diff --git a/ietf/liaisons/feeds.py b/ietf/liaisons/feeds.py
index 44649fba8..ec2283db8 100644
--- a/ietf/liaisons/feeds.py
+++ b/ietf/liaisons/feeds.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from django.utils.feedgenerator import Atom1Feed
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse as urlreverse, reverse_lazy
+from django.conf import settings
 
 from ietf.group.models import Group
 from ietf.liaisons.models import LiaisonStatement
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ from ietf.liaisons.models import LiaisonStatement
 class LiaisonStatementsFeed(Feed):
     feed_type = Atom1Feed
     link = reverse_lazy("liaison_list")
-    description_template = "liaisons/feed_item_description.html"
 
     def get_object(self, request, kind, search=None):
         obj = {}
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ class LiaisonStatementsFeed(Feed):
 	if obj.has_key('filter'):
 	    qs = qs.filter(**obj['filter'])
 	if obj.has_key('limit'):
-	    qs = qs[:obj['limit']]
+            qs = qs[:obj['limit']]
+
+        qs = qs.prefetch_related("attachments")
+
 	return qs
 
     def title(self, obj):
@@ -87,6 +90,13 @@ class LiaisonStatementsFeed(Feed):
     def item_title(self, item):
         return render_to_string("liaisons/liaison_title.html", { 'liaison': item }).strip()
 
+    def item_description(self, item):
+        return render_to_string("liaisons/feed_item_description.html", {
+            'liaison': item,
+            "liaison_attach_url": settings.LIAISON_ATTACH_URL,
+            "attachments": item.attachments.all(),
+        })
+
     def item_link(self, item):
         return urlreverse("liaison_detail", kwargs={ "object_id": item.pk })
 
diff --git a/ietf/liaisons/mails.py b/ietf/liaisons/mails.py
index f2d9b9a89..31be0356b 100644
--- a/ietf/liaisons/mails.py
+++ b/ietf/liaisons/mails.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ def send_liaison_by_email(request, liaison):
             liaison=liaison,
             url=settings.IDTRACKER_BASE_URL + urlreverse("liaison_detail", kwargs=dict(object_id=liaison.pk)),
             referenced_url=settings.IDTRACKER_BASE_URL + urlreverse("liaison_detail", kwargs=dict(object_id=liaison.related_to.pk)) if liaison.related_to else None,
+            liaison_attach_url=settings.LIAISON_ATTACH_URL,
             ))
 
     send_mail_text(request, to_email, from_email, subject, body, cc=", ".join(cc), bcc=", ".join(bcc))
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ def notify_pending_by_email(request, liaison):
             liaison=liaison,
             url=settings.IDTRACKER_BASE_URL + urlreverse("liaison_approval_detail", kwargs=dict(object_id=liaison.pk)),
             referenced_url=settings.IDTRACKER_BASE_URL + urlreverse("liaison_detail", kwargs=dict(object_id=liaison.related_to.pk)) if liaison.related_to else None,
+            liaison_attach_url=settings.LIAISON_ATTACH_URL,
             ))
     # send_mail_text(request, to_email, from_email, subject, body)
     send_mail_text(request, ['statements@ietf.org'], from_email, subject, body)
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ def possibly_send_deadline_reminder(liaison):
                                  days_msg=days_msg,
                                  url=settings.IDTRACKER_BASE_URL + urlreverse("liaison_approval_detail", kwargs=dict(object_id=liaison.pk)),
                                  referenced_url=settings.IDTRACKER_BASE_URL + urlreverse("liaison_detail", kwargs=dict(object_id=liaison.related_to.pk)) if liaison.related_to else None,
+                                 liaison_attach_url=settings.LIAISON_ATTACH_URL,
                                  ))
     
     send_mail_text(None, to_email, from_email, subject, body, cc=cc, bcc=bcc)
diff --git a/ietf/liaisons/views.py b/ietf/liaisons/views.py
index 3a9abaaac..efa6dab22 100644
--- a/ietf/liaisons/views.py
+++ b/ietf/liaisons/views.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ from email.utils import parseaddr
 
 from django.core.validators import validate_email, ValidationError
 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseForbidden
-from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, get_object_or_404, redirect
-from django.template import RequestContext
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect, render
+from django.conf import settings
 
 from ietf.liaisons.models import LiaisonStatement
 from ietf.liaisons.accounts import (get_person_for_user, can_add_outgoing_liaison,
@@ -39,12 +39,10 @@ def add_liaison(request, liaison=None):
     else:
         form = liaison_form_factory(request, liaison=liaison)
 
-    return render_to_response(
-        'liaisons/edit.html',
-        {'form': form,
-         'liaison': liaison},
-        context_instance=RequestContext(request),
-    )
+    return render(request, 'liaisons/edit.html', {
+        'form': form,
+        'liaison': liaison
+    })
 
 
 @can_submit_liaison_required
@@ -105,14 +103,15 @@ def liaison_list(request):
 
     approvable = approvable_liaison_statements(request.user).count()
 
-    return render_to_response('liaisons/overview.html', {
+    return render(request, 'liaisons/overview.html', {
         "liaisons": liaisons,
         "can_manage": approvable or can_send_incoming or can_send_outgoing,
         "approvable": approvable,
         "can_send_incoming": can_send_incoming,
         "can_send_outgoing": can_send_outgoing,
         "sort": sort,
-    }, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
+        "liaison_attach_url": settings.LIAISON_ATTACH_URL,
+    })
 
 def ajax_select2_search_liaison_statements(request):
     q = [w.strip() for w in request.GET.get('q', '').split() if w.strip()]
@@ -133,9 +132,9 @@ def ajax_select2_search_liaison_statements(request):
 def liaison_approval_list(request):
     liaisons = approvable_liaison_statements(request.user).order_by("-submitted")
 
