diff --git a/src/Basset/Asset.php b/src/Basset/Asset.php
index 18a21d2..78a4bb6 100644
--- a/src/Basset/Asset.php
+++ b/src/Basset/Asset.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Basset\Factory\FactoryManager;
 use Assetic\Filter\FilterInterface;
 use Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Config;
 
 class Asset extends Filterable {
 
@@ -296,9 +297,11 @@ protected function detectGroupFromContentType()
             $this->getLogger()->warning('Attempting to determine asset group using cURL. This may have a considerable effect on application speed.');
 
             $handler = curl_init($this->absolutePath);
-
+            
+            $follow_location = Config::get('basset::follow_location', true);
+            
             curl_setopt($handler, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
-            curl_setopt($handler, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
+            curl_setopt($handler, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, $follow_location);
             curl_setopt($handler, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
             curl_setopt($handler, CURLOPT_NOBODY, true);
             curl_setopt($handler, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
@@ -379,7 +382,7 @@ public function isRaw()
      */
     public function getContent()
     {
-        return $this->files->getRemote($this->absolutePath);
+        return file_get_contents($this->absolutePath);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -415,4 +418,4 @@ public function prepareFilters($production = false)
         return $filters->filter(function($filter) { return $filter instanceof FilterInterface; });
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/config/config.php b/src/config/config.php
index c8b8373..888c134 100644
--- a/src/config/config.php
+++ b/src/config/config.php
@@ -91,6 +91,24 @@
 
     'build_path' => 'builds',
 
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Open Base Dir Restrictions
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | Some hosts run with open base directory restrictions which prevents certain
+    | PHP functions from working. Basset relies on Curl's CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION
+    | to follow location headers when assets don't have recognizable extensions.
+    | This configuration option lets the developer disable the code that implements
+    | this known restriction.
+    |
+    | Note: that disabling this option could cause redirects on remote assets to
+    |       not be loaded correctly.
+    |
+    */
+
+    'follow_location' => true,
+    
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     | Debug