diff --git a/dvc/cloud/base.py b/dvc/cloud/base.py
index 20f352e98..8f2b3d02d 100644
--- a/dvc/cloud/base.py
+++ b/dvc/cloud/base.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class DataCloudBase(object):
             if path:
                 Logger.warn('Using obsoleted config format. Consider updating.')
         else:
-            path = re.match(Config.SECTION_REMOTE_URL_REGEX, url).group(2)
+            path = re.match(Config.SECTION_REMOTE_URL_REGEX, url).group('storagepath')
 
         return path
 
diff --git a/dvc/cloud/data_cloud.py b/dvc/cloud/data_cloud.py
index ded861a63..5770f75a8 100644
--- a/dvc/cloud/data_cloud.py
+++ b/dvc/cloud/data_cloud.py
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 import re
-
-try:
-    from urlparse import urlparse
-except ImportError:
-    from urllib.parse import urlparse
-
 from multiprocessing.pool import ThreadPool
 
 from dvc.cloud.instance_manager import CloudSettings
@@ -32,7 +26,7 @@ class DataCloud(object):
     SCHEME_MAP = {
         's3'    : 'aws',
         'gs'    : 'gcp',
-        ''      : 'local',
+        None    : 'local',
     }
 
     def __init__(self, cache, config):
@@ -58,7 +52,11 @@ class DataCloud(object):
             raise ConfigError("Can't find remote section '{}' in config".format(section))
 
         url = cloud_config[Config.SECTION_REMOTE_URL]
-        scheme = urlparse(url).scheme
+        res = re.match(Config.SECTION_REMOTE_URL_REGEX, url)
+        if not res:
+            raise ConfigError("Unknown format of url '{}'".format(url))
+
+        scheme = res.group('scheme')
         cloud_type = self.SCHEME_MAP.get(scheme, None)
         if not cloud_type:
             raise ConfigError("Unsupported scheme '{}' in '{}'".format(scheme, url))
diff --git a/dvc/config.py b/dvc/config.py
index 8b9b222bb..99b8bdf96 100644
--- a/dvc/config.py
+++ b/dvc/config.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Config(object):
     SECTION_REMOTE_REGEX = r'^\s*remote\s*"(.*)"\s*$'
     SECTION_REMOTE_FMT = 'remote "{}"'
     SECTION_REMOTE_URL = 'url'
-    SECTION_REMOTE_URL_REGEX = r'^\s*(s3://|gs://|/)?(.*)\s*$'
+    SECTION_REMOTE_URL_REGEX = r'^\s*(((?P<scheme>s3|gs|..+):/*)|/*|.\\*)?(?P<storagepath>.*)\s*$'
     SECTION_REMOTE_SCHEMA = {
         SECTION_REMOTE_URL: schema.Regex(SECTION_REMOTE_URL_REGEX),
         schema.Optional(SECTION_AWS_REGION): str,