diff --git a/lucid/misc/io/loading.py b/lucid/misc/io/loading.py
index a233de35..a14f4d6a 100644
--- a/lucid/misc/io/loading.py
+++ b/lucid/misc/io/loading.py
@@ -163,6 +163,18 @@ def _decompress_xz(handle, **kwargs):
 }
 
 
+modes = {
+    ".png": "wb",
+    ".jpg": "wb",
+    ".jpeg": "wb",
+    ".webp": "wb",
+    ".npy": "wb",
+    ".npz": "wb",
+    ".json": "w",
+    ".txt": "w",
+    ".pb": "wb",
+}
+
 unsafe_loaders = {
     ".pickle": _load_pickle,
     ".pkl": _load_pickle,
diff --git a/lucid/misc/io/reading.py b/lucid/misc/io/reading.py
index 94279257..03a2a0b5 100644
--- a/lucid/misc/io/reading.py
+++ b/lucid/misc/io/reading.py
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@
 
 from lucid.misc.io.writing import write_handle
 from lucid.misc.io.scoping import scope_url
+from lucid.misc.io.util import isazure
 
+import blobfile
 
 # create logger with module name, e.g. lucid.misc.io.reading
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -177,6 +179,8 @@ def _read_and_cache(url, mode="rb"):
     with lock:
         if os.path.exists(local_path):
             log.debug("Found cached file '%s'.", local_path)
+            if isazure(url):
+                return blobfile.BlobFile(url, mode)
             return _handle_gfile(local_path)
         log.debug("Caching URL '%s' locally at '%s'.", url, local_path)
         try:
@@ -186,6 +190,8 @@ def _read_and_cache(url, mode="rb"):
                 for chunk in _file_chunk_iterator(input_handle):
                     output_handle.write(chunk)
             gc.collect()
+            if isazure(url):
+                return blobfile.BlobFile(url, mode)
             return _handle_gfile(local_path, mode=mode)
         except tf.errors.NotFoundError:
             raise
diff --git a/lucid/misc/io/saving.py b/lucid/misc/io/saving.py
index ff4ccd5d..a8e30d18 100644
--- a/lucid/misc/io/saving.py
+++ b/lucid/misc/io/saving.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 from lucid.misc.io.writing import write_handle
 from lucid.misc.io.serialize_array import _normalize_array
 from lucid.misc.io.scoping import current_io_scopes, set_io_scopes
-
+from lucid.misc.io.util import isazure
 
 # create logger with module name, e.g. lucid.misc.io.saving
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -110,21 +110,21 @@ def save_json(object, handle, indent=2):
     obj_json = json.dumps(object, indent=indent, cls=ClarityJSONEncoder)
     handle.write(obj_json)
 
-    return {"type": "json", "url": handle.name}
+    return {"type": "json", "url": handle.path}
 
 
 def save_npy(object, handle):
     """Save numpy array as npy file."""
     np.save(handle, object)
 
-    return {"type": "npy", "shape": object.shape, "dtype": str(object.dtype), "url": handle.name}
+    return {"type": "npy", "shape": object.shape, "dtype": str(object.dtype), "url": handle.path}
 
 
 def save_npz(object, handle):
     """Save dict of numpy array as npz file."""
     # there is a bug where savez doesn't actually accept a file handle.
     log.warning("Saving npz files currently only works locally. :/")
-    path = handle.name
+    path = handle.path
     handle.close()
     if type(object) is dict:
         np.savez(path, **object)
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def save_img(object, handle, domain=None, **kwargs):
     return {
         "type": "image",
         "shape": object.size + (len(object.getbands()),),
-        "url": handle.name,
+        "url": handle.path,
     }
 
 
@@ -174,13 +174,13 @@ def save_txt(object, handle, **kwargs):
                 line += b"\n"
             handle.write(line)
 
-    return {"type": "txt", "url": handle.name}
+    return {"type": "txt", "url": handle.path}
 
 
 def save_str(object, handle, **kwargs):
     assert isinstance(object, str)
     handle.write(object)
-    return {"type": "txt", "url": handle.name}
+    return {"type": "txt", "url": handle.path}
 
 
 def save_pb(object, handle, **kwargs):
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def save_pb(object, handle, **kwargs):
         )
         raise
     finally:
-        return {"type": "pb", "url": handle.name}
+        return {"type": "pb", "url": handle.path}
 
 
 def save_pickle(object, handle, **kwargs):
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def save_pickle(object, handle, **kwargs):
 def compress_xz(handle, **kwargs):
     try:
         ret = lzma.LZMAFile(handle, format=lzma.FORMAT_XZ, mode="wb")
-        ret.name = handle.name
+        ret.name = handle.path
         return ret
     except AttributeError as e:
         warnings.warn("`compress_xz` failed for handle {}. Re-raising original exception.".format(handle))
@@ -227,6 +227,18 @@ def compress_xz(handle, **kwargs):
     ".pb": save_pb,
 }
 
