diff --git a/src/assets.js b/src/assets.js
index f59bbeb68..8f9b45580 100644
--- a/src/assets.js
+++ b/src/assets.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* global AFRAME, customElements */
 
 function buildAssetHTML (assetUrl, categories) {
-  if (!assetUrl) assetUrl = 'https://assets.3dstreet.app/';
+  //if (!assetUrl) assetUrl = 'https://assets.3dstreet.app/';
   console.log('[street]', 'Using street assets from', assetUrl);
   const surfacesRoughness = 0.8;
   var assetsObj = {
@@ -295,7 +295,12 @@ class StreetAssets extends AFRAME.ANode {
     const self = this;
     var categories = this.getAttribute('categories');
     var assetUrl = this.getAttribute('url');
+    if (!assetUrl) {
+      assetUrl = 'https://assets.3dstreet.app/';
+      this.setAttribute('url', assetUrl);
+    }
     const assetsHTML = buildAssetHTML(assetUrl, categories);
+    
     this.insertAdjacentHTML('afterend', assetsHTML);
 
     AFRAME.ANode.prototype.load.call(self);
diff --git a/src/json-utils.js b/src/json-utils.js
index 546954b3f..e72d13b06 100644
--- a/src/json-utils.js
+++ b/src/json-utils.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /* version: 1.0 */
 
 var STREET = {};
+var assetsUrl;
 STREET.utils = {};
 
 function getSceneUuidFromURLHash () {
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@ function convertDOMElToObject (entity) {
   const referenceEntities = document.querySelector('#reference-layers');
   const sceneEntities = [entity, environmentElement, referenceEntities];
 
+  // get assets url address
+  assetsUrl = document.querySelector('street-assets').getAttribute('url');
+
   for (const entry of sceneEntities) {
     const entityData = getElementData(entry);
     if (entityData) {
@@ -137,8 +141,12 @@ function toPropString (propData) {
     return Object.entries(propData)
       .map(([key, value]) => {
         if (key == 'src') {
-          if (value.id) {
+          if (value.id && value.src.includes(assetsUrl)) {
+            // asset came from 3dstreet
             return `${key}: #${value.id}`;
+          } else if (value.src && !value.src.includes(assetsUrl)) {
+            // asset came from external sources
+            return `${key}: ${value.src}`;
           } else {
             return `${key}: ${value}`;
           }