diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 880b9ee56..0e5d2f118 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ FROM python:3.11.1-alpine3.17 AS backend
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 ENV PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK=1 
-ENV DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE plane.settings.production
 
 WORKDIR /code
 
diff --git a/ENV_SETUP.md b/ENV_SETUP.md
index 7a54f77a0..f1cc7cb1e 100644
--- a/ENV_SETUP.md
+++ b/ENV_SETUP.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ NEXT_PUBLIC_ENABLE_OAUTH=0
 # Backend
 # Debug value for api server use it as 0 for production use
 DEBUG=0
-DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE="plane.settings.selfhosted"
+DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE="plane.settings.selfhosted" # deprecated
 ​
 # Error logs
 SENTRY_DSN=""
diff --git a/apiserver/bin/bucket_script.py b/apiserver/bin/bucket_script.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 89717d527..000000000
--- a/apiserver/bin/bucket_script.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-import os, sys
-import boto3
-import json
-from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
-
-
-sys.path.append("/code")
-
-os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "plane.settings.production")
-import django
-
-django.setup()
-
-def set_bucket_public_policy(s3_client, bucket_name):
-    public_policy = {
-        "Version": "2012-10-17",
-        "Statement": [{
-            "Effect": "Allow",
-            "Principal": "*",
-            "Action": ["s3:GetObject"],
-            "Resource": [f"arn:aws:s3:::{bucket_name}/*"]
-        }]
-    }
-
-    try:
-        s3_client.put_bucket_policy(
-            Bucket=bucket_name,
-            Policy=json.dumps(public_policy)
-        )
-        print(f"Public read access policy set for bucket '{bucket_name}'.")
-    except ClientError as e:
-        print(f"Error setting public read access policy: {e}")
-
-
-
-def create_bucket():
-    try:
-        from django.conf import settings
-        
-        # Create a session using the credentials from Django settings
-        session = boto3.session.Session(
-            aws_access_key_id=settings.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
-            aws_secret_access_key=settings.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
-        )
-
-        # Create an S3 client using the session
-        s3_client = session.client('s3', endpoint_url=settings.AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL)
-        bucket_name = settings.AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME
-        
-        print("Checking bucket...")
-        
-        # Check if the bucket exists
-        s3_client.head_bucket(Bucket=bucket_name)
-        
-        # If head_bucket does not raise an exception, the bucket exists
-        print(f"Bucket '{bucket_name}' already exists.")
-
-        set_bucket_public_policy(s3_client, bucket_name)
-        
-    except ClientError as e:
-        error_code = int(e.response['Error']['Code'])
-        bucket_name = settings.AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME
-        if error_code == 404:
-            # Bucket does not exist, create it
-            print(f"Bucket '{bucket_name}' does not exist. Creating bucket...")
-            try:
-                s3_client.create_bucket(Bucket=bucket_name)
-                print(f"Bucket '{bucket_name}' created successfully.")
-                set_bucket_public_policy(s3_client, bucket_name)
-            except ClientError as create_error:
-                print(f"Failed to create bucket: {create_error}")
-        elif error_code == 403:
-            # Access to the bucket is forbidden
-            print(f"Access to the bucket '{bucket_name}' is forbidden. Check permissions.")
-        else:
-            # Another ClientError occurred
-            print(f"Failed to check bucket: {e}")
-    except Exception as ex:
-        # Handle any other exception
-        print(f"An error occurred: {ex}")
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    create_bucket()
diff --git a/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml b/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml
index 2ab4fbba6..348d23425 100644
--- a/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ x-app-env : &app-env
     - NGINX_PORT=${NGINX_PORT:-80}
     - WEB_URL=${WEB_URL:-http://localhost}
     - DEBUG=${DEBUG:-0}
-    - DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=${DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE:-plane.settings.selfhosted}
+    - DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=${DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE:-plane.settings.selfhosted} # deprecated
     - NEXT_PUBLIC_ENABLE_OAUTH=${NEXT_PUBLIC_ENABLE_OAUTH:-0}
     - NEXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOY_URL=${NEXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOY_URL:-http://localhost/spaces}
     - SENTRY_DSN=${SENTRY_DSN:-""}
diff --git a/deploy/selfhost/variables.env b/deploy/selfhost/variables.env
index 1ad6ee51a..d1ab35d37 100644
--- a/deploy/selfhost/variables.env
+++ b/deploy/selfhost/variables.env
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ API_REPLICAS=1
 NGINX_PORT=80
 WEB_URL=http://localhost
 DEBUG=0
-DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=plane.settings.selfhosted
+DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=plane.settings.selfhosted # deprecated
 NEXT_PUBLIC_ENABLE_OAUTH=0
 NEXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOY_URL=http://localhost/spaces
 SENTRY_DSN=""