diff --git a/app/views/notes/rss.rss.builder b/app/views/notes/rss.rss.builder
index 8fdaabe80a..9174fe4a33 100644
--- a/app/views/notes/rss.rss.builder
+++ b/app/views/notes/rss.rss.builder
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ xml.rss :version => '2.0', 'xmlns:atom' => 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' do
   xml.channel do
     xml.title "Recent research notes on PublicLab.org"
     xml.description "Open source environmental science research at Public Lab"
-    xml.link "https://#{ request.host }/feed.rss"
-    xml.tag! 'atom:link', :rel => 'self', :type => 'application/rss+xml', :href => "https://#{ request.host }/feed.rss"
+    xml.link "https://#{request.host}/feed.rss"
+    xml.tag! 'atom:link', rel: 'self', type: 'application/rss+xml', href: "https://#{request.host}/feed.rss"
     
    @notes.each do |node|
      author = node.author.username
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ xml.rss :version => '2.0', 'xmlns:atom' => 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' do
        xml.pubDate     node.created_at.to_s(:rfc822)
        xml.link        "https://" + request.host.to_s + node.path
        body = auto_link(body, sanitize: false)
-       body = "<p><a href='https://#{ActionMailer::Base.default_url_options[:host]}/moderate/publish/#{@node.id}'>Approve</a> or <a href='https://#{ActionMailer::Base.default_url_options[:host]}/moderate/spam/<%= node.id %>'>Spam</a></p>" + body if node.status == 4
+       body = "<p><a href='https://#{request.host}/moderate/publish/#{@node.id}'>Approve</a> or <a href='https://#{request.host}/moderate/spam/<%= node.id %>'>Spam</a></p>" + body if node.status == 4
        if node.main_image
-         xml.description  {  xml.cdata!("<img src='#{node.main_image.path(:default)}' alt='#{node.main_image.title}'> <br />" + body)  } 
+         xml.description  {  xml.cdata!("<img src='https://#{request.host}#{node.main_image.path(:default)}' alt='#{node.main_image.title}'> <br />" + body)  } 
        else
          xml.description  {  xml.cdata!("<img src='https://publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/023/444/original/Screenshot_20180204-101546_2.png' alt='PublicLab'> <br />" + body)  } 
        end
-       xml.guid        url_for :only_path => false, :controller => 'notes', :action => 'show', :id => node.nid
+       xml.guid        url_for only_path: false, controller: 'notes', action: 'show', id: node.nid
      end
    end
   end
diff --git a/app/views/subscription_mailer/notify_node_creation.html.erb b/app/views/subscription_mailer/notify_node_creation.html.erb
index 30986792a9..e10958fe68 100644
--- a/app/views/subscription_mailer/notify_node_creation.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/subscription_mailer/notify_node_creation.html.erb
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 
 <hr /> 
 
-<% if @node.main_image %><a style="margin-bottom:10px;" href="<%= @node.path %>"><img src="<%= @node.main_image.path(:default) %>" /></a><% end %>
+<% if @node.main_image %><a style="margin-bottom:10px;" href="<%= ActionMailer::Base.default_url_options[:host] %><%= @node.path %>"><img src="<%= ActionMailer::Base.default_url_options[:host] %><%= @node.main_image.path(:default) %>" /></a><% end %>
 
-<%= raw auto_link(@node.latest.render_body_email(ActionMailer::Base.default_url_options[:host]), :sanitize => false) %>
+<%= raw auto_link(@node.latest.render_body_email(ActionMailer::Base.default_url_options[:host]), sanitize: false) %>
 
