diff --git a/hypha/settings/base.py b/hypha/settings/base.py
index 00b64a2e5b..3d75a1f001 100644
--- a/hypha/settings/base.py
+++ b/hypha/settings/base.py
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@
 # S3 settings
 
 if env.str("AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME", None):
-    STORAGES["public_media_storage"] = {
+    STORAGES["default"] = {
         "BACKEND": "hypha.storage_backends.PublicMediaStorage",
     }
     STORAGES["private_media_storage"] = {