diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 84a68a4..32e3923 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Data shipping script for airborne products
 - `python3 -m pip install -e .`
 - `python3 main.py`
 
+For running locally, add "storageMode": "local" to config.json
+
 ## Generating build
 
 - `pyinstaller main.py --onefile -n airborne-dsa`
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 31ebaf9..dec5e97 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from services.config_manager import ConfigManager
 
 from services.file_watcher import FileWatcher
+from services.local_file_manager import LocalFileManager
 from services.s3_file_manager import S3FileManager
 
 # from airborne_dsa.config_manager import ConfigManager
@@ -159,14 +160,18 @@ def main() -> None:
 
     # Setup
     config = ConfigManager("config.json")
-    s3_client = S3FileManager(
-        config.aws_access_key_id, config.aws_secret_access_key, config.bucket
+    file_manager = (
+        S3FileManager(
+            config.aws_access_key_id, config.aws_secret_access_key, config.bucket
+        )
+        if config.storage_mode == "remote"
+        else LocalFileManager()
     )
 
     mission_name, mission_time = get_mission_details()
     # Create mission file
     try:
-        s3_client.upload_empty_file(
+        file_manager.upload_empty_file(
             f"MISSION/{mission_name}_{mission_time.strftime('%Y%m%d_%H%M')}Z.txt"
         )
         print(f"Created mission: {mission_name}")
@@ -185,7 +190,7 @@ def upload_product(file_path: str) -> None:
             )
 
             print(f"Uploading {os.path.basename(file_path)}")
-            s3_client.upload_file(file_path, key)
+            file_manager.upload_file(file_path, key)
             print(
                 f"Successfully uploaded {os.path.basename(file_path)} as {key} to {config.bucket}"
             )
@@ -217,3 +222,4 @@ def upload_product(file_path: str) -> None:
         log_file = open("ERROR.txt", "w")
         log_file.write(str(error))
         log_file.close()
+        print(error)
diff --git a/services/config_manager.py b/services/config_manager.py
index bbe1f9f..8565e1a 100644
--- a/services/config_manager.py
+++ b/services/config_manager.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Loads and validates config.json file against a config json schema"""
 import locale
 import json
+from typing import Literal
 import jsonschema
 
 
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ def __init__(self, file_path: str) -> None:
                 "bucket": {"type": "string"},
                 "awsAccessKeyId": {"type": "string"},
                 "awsSecretAccessKey": {"type": "string"},
+                "storageMode": {"type": "string", "enum": ["local", "remote"]},
             },
             "required": ["bucket", "awsAccessKeyId", "awsSecretAccessKey"],
             "additionalProperties": False,
@@ -39,3 +41,10 @@ def aws_access_key_id(self) -> str:
     def aws_secret_access_key(self) -> str:
         """Your AWS secret key"""
         return self.config["awsSecretAccessKey"]
+
+    @property
+    def storage_mode(self) -> Literal["local", "remote"]:
+        """Whether to use local or remote storage"""
+        return (
+            "remote" if "storageMode" not in self.config else self.config["storageMode"]
+        )
diff --git a/services/local_file_manager.py b/services/local_file_manager.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5415dcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/local_file_manager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class LocalFileManager:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        print("Using faux file manager. No files will be uploaded")
+        print()
+
+    def upload_file(self, file_path: str, key: str):
+        pass
+
+    def upload_empty_file(self, file_key: str) -> None:
+        pass