diff --git a/bin/browserid b/bin/browserid
index 77b89ecdb14a896475fc591c776fe869e6d69d15..6f23273cbcb5e5c86adc231d3831e548b7175c6b 100755
--- a/bin/browserid
+++ b/bin/browserid
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ var static_root = path.join(__dirname, "..", "resources", "static");
 
 app.use(cachify.setup(assets(config.get('supported_languages')),
         {
-          prefix: 'v',
+          prefix: config.get('cachify_prefix'),
           production: config.get('use_minified_resources'),
           root: static_root,
         }));
diff --git a/lib/configuration.js b/lib/configuration.js
index ab8ca16037197cc166a9e2cf0e62c099792593ca..eca775e276a164affb00a5fa666e676a9b37f779 100644
--- a/lib/configuration.js
+++ b/lib/configuration.js
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ var conf = module.exports = convict({
     doc: "The scheme of the public URL.  Calculated from the latter.",
     format: "string",
   },
+  cachify_prefix: {
+    doc: "The prefix for cachify hashes in URLs",
+    format: 'string = "v"'
+  },
   use_minified_resources: {
     doc: "Should the server serve minified resources?",
     format: 'boolean = true',
diff --git a/scripts/compress-worker.js b/scripts/compress-worker.js
index 4ffb923334576fe0c511821d5c1c4eeb8bc994e9..4c9616bffe4a048a05e3cbcd4288ef65f60fb2ad 100644
--- a/scripts/compress-worker.js
+++ b/scripts/compress-worker.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const
 cachify = require('connect-cachify'),
+config = require('../lib/configuration.js'),
 fs = require('fs'),
 jsp = require("uglify-js").parser,
 logger = require('../lib/logging.js').logger,
@@ -11,6 +12,12 @@ path = require('path');
 function compressResource(staticPath, name, files, cb) {
   var orig_code = "";
   var info = undefined;
+
+  // Cachify only used in compress for CSS Images, so no asserts needed
+  cachify.setup({}, {
+    prefix: config.get('cachify_prefix'),
+    root: staticPath
+  });
   function writeFile(final_code) {
     mkdirp(path.join(staticPath, path.dirname(name)), function (err) {
       if (err) cb(err);
@@ -81,11 +88,6 @@ function compressResource(staticPath, name, files, cb) {
   isBuildNeeded();
 }
 
-var static_root = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'resources/static/');
-logger.info("cachify will look in " + static_root);
-// Cachify only used in compress for CSS Images, so no asserts needed
-cachify.setup({}, { prefix: 'v', root: static_root });
-
 function cachify_embedded (css_src) {
   return css_src.replace(/url\s*\(['"](.*)\s*['"]\s*\)/g, function (str, url) {
     // This will throw an error if url doesn't exist. This is good as we will
@@ -105,4 +107,4 @@ process.on('message', function(m) {
       info: info
     });
   });
-});
+});
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