+modes = {
+    ".png": "wb",
+    ".jpg": "wb",
+    ".jpeg": "wb",
+    ".webp": "wb",
+    ".npy": "wb",
+    ".npz": "wb",
+    ".json": "w",
+    ".txt": "w",
+    ".pb": "wb",
+}
+
 unsafe_savers = {
     ".pickle": save_pickle,
     ".pkl": save_pickle,
@@ -255,6 +267,7 @@ def save(thing, url_or_handle, allow_unsafe_formats=False, save_context: Optiona
 
     # Determine context
     # Is this a handle? What is the extension? Are we saving to GCS?
+
     is_handle = hasattr(url_or_handle, "write") and hasattr(url_or_handle, "name")
     if is_handle:
         path = url_or_handle.name
@@ -292,7 +305,7 @@ def save(thing, url_or_handle, allow_unsafe_formats=False, save_context: Optiona
     else:
         handle_provider = write_handle
 
-    with handle_provider(url_or_handle) as handle:
+    with handle_provider(url_or_handle, mode = modes[ext]) as handle:
         with compressor(handle) as compressed_handle:
             result = saver(thing, compressed_handle, **kwargs)
 
@@ -309,6 +322,7 @@ def save(thing, url_or_handle, allow_unsafe_formats=False, save_context: Optiona
 
     # capture save if a save context is available
     save_context = save_context if save_context is not None else CaptureSaveContext.current_save_context()
+
     if save_context:
         log.debug(
             "capturing save: resulted in {} -> {} in save_context {}".format(
@@ -320,6 +334,9 @@ def save(thing, url_or_handle, allow_unsafe_formats=False, save_context: Optiona
     if result is not None and "url" in result and result["url"].startswith("gs://"):
         result["serve"] = "https://storage.googleapis.com/{}".format(result["url"][5:])
 
+    if isazure(result["url"]):
+        result["serve"] = result["url"]
+
     return result
 
 
diff --git a/lucid/misc/io/scoping.py b/lucid/misc/io/scoping.py
index ea57effc..8681a26d 100644
--- a/lucid/misc/io/scoping.py
+++ b/lucid/misc/io/scoping.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 _thread_local_scopes = threading.local()
 
-
 def current_io_scopes():
     ret = getattr(_thread_local_scopes, "io_scopes", None)
     if ret is None:
diff --git a/lucid/misc/io/writing.py b/lucid/misc/io/writing.py
index fcb6d1ac..ea0fe7c2 100644
--- a/lucid/misc/io/writing.py
+++ b/lucid/misc/io/writing.py
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 from tensorflow import gfile
+import blobfile
 
 from lucid.misc.io.scoping import scope_url
+from lucid.misc.io.util import isazure
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -60,11 +62,19 @@ def write(data, url, mode="wb"):
 
     _write_to_path(data, url, mode=mode)
 
-
 @contextmanager
 def write_handle(path, mode=None):
     path = scope_url(path)
 
+    if isazure(path):
+        if mode is None:
+            mode = "w"            
+        handle = blobfile.BlobFile(path, mode)
+        handle.path = path
+        yield handle
+        handle.close()
+        return
+
     if _supports_make_dirs(path):
         gfile.MakeDirs(os.path.dirname(path))
 
@@ -75,5 +85,6 @@ def write_handle(path, mode=None):
             mode = "w"
 
     handle = gfile.Open(path, mode)
+    handle.path = handle.name
     yield handle
     handle.close()
diff --git a/lucid/optvis/overrides/__init__.py b/lucid/optvis/overrides/__init__.py
index 40ecd456..8a81ab49 100644
--- a/lucid/optvis/overrides/__init__.py
+++ b/lucid/optvis/overrides/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 pooling_overrides_map = {"MaxPool": avg_smoothed_maxpool_grad}
 
-relu_overrides_map = {"Relu": redirected_relu_grad, "Relu6": redirected_relu6_grad}
+relu_overrides_map = {"Relu": redirected_relu_grad, "Relu6": redirected_relu6_grad, "EwZXa": redirected_relu_grad}
 
 default_overrides_map = {**pooling_overrides_map, **relu_overrides_map}