diff --git a/apt/manage_instance.in b/apt/manage_instance.in
index a0e092a2d024a017732e26cf9924b7d813be3d9e..66149da7d888cbc09667f3bb924caa0e3294345b 100644
--- a/apt/manage_instance.in
+++ b/apt/manage_instance.in
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ sub DoSnapshot()
 	"slice_urn"   => $slice->urn(),
 	"imagename"   => $imagename,
 	"sliver_urn"  => $sliver_urn,
+	"global"      => 1,
 	"credentials" => [$slice_credential->asString(),
 			  $speaksfor_credential->asString()],
     };
diff --git a/backend/newimageid_ez.in b/backend/newimageid_ez.in
index 38c9238e4a7db3b5dc9fe91d7ae5c2438c11c89d..b973a7a5f59e2f21527086658457ad56d7af3c11 100644
--- a/backend/newimageid_ez.in
+++ b/backend/newimageid_ez.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -wT
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2000-2014 University of Utah and the Flux Group.
+# Copyright (c) 2000-2015 University of Utah and the Flux Group.
 # 
 # {{{EMULAB-LICENSE
 # 
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ if (!exists($newimageid_args{"path"}) ||
 elsif (! $isadmin) {
     my $pdef = "";
     
-    if (!$shared &&
+    if (!($shared || $global) &&
 	exists($newimageid_args{"gid"}) &&
 	$newimageid_args{"gid"} ne "" &&
 	$newimageid_args{"gid"} ne $newimageid_args{"pid"}) {
@@ -711,8 +711,8 @@ $newimageid_args{"ezid"} = 1;
 # OSInfo->Create args not quite the same as Image->Create ones so copy 
 # newimageid_args into a new hash and fix up values.
 my %newosid_args = %newimageid_args;
-$newosid_args{"shared"} = $newimageid_args{"global"} 
-    if exists $newimageid_args{"global"};
+$newosid_args{"shared"} = $newimageid_args{"global"} = 1
+    if ($global);
 my $usrerr;
 my $new_osinfo = OSinfo->Create($project, $this_user, $imagename,
 				\%newosid_args, \$usrerr);
diff --git a/utils/clone_image.in b/utils/clone_image.in
index cbe5202bd97bb0c3ced02d21c15283db03d655f9..5c3db0fbb752d3d6c52882d0630c91f4ca654d6b 100644
--- a/utils/clone_image.in
+++ b/utils/clone_image.in
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ my $nosnapshot  = 0;
 my $isvirtnode  = 0;
 my $waitmode    = 0;
 my $nodelta     = 0; # To pass to create_image.
-my $global;
-my $shared;
+my $global      = 0;
+my $shared      = 0;
 
 #
 # Configure variables
@@ -376,8 +376,9 @@ if (Image->LookupByName($imagename) && !$this_user->IsAdmin()) {
     fatal("Not allowed to shadow snapshot a system image");
 }
 
-# Subgroups change the path
-my $path = ($experiment->pid() eq $experiment->gid() ?
+# Subgroups change the path, but a global image should still
+# go into the project image directory. 
+my $path = ($experiment->pid() eq $experiment->gid() || $global ?
 	    "$PROJROOT/$pid/images/${imagename}.ndz" :
 	    "$GROUPROOT/$pid/$gid/images/${imagename}.ndz");
 
@@ -405,10 +406,10 @@ $xmlfields{"reboot_waittime"} = $base_osinfo->reboot_waittime()
 $xmlfields{"osfeatures"} = $base_osinfo->osfeatures()
     if (defined($base_osinfo->osfeatures()) &&
 	$base_osinfo->osfeatures() ne "");
-if (defined($global) && $global) {
+if ($global) {
     $xmlfields{"global"} = 1;
 }
-elsif (defined($shared) && $shared) {
+elsif ($shared) {
     $xmlfields{"shared"} = 1;
 }