diff --git a/admin/config/environments/development.rb b/admin/config/environments/development.rb
index ffd6b0e8f..d02c02b61 100644
--- a/admin/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/admin/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -43,4 +43,7 @@ JamAdmin::Application.configure do
 
   # Show the logging configuration on STDOUT
   config.show_log_configuration = true
+
+  # set to false to instead use amazon. You will also need to supply amazon secrets
+  config.store_artifacts_to_disk = true  
 end