diff --git a/home/management/__init__.py b/home/management/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/home/management/commands/__init__.py b/home/management/commands/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/home/management/commands/download_files.py b/home/management/commands/download_files.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..336f0b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/management/commands/download_files.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import cloudinary
+import cloudinary.uploader
+import cloudinary.api
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from home.models import LongRebate
+from messWebsite.settings import CLOUDINARY_STORAGE, MEDIA_ROOT
+import requests
+import os
+import mimetypes
+
+def download_file(url, save_path):
+    try:
+        # Send a GET request to the URL
+        response = requests.get(url, stream=True)
+        # Check if the request was successful
+        response.raise_for_status()
+
+        content_type = response.headers.get('Content-Type')
+        if content_type:
+            extension = mimetypes.guess_extension(content_type)
+            file_extension = extension if extension else '.bin'
+
+        # Open the file in write-binary mode and write the content
+        with open(f"{save_path}{file_extension}", 'wb') as file:
+            for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=8192):
+                file.write(chunk)
+        
+        print(f"File downloaded successfully and saved to {save_path}")
+
+        return file_extension
+
+    except requests.RequestException as e:
+        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = 'Fetch Cloudinary image URLs for all entries in LongRebate'
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        cloudinary.config(
+            cloud_name=CLOUDINARY_STORAGE['CLOUD_NAME'],
+            api_key=CLOUDINARY_STORAGE['API_KEY'],
+            api_secret=CLOUDINARY_STORAGE['API_SECRET'],
+        )
+
+        for obj in LongRebate.objects.all():
+            file_name = obj.file.name[len(str("media/documents/")):]
+            try:
+                url = cloudinary.CloudinaryResource(obj.file.url[len(str("/media/")) : ]).build_url()
+                if url:
+                    file_extension = download_file(url, os.path.join(MEDIA_ROOT, 'documents', file_name))
+                    if file_extension:
+                        obj.file.name = f"documents/{file_name}{file_extension}"
+                        obj.save()
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.stdout.write(self.style.ERROR(f'Error fetching URL for public ID {obj.file}: {e}'))
+
diff --git a/home/models/students.py b/home/models/students.py
index 72faa51..5331e1b 100644
--- a/home/models/students.py
+++ b/home/models/students.py
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ class LongRebate(models.Model):
     date_applied = models.DateField(
         default=now, help_text="Date on which the rebate was applied"
     )
+
     file = models.FileField(
         _("File"), upload_to="documents/", default=None, null=True, blank=True
     )
diff --git a/messWebsite/settings.py b/messWebsite/settings.py
index 0997c74..50aa874 100644
--- a/messWebsite/settings.py
+++ b/messWebsite/settings.py
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 
 import environ
 
-env = environ.Env()
-environ.Env.read_env()
-
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+env = environ.Env()
+environ.Env.read_env(BASE_DIR / '.env')
+
 DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_NUMBER_FIELDS = 10240
 
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
@@ -192,10 +193,15 @@
     "API_SECRET": env("API_SECRET_CLOUD"),
 }
 
-DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = "cloudinary_storage.storage.RawMediaCloudinaryStorage"
-DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = "cloudinary_storage.storage.MediaCloudinaryStorage"
+MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "media")
 MEDIA_URL = "/media/"
 
+DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage'
+
+FILE_UPLOAD_HANDLERS = [
+          'django.core.files.uploadhandler.MemoryFileUploadHandler',
+          'django.core.files.uploadhandler.TemporaryFileUploadHandler',
+]
 
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
diff --git a/messWebsite/urls.py b/messWebsite/urls.py
index 49cd75f..2a7faa1 100644
--- a/messWebsite/urls.py
+++ b/messWebsite/urls.py
@@ -31,6 +31,4 @@
     path("accounts/google/login/", oauth2_login, name="google_login"),
     path("accounts/google/login/callback/", oauth2_callback, name="google_callback"),
     path("", include("home.urls")),
-]
-if settings.DEBUG:
-    urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
+] + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)