-<hr /> 
+<hr />
 
 <div style="color:#aaa;">
 
diff --git a/app/views/tag/rss.rss.builder b/app/views/tag/rss.rss.builder
index 04b1246038..2ab9455b5f 100644
--- a/app/views/tag/rss.rss.builder
+++ b/app/views/tag/rss.rss.builder
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ xml.rss :version => '2.0', 'xmlns:atom' => 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' do
         end
         xml.link        "https://" + request.host.to_s + node.path
         if node.main_image
-          xml.description  {  xml.cdata!("<img src='#{node.main_image.path(:default)}' alt='#{node.main_image.title}'><p>#{auto_link(node.latest.render_body, :sanitize => false)}</p>")  }
+          xml.description  {  xml.cdata!("<img src='https://#{request.host}#{node.main_image.path(:default)}' alt='#{node.main_image.title}'> <p>#{auto_link(node.latest.render_body, sanitize: false)}</p>")  } 
         else
-          xml.description  {  xml.cdata!("<img src='https://publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/023/444/original/Screenshot_20180204-101546_2.png' alt='PublicLab'><p>#{auto_link(node.latest.render_body, :sanitize => false)}</p>")  }
+          xml.description  {  xml.cdata!("<img src='https://publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/023/444/original/Screenshot_20180204-101546_2.png' alt='PublicLab'><p>#{auto_link(node.latest.render_body, sanitize: false)}</p>")  }
         end
-        xml.guid        url_for :only_path => false, :controller => 'notes', :action => 'show', :id => node.nid
+        xml.guid        url_for only_path: false, controller: 'notes', action: 'show', id: node.nid
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/views/tag/rss_for_tagged_with_author.rss.builder b/app/views/tag/rss_for_tagged_with_author.rss.builder
index 989217467d..b734296f2c 100644
--- a/app/views/tag/rss_for_tagged_with_author.rss.builder
+++ b/app/views/tag/rss_for_tagged_with_author.rss.builder
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ xml.rss :version => '2.0', 'xmlns:atom' => 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' do
         end
         xml.link        "https://" + request.host.to_s + node.path
         if node.main_image
-          xml.description  {  xml.cdata!("<img src='#{node.main_image.path(:default)}' alt='#{node.main_image.title}'><p>#{auto_link(node.latest.render_body, :sanitize => false)}</p>")  }
+          xml.description  {  xml.cdata!("<img src='https://#{request.host}#{node.main_image.path(:default)}' alt='#{node.main_image.title}'> <p>#{auto_link(node.latest.render_body, sanitize: false)}</p>")  } 
         else
-          xml.description  {  xml.cdata!("<img src='https://publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/023/444/original/Screenshot_20180204-101546_2.png' alt='PublicLab'><p>#{auto_link(node.latest.render_body, :sanitize => false)}</p>")  }
+          xml.description  {  xml.cdata!("<img src='https://publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/023/444/original/Screenshot_20180204-101546_2.png' alt='PublicLab'><p>#{auto_link(node.latest.render_body, sanitize: false)}</p>")  }
         end
-        xml.guid        url_for :only_path => false, :controller => 'notes', :action => 'show', :id => node.nid
+        xml.guid        url_for only_path: false, controller: 'notes', action: 'show', id: node.nid
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/views/users/rss.rss.builder b/app/views/users/rss.rss.builder
index afdff3efee..53e5cff315 100644
--- a/app/views/users/rss.rss.builder
+++ b/app/views/users/rss.rss.builder
@@ -10,17 +10,15 @@ xml.rss :version => "2.0" do
     newline = '&#13;&#10;'
 
      body = node.body
-     body = "<img src='"+node.main_image.path(:default)+"'/><br />"+newline+node.body if node.main_image
+     body = "<img src='https://#{request.host}"+node.main_image.path(:default)+"'/><br />"+newline+node.body if node.main_image
 
      xml.item do
        xml.title       node.title
        xml.author      node.author.name
        xml.pubDate     node.created_at.to_s(:rfc822)
-       #xml.link        url_for :only_path => false, :controller => 'notes', :action => 'show', :id => node.nid
        xml.link        "https://" + request.host.to_s + node.path
-       #xml.image "http://publiclaboratory.org/"+node.main_image.path(:default) if node.main_image
-       xml.description auto_link(node.latest.render_body, :sanitize => false)
-       xml.guid        url_for :only_path => false, :controller => 'notes', :action => 'show', :id => node.nid
+       xml.description auto_link(node.latest.render_body, sanitize: false)
+       xml.guid        url_for only_path: false, controller: 'notes', action: 'show', id: node.nid
      end
    end
   end