValidURI() {
+		return array(
+			array('', false),
+			array('test', 'wordpress/test'),
+			array('%type-folder%/test', 'wordpress/comic-dir/test'),
+			array('/test', '/test'),
+			array('http://file', 'http://file'),
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider providerTestEnsureValidURI
+	 */
+	function testEnsureValidURI($uri, $expected_result) {
+		_set_bloginfo('url', 'wordpress');
+
+		$cpmh = $this->getMock('ComicPressMediaHandling', array('_bundle_global_variables'));
+		$cpmh->expects($this->any())->method('_bundle_global_variables')->will($this->returnValue(array('comic' => 'comic-dir')));
+
+		$this->assertEquals($expected_result, $cpmh->_ensure_valid_uri($uri, 'comic'));
+	}
 }