diff --git a/devops-service/db/mongo/models/stack_template/stack_template_ec2.rb b/devops-service/db/mongo/models/stack_template/stack_template_ec2.rb
index 371a6d4..20b3d03 100644
--- a/devops-service/db/mongo/models/stack_template/stack_template_ec2.rb
+++ b/devops-service/db/mongo/models/stack_template/stack_template_ec2.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module Devops
 
         def generate_template_file_and_upload_to_storage(id, json)
           uniq_filename = "#{id}-#{SecureRandom.hex}.template"
-          provider_instance.store_file(uniq_filename, json)['url']
+          provider_instance.store_stack_template(uniq_filename, json)['url']
         end
 
     end
diff --git a/devops-service/providers/ec2.rb b/devops-service/providers/ec2.rb
index b62a32f..b0e8e2a 100644
--- a/devops-service/providers/ec2.rb
+++ b/devops-service/providers/ec2.rb
@@ -320,11 +320,13 @@ module Provider
       self.compute.describe_vpcs.body["vpcSet"].select{|v| v["state"] == "available"}.map{|v| {"vpc_id" => v["vpcId"], "cidr" => v["cidrBlock"] } }
     end
 
-    # use public_url for a while because there is no possibility to create
-    # non expiring private links via fog
-    def store_file(filename, json)
+    def store_stack_template(filename, json)
+      store_file(stack_templates_bucket, filename, json)
+    end
+
+    def store_file(bucket, filename, body)
       {
-        'url' => stack_templates_bucket.files.create(key: filename, body: json, public: true).public_url
+        'url' => bucket.files.create(key: filename, body: body, public: true).public_url
       }
     end