diff --git a/packages/xo-remote-parser/package.json b/packages/xo-remote-parser/package.json
index 5ff49dfa8..c1b3f352d 100644
--- a/packages/xo-remote-parser/package.json
+++ b/packages/xo-remote-parser/package.json
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@
     "node": ">=0.12"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "lodash.filter": "^4.0.1",
-    "lodash.map": "^4.0.1",
-    "lodash.trim": "^4.0.1"
+    "lodash": "^4.13.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-cli": "^6.3.17",
diff --git a/packages/xo-remote-parser/src/index.js b/packages/xo-remote-parser/src/index.js
index 623575322..de2098afb 100644
--- a/packages/xo-remote-parser/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/xo-remote-parser/src/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import filter from 'lodash.filter'
-import map from 'lodash.map'
-import trim from 'lodash.trim'
+import filter from 'lodash/filter'
+import map from 'lodash/map'
+import trim from 'lodash/trim'
+import trimStart from 'lodash/trimStart'
 
 const sanitizePath = (...paths) => filter(map(paths, s => s && filter(map(s.split('/'), trim)).join('/'))).join('/')
 
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ export const parse = (remote) => {
   const [type, rest] = remote.url.split('://')
   if (type === 'file') {
     remote.type = 'local'
-    remote.path = `/${rest}` // FIXME the heading slash has been forgotten on client side first implementation
+    remote.path = `/${trimStart(rest, '/')}` // the leading slash has been forgotten on client side first implementation
   } else if (type === 'nfs') {
     remote.type = 'nfs'
     const [host, share] = rest.split(':')
@@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ export const parse = (remote) => {
 }
 
 export const format = ({type, host, path, username, password, domain}) => {
-  let url = `${type === 'local' ? 'file' : type}://`
+  type === 'local' && (type = 'file')
+  let url = `${type}://`
   if (type === 'nfs') {
     url += `${host}:`
   }
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ export const format = ({type, host, path, username, password, domain}) => {
     path = path.split('/')
     path = '\0' + path.join('\\') // FIXME saving with the windows fashion \ was a bad idea :,(
   } else {
-    type === 'smb' && (path = `/${path}`) // FIXME file type should have a / too, but it has been forgotten on client side first implementation...
+    type === 'file' && (path = `/${path}`)
   }
   url += path
   return url
diff --git a/packages/xo-remote-parser/src/index.spec.js b/packages/xo-remote-parser/src/index.spec.js
index 145ab9536..2d4b56074 100644
--- a/packages/xo-remote-parser/src/index.spec.js
+++ b/packages/xo-remote-parser/src/index.spec.js
@@ -8,28 +8,47 @@ import { parse, format } from './'
 
 // ===================================================================
 
-const data = {
+const FILE_FIXED = {
+  url: 'file:///var/lib/xoa/backup',
+  type: 'local',
+  path: '/var/lib/xoa/backup'
+}
+
+const SMB = {
+  url: 'smb://Administrator:password@toto\\\\192.168.100.225\\smb\0',
+  type: 'smb',
+  host: '192.168.100.225\\smb',
+  path: undefined,
+  domain: 'toto',
+  username: 'Administrator',
+  password: 'password'
+}
+
+const parseData = {
   file: {
-    url: 'file://var/lib/xoa/backup',
+    url: 'file://var/lib/xoa/backup', // Remotes formatted before fixing #7 will not break when reparses
     type: 'local',
     path: '/var/lib/xoa/backup'
   },
-  smb: {
-    url: 'smb://Administrator:password@toto\\\\192.168.100.225\\smb\0',
-    type: 'smb',
-    host: '192.168.100.225\\smb',
-    path: undefined,
-    domain: 'toto',
-    username: 'Administrator',
-    password: 'password'
-  }
+  fileFixed: FILE_FIXED,
+  smb: SMB
+}
+
+const formatData = {
+  file: {
+    url: 'file:///var/lib/xoa/backup',
+    type: 'local',
+    path: '/var/lib/xoa/backup'
+  },
+  fileFixed: FILE_FIXED,
+  smb: SMB
 }
 
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 describe('format', () => {
-  for (const name in data) {
-    const datum = data[name]
+  for (const name in formatData) {
+    const datum = formatData[name]
     it(name, () => {
       expect(format(datum)).to.equal(datum.url)
     })
@@ -37,8 +56,8 @@ describe('format', () => {
 })
 
 describe('parse', () => {
-  for (const name in data) {
-    const datum = data[name]
+  for (const name in parseData) {
+    const datum = parseData[name]
     it(name, () => {
       expect(parse(datum)).to.eql(datum)
     })