diff --git a/.env.local_dev b/.env.local_dev
index d53a96c88..7d0a4a251 100644
--- a/.env.local_dev
+++ b/.env.local_dev
@@ -29,18 +29,20 @@ PARSE_MOUNT=/app
 SERVER_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8080/app
 
 # Storage config ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
-# LocalStack
-DO_SPACE=my-bucket
-# LocalStack S3 endpoint for uploading documents
-DO_ENDPOINT=s3.localhost.localstack.cloud:4566
-# LocalStack S3 base URL
-DO_BASEURL=http://my-bucket.s3.localhost.localstack.cloud:4566
-# LocalStack s3 Access key ID for uploading the docs
-DO_ACCESS_KEY_ID=123
-# LocalStack s3 secret access key for uploading the docs
-DO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=xyz
-# LocalStack s3 region
-DO_REGION=eu-central-1
+# Digital ocean space name or AWS S3 bucket name for uploading documents
+DO_SPACE=DOSPACENAME
+# Digital ocean spaces endpoint or AWS S3 endpoint for uploading documents
+DO_ENDPOINT=ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com
+# Digital ocean baseurl or AWS S3 base URL
+DO_BASEURL=https://DOSPACENAME.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com
+# Digital ocean spaces access key ID or AWS s3 Access key ID for uploading the docs
+DO_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
+# Digital ocean spaces secret access key or AWS s3 secret access key for uploading the docs
+DO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
+# Digital ocean spaces region or AWS s3 region
+DO_REGION=us-west
+# local storage
+USE_LOCAL=TRUE
 
 # Email mailgun config (The app will not initialize if any of these 3 variables are not set) *********************************************************************************************************************
 MAILGUN_API_KEY=XXXXX