diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index 337181b9..4cf30f72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ name: e2e
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - main
-      - production
+        - main
+        - production
+  pull_request:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 15
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       run: pnpm i --frozen-lockfile
     - name: Install Playwright Browsers
       run: pnpm exec playwright install --with-deps chromium
-    - name: Start DB and Redis
+    - name: Start Docker services (PostgreSQL, Redis, and S3)
       run: docker compose up -d
     - name: Build the api
       run: pnpm build:api
@@ -45,10 +46,6 @@ jobs:
       run: pnpm --filter @beep/api db:create
     - name: Run Playwright tests
       run: pnpm --filter @beep/test test
-      env:
-        S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-        S3_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET: ${{ secrets.S3_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET }}
-        S3_ENDPOINT_URL: ${{ secrets.S3_ENDPOINT_URL }}
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       if: always()
       with:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4db06258..f9c00d8a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ To run the development envrionment use in the repo's root
 pnpm dev
 ```
 
-By default, the api will use your local database and redis from docker. You should not need an `.env` to develop locally
-You can create a `.env` in `api/` to set the API's env. (`vim api/.env`)
+By default, the api will use your local database, redis, and s3 server from docker. You should not need an `.env` to develop locally
+You can create a `.env` in `api/` to set the API's env if needed. (`vim api/.env`)
 
 ```env
 S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=hkjvbyuverbvugfreukgsig
diff --git a/api/src/users/resolver.ts b/api/src/users/resolver.ts
index 483978de..b7d26b3a 100644
--- a/api/src/users/resolver.ts
+++ b/api/src/users/resolver.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { password as bunPassword } from 'bun';
 import { VerifyEmail } from '../entities/VerifyEmail';
 import { GraphQLUpload } from 'graphql-upload-minimal';
 import { setContext } from "@sentry/node";
+import { S3_BUCKET_URL } from '../utils/constants';
 
 @ObjectType()
 class UsersPerDomain {
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ export class UserResolver {
     const result = await s3.upload(uploadParams).promise();
 
     if (ctx.user.photo) {
-      const key = ctx.user.photo.split("https://beep.us-east-1.linodeobjects.com/")[1];
+      const key = ctx.user.photo.split(S3_BUCKET_URL)[1];
 
       deleteObject(key);
     }
diff --git a/api/src/utils/constants.ts b/api/src/utils/constants.ts
index 25ec7ee7..7428e8f1 100644
--- a/api/src/utils/constants.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/constants.ts
@@ -16,11 +16,15 @@ export const REDIS_HOST = process.env.REDIS_HOST || "localhost";
 
 export const REDIS_PASSWROD = process.env.REDIS_PASSWORD;
 
-export const S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID = process.env.S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID;
+export const S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID = process.env.S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID ?? "beep";
 
-export const S3_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET = process.env.S3_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET;
+export const S3_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET = process.env.S3_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET ?? "beepbeepbeep";
 
-export const S3_ENDPOINT_URL = process.env.S3_ENDPOINT_URL;
+export const S3_ENDPOINT_URL = process.env.S3_ENDPOINT_URL ?? "http://localhost:9000";
+
+export const isLocalS3 = S3_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET === "beepbeepbeep";
+
+export const S3_BUCKET_URL = isLocalS3 ? "http://localhost:9000/beep/" : "https://beep.us-east-1.linodeobjects.com/";
 
 export const MAIL_HOST = process.env.MAIL_HOST;
 
diff --git a/api/src/utils/s3.ts b/api/src/utils/s3.ts
index a5459c80..a04019a0 100644
--- a/api/src/utils/s3.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/s3.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import * as Sentry from "@sentry/node";
 import { S3 } from "aws-sdk";
-import { S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID, S3_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET, S3_ENDPOINT_URL } from "./constants";
+import { S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID, S3_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET, S3_ENDPOINT_URL, isLocalS3 } from "./constants";
 
 export const s3 = new S3({
   accessKeyId: S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
   secretAccessKey: S3_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET,
-  endpoint: S3_ENDPOINT_URL
+  endpoint: S3_ENDPOINT_URL,
+  s3ForcePathStyle: isLocalS3,
 });
 
 export async function getAllObjects(params: S3.ListObjectsV2Request): Promise<S3.ObjectList> {
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 0a834d2b..a6e4f4b1 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,27 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_USER: beep
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: beep
       TZ: America/New_York
+  s3:
+    image: minio/minio
+    ports:
+      - "9000:9000"
+    environment:
+      MINIO_ACCESS_KEY: beep
+      MINIO_SECRET_KEY: beepbeepbeep
+      MINIO_ROOT_USER: beep
+      MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD: beepbeepbeep
+    command: server ./data
+  bucket:
+    image: minio/mc
+    depends_on:
+      - s3
+    entrypoint: >
+      /bin/sh -c "
+      /usr/bin/mc alias set beep http://s3:9000 beep beepbeepbeep;
+      /usr/bin/mc mb beep/beep;
+      /usr/bin/mc anonymous set public beep/beep;
+      exit 0;
+      "
 
 volumes:
   data:
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