-    return render_to_response('liaisons/approval_list.html', {
+    return render(request, 'liaisons/approval_list.html', {
         "liaisons": liaisons,
-    }, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
+    })
 
 
 @can_submit_liaison_required
@@ -149,10 +148,10 @@ def liaison_approval_detail(request, object_id):
         send_liaison_by_email(request, liaison)
         return redirect('liaison_list')
 
-    return render_to_response('liaisons/approval_detail.html', {
+    return render(request, 'liaisons/approval_detail.html', {
         "liaison": liaison,
         "is_approving": True,
-    }, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
+    })
 
 
 def _can_take_care(liaison, user):
@@ -205,12 +204,13 @@ def liaison_detail(request, object_id):
 
     relations = liaison.liaisonstatement_set.exclude(approved=None)
 
-    return render_to_response("liaisons/detail.html", {
+    return render(request, "liaisons/detail.html", {
         "liaison": liaison,
         "can_edit": can_edit,
         "can_take_care": can_take_care,
         "relations": relations,
-    }, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
+        "liaison_attach_url": settings.LIAISON_ATTACH_URL,
+    })
 
 def liaison_edit(request, object_id):
     liaison = get_object_or_404(LiaisonStatement, pk=object_id)
diff --git a/ietf/settings.py b/ietf/settings.py
index f06a26150..7886828c6 100644
--- a/ietf/settings.py
+++ b/ietf/settings.py
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ RFC_EDITOR_INDEX_URL = "https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc-index.xml"
 # Liaison Statement Tool settings
 LIAISON_UNIVERSAL_FROM = 'Liaison Statement Management Tool <lsmt@' + IETF_DOMAIN + '>'
 LIAISON_ATTACH_PATH = '/a/www/ietf-datatracker/documents/LIAISON/'
-LIAISON_ATTACH_URL = '/documents/LIAISON/'
+LIAISON_ATTACH_URL = 'https://datatracker.ietf.org/documents/LIAISON/'
 
 # NomCom Tool settings
 ROLODEX_URL = ""
diff --git a/ietf/templates/liaisons/detail.html b/ietf/templates/liaisons/detail.html
index 570ae2d26..7cb67439b 100644
--- a/ietf/templates/liaisons/detail.html
+++ b/ietf/templates/liaisons/detail.html
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
       <th class="text-nowrap">Attachments</th>
       <td>
         {% for doc in liaison.attachments.all %}
-          <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/documents/LIAISON/{{ doc.external_url }}">{{ doc.title }}</a>
+          <a href="{{ liaison_attach_url }}{{ doc.external_url }}">{{ doc.title }}</a>
           {% if not forloop.last %}<br>{% endif %}
         {% empty %}
           (None)
diff --git a/ietf/templates/liaisons/feed_item_description.html b/ietf/templates/liaisons/feed_item_description.html
index 1e21644d6..0abb87cab 100644
--- a/ietf/templates/liaisons/feed_item_description.html
+++ b/ietf/templates/liaisons/feed_item_description.html
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 {# Copyright The IETF Trust 2015, All Rights Reserved #}{% load origin %}{% origin %}
-{{ obj.body|truncatewords:"30"|wordwrap:"71"|linebreaksbr }}
-{% with obj.attachments.all as attachments %}
-  <h3>Attached Document{{ attachments|pluralize }}</h3>
-  {% if attachments %}
-    <ul>
-      {% for doc in attachments %}
-        <li><a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/documents/LIAISON/{{ doc.external_url }}">{{ doc.title }}</a><br>
-      {% endfor %}
-    </ul>
-  {% else %}
-    <p>NONE</p>
-  {% endif %}
-{% endwith %}
+{{ liaison.body|truncatewords:"30"|wordwrap:"71"|linebreaksbr }}
+
+<h3>Attached Document{{ attachments|pluralize }}</h3>
+{% if attachments %}
+  <ul>
+    {% for doc in attachments %}
+      <li><a href="{{ liaison_attach_url }}{{ doc.external_url }}">{{ doc.title }}</a><br>
+    {% endfor %}
+  </ul>
+{% else %}
+  <p>NONE</p>
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/ietf/templates/liaisons/liaison_mail.txt b/ietf/templates/liaisons/liaison_mail.txt
index c9c2369da..f8b460a16 100644
--- a/ietf/templates/liaisons/liaison_mail.txt
+++ b/ietf/templates/liaisons/liaison_mail.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Body: {{ liaison.body }}
 Attachments:
 {% for doc in liaison.attachments.all %}
     {{ doc.title }}
-    https://datatracker.ietf.org/documents/LIAISON/{{ doc.external_url }}
+    {{ liaison_attach_url }}{{ doc.external_url }}
 {% empty %}
 No document has been attached
 {% endfor %}{% endautoescape %}
diff --git a/ietf/templates/liaisons/overview.html b/ietf/templates/liaisons/overview.html
index 2db3d63c6..659db5953 100644
--- a/ietf/templates/liaisons/overview.html
+++ b/ietf/templates/liaisons/overview.html
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
           <td>
 	    {% if not liaison.from_contact_id %}
 	      {% for doc in liaison.attachments.all %}
-	        <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/documents/LIAISON/{{ doc.external_url }}">{{ doc.title }}</a>
+                <a href="{{ liaison_attach_url }}{{ doc.external_url }}">{{ doc.title }}</a>
 	        <br>
 	      {% endfor %}
 	    {% else %}