diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/objectStore/index.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/objectStore/index.ts
index 503ab9bca0..1b880ef7b2 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/objectStore/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/objectStore/index.ts
@@ -66,15 +66,13 @@ const PUBLIC_BUCKETS = [ObjectStoreBuckets.APPS, ObjectStoreBuckets.GLOBAL]
  * @constructor
  */
 export const ObjectStore = (bucket: any) => {
-  AWS.config.update({
-    accessKeyId: env.MINIO_ACCESS_KEY,
-    secretAccessKey: env.MINIO_SECRET_KEY,
-    region: env.AWS_REGION,
-  })
   const config: any = {
     s3ForcePathStyle: true,
     signatureVersion: "v4",
     apiVersion: "2006-03-01",
+    accessKeyId: env.MINIO_ACCESS_KEY,
+    secretAccessKey: env.MINIO_SECRET_KEY,
+    region: env.AWS_REGION,
   }
   if (bucket) {
     config.params = {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/db/dynamoClient.js b/packages/server/src/db/dynamoClient.js
index 58e469f80d..12e53ff1fd 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/db/dynamoClient.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/db/dynamoClient.js
@@ -103,11 +103,9 @@ class Table {
 
 exports.init = endpoint => {
   let AWS = require("aws-sdk")
-  AWS.config.update({
-    region: AWS_REGION,
-  })
   let docClientParams = {
     correctClockSkew: true,
+    region: AWS_REGION,
   }
   if (endpoint) {
     docClientParams.endpoint = endpoint
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/dynamodb.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/dynamodb.ts
index 5321da4791..78d4ff1447 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/dynamodb.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/dynamodb.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ module DynamoModule {
     region: string
     accessKeyId: string
     secretAccessKey: string
-    endpoint: string
+    endpoint?: string
+    currentClockSkew?: boolean
   }
 
   const SCHEMA: Integration = {
@@ -132,31 +133,20 @@ module DynamoModule {
 
     constructor(config: DynamoDBConfig) {
       this.config = config
-      if (this.config.endpoint && !this.config.endpoint.includes("localhost")) {
-        this.connect()
+
+      // User is using a local dynamoDB endpoint, don't auth with remote
+      if (this.config?.endpoint?.includes("localhost")) {
+        // @ts-ignore
+        this.config = {}
       }
-      let options = {
-        correctClockSkew: true,
-        region: this.config.region || AWS_REGION,
-        endpoint: config.endpoint ? config.endpoint : undefined,
+
+      this.config = {
+        ...this.config,
+        currentClockSkew: true,
+        region: config.region || AWS_REGION,
+        endpoint: config.endpoint || undefined,
       }
-      this.client = new AWS.DynamoDB.DocumentClient(options)
-    }
-
-    end() {
-      this.disconnect()
-    }
-
-    connect() {
-      AWS.config.update(this.config)
-    }
-
-    disconnect() {
-      AWS.config.update({
-        secretAccessKey: undefined,
-        accessKeyId: undefined,
-        region: AWS_REGION,
-      })
+      this.client = new AWS.DynamoDB.DocumentClient(this.config)
     }
 
     async create(query: { table: string; json: object }) {
@@ -197,7 +187,7 @@ module DynamoModule {
       const params = {
         TableName: query.table,
       }
-      return new AWS.DynamoDB().describeTable(params).promise()
+      return new AWS.DynamoDB(this.config).describeTable(params).promise()
     }
 
     async get(query: { table: string; json: object }) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/dynamodb.spec.js b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/dynamodb.spec.js
index 4c6b931090..198ed6a4b4 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/dynamodb.spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/dynamodb.spec.js
@@ -100,4 +100,52 @@ describe("DynamoDB Integration", () => {
       Name: "John"
     })
   })
+
+  it("configures the dynamoDB constructor based on an empty endpoint parameter", async () => {
+    const config = {
+      region: "us-east-1",
+      accessKeyId: "test",
+      secretAccessKeyId: "test"
+    }
+
+    const integration = new DynamoDBIntegration.integration(config)
+
+    expect(integration.config).toEqual({
+      currentClockSkew: true,
+      ...config
+    })
+  })
+
+  it("configures the dynamoDB constructor based on a localhost endpoint parameter", async () => {
+    const config = {
+      region: "us-east-1",
+      accessKeyId: "test",
+      secretAccessKeyId: "test",
+      endpoint: "localhost:8080"
+    }
+
+    const integration = new DynamoDBIntegration.integration(config)
+
+    expect(integration.config).toEqual({
+      region: "us-east-1",
+      currentClockSkew: true,
+      endpoint: "localhost:8080"
+    })
+  })
+
+  it("configures the dynamoDB constructor based on a remote endpoint parameter", async () => {
+    const config = {
+      region: "us-east-1",
+      accessKeyId: "test",
+      secretAccessKeyId: "test",
+      endpoint: "dynamodb.aws.foo.net"
+    }
+
+    const integration = new DynamoDBIntegration.integration(config)
+
+    expect(integration.config).toEqual({
+      currentClockSkew: true,
+      ...config
+    })
+  })
 })
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