diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ed2491bd86..80e0aa93d4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ wait-for-keycloak:
 	grep -m 1 "Config of Keycloak done." <(docker-compose -p $(CI_BUILD_TAG) --compatibility logs -f keycloak 2>&1)
 
 # Define a list of which Lagoon Services are needed for running any deployment testing
-main-test-services = actions-handler broker logs2notifications api api-db api-redis keycloak keycloak-db ssh auth-server local-git local-api-data-watcher-pusher local-minio
+main-test-services = actions-handler broker logs2notifications api api-db api-redis keycloak keycloak-db ssh auth-server local-git local-api-data-watcher-pusher local-minio local-minio-upload
 
 # List of Lagoon Services needed for webhook endpoint testing
 webhooks-test-services = webhook-handler webhooks2tasks backup-handler
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ api-development: build/api build/api-db build/local-api-data-watcher-pusher buil
 
 .PHONY: ui-logs-development
 ui-logs-development: build/actions-handler build/api build/api-db build/local-api-data-watcher-pusher build/keycloak build/keycloak-db build/broker-single build/api-redis build/logs2notifications build/local-minio
-	IMAGE_REPO=$(CI_BUILD_TAG) docker-compose -p $(CI_BUILD_TAG) --compatibility up -d api api-db actions-handler local-api-data-watcher-pusher ui keycloak keycloak-db broker api-redis logs2notifications local-minio
+	IMAGE_REPO=$(CI_BUILD_TAG) docker-compose -p $(CI_BUILD_TAG) --compatibility up -d api api-db actions-handler local-api-data-watcher-pusher ui keycloak keycloak-db broker api-redis logs2notifications local-minio local-minio-upload
 
 ## CI targets
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 23bc435882..e9926e68e2 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ services:
       - CI=${CI:-true}
       - REGISTRY=harbor.172.17.0.1.nip.io:18080 # Docker network bridge and forwarded port for harbor-nginx
       - S3_FILES_HOST=http://172.17.0.1:9000
+      - S3_BAAS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=minio
+      - S3_BAAS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=minio123
       - CONSOLE_LOGGING_LEVEL=trace
     depends_on:
       - api-init
@@ -217,13 +219,25 @@ services:
   local-minio:
     image: minio/minio
     entrypoint: sh
-    command: -c 'mkdir -p /export/lagoon-files && mkdir -p /export/harbor-images && minio server /export --console-address ":9001" '
+    command: -c 'mkdir -p /export/restores  && mkdir -p /export/lagoon-files && mkdir -p /export/harbor-images && minio server /export --console-address ":9001" '
     ports:
       - '9000:9000'
       - '9001:9001'
     environment:
       - MINIO_ACCESS_KEY=minio
       - MINIO_SECRET_KEY=minio123
+  local-minio-upload:
+    image: minio/mc
+    entrypoint: sh
+    command: -c 'mc alias set localminio $${MINIO_SERVER_URL} $${MINIO_ACCESS_KEY} $${MINIO_SECRET_KEY}; mc ls localminio; mc cp /restores/files.tar.gz localminio/restores/high-cotton-master-files.tar.gz'
+    volumes:
+      - ./local-dev/restores:/restores
+    environment:
+      - MINIO_SERVER_URL=http://172.17.0.1:9000
+      - MINIO_ACCESS_KEY=minio
+      - MINIO_SECRET_KEY=minio123
+    depends_on:
+      - local-minio
   local-registry:
     image: ${IMAGE_REPO:-lagoon}/local-registry
     ports:
diff --git a/local-dev/api-data-watcher-pusher/api-data/01-populate-api-data-general.gql b/local-dev/api-data-watcher-pusher/api-data/01-populate-api-data-general.gql
index a9e899e231..061ba681e9 100644
--- a/local-dev/api-data-watcher-pusher/api-data/01-populate-api-data-general.gql
+++ b/local-dev/api-data-watcher-pusher/api-data/01-populate-api-data-general.gql
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ mutation PopulateApi {
     input: {
       backupId: "e2e1d31b4a7dfc1687f469b6673f6bf2c0aabee0cc6b3f1bdbde710a9bc6280f"
       status: SUCCESSFUL
-      restoreLocation: "/restore/e2e1d31b4a7dfc1687f469b6673f6bf2c0aabee0cc6b3f1bdbde710a9bc6280f/files.gz"
+      restoreLocation: "http://172.17.0.1:9000/restores/high-cotton-master-files.tar.gz"
       execute: false
     }
   ) {
diff --git a/local-dev/restores/files.tar.gz b/local-dev/restores/files.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8911cb781
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