diff --git a/config/storage.yml b/config/storage.yml
index d32f76e..84c4a77 100644
--- a/config/storage.yml
+++ b/config/storage.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ test:
 local:
   service: Disk
   root: <%= Rails.root.join("storage") %>
+  public: true
 
 # Use rails credentials:edit to set the AWS secrets (as aws:access_key_id|secret_access_key)
 # amazon: