diff --git a/backend/src/config/storage.ts b/backend/src/config/storage.ts
index a614d3ab8..842070bc9 100644
--- a/backend/src/config/storage.ts
+++ b/backend/src/config/storage.ts
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ if (!isStorageSetupFull) {
 	console.log('S3 credentials not entered correctly');
 }
 
-export const s3Client = new S3Client({
-	region: vars.s3.region,
-	endpoint: vars.s3.endpoint,
-	credentials: {
-		accessKeyId: vars.s3.secrets.accessKeyId,
-		secretAccessKey: vars.s3.secrets.secretAccessKey
-	}
-});
+export const s3Client = isStorageSetupFull
+	? new S3Client({
+			region: vars.s3.region,
+			endpoint: vars.s3.endpoint,
+			credentials: {
+				accessKeyId: vars.s3.secrets.accessKeyId,
+				secretAccessKey: vars.s3.secrets.secretAccessKey
+			}
+	  })
+	: undefined;
diff --git a/backend/src/controllers/events-state-controller.ts b/backend/src/controllers/events-state-controller.ts
index 7c4d2eca0..9ea91fb0f 100644
--- a/backend/src/controllers/events-state-controller.ts
+++ b/backend/src/controllers/events-state-controller.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { CommonErrorsEnum, SupportedLanguages } from '../../../common/const';
 import { EventModel } from '../models/event.model';
 import { imageController } from './image-controller';
 import { countriesAndCitiesController } from './countries-and-cities.controller';
+import { vars } from '../config/vars';
 
 class EventsStateController {
 	async addEvent(event: EventOnPoster) {
@@ -167,9 +168,14 @@ class EventsStateController {
 		const event = await EventModel.findOne({
 			id
 		});
-		if (event?.image && !event.image.includes('https://') && !event.image.includes('http://'))
+		if (
+			(event?.image &&
+				!event.image.includes('https://') &&
+				!event.image.includes('http://')) ||
+			event?.image.includes(`https://${vars.s3.bucket}.fsn1.your-objectstorage.com/`)
+		)
 			try {
-				await imageController.deleteImg(`.${event.image}`);
+				await imageController.deleteImg(event.image);
 			} catch (e) {
 				// eslint-disable-next-line no-console
 				console.log(e);
diff --git a/backend/src/controllers/image-controller.ts b/backend/src/controllers/image-controller.ts
index 290afbfbe..67653bce1 100644
--- a/backend/src/controllers/image-controller.ts
+++ b/backend/src/controllers/image-controller.ts
@@ -44,12 +44,17 @@ export class FileDbController {
 
 	async deleteImg(path: string) {
 		if (isStorageSetupFull) {
-			await deleteFileOnS3(
-				path.replace(`https://${vars.s3.bucket}.fsn1.your-objectstorage.com/`, '')
-			);
-			return undefined;
+			try {
+				await deleteFileOnS3(
+					path.replace(`https://${vars.s3.bucket}.fsn1.your-objectstorage.com/`, '')
+				);
+				return undefined;
+			} catch (e) {
+				// eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+				console.error(e);
+			}
 		}
-		const realPath = path.replace('image/', 'assets/img/');
+		const realPath = path.replace('image/', './assets/img/');
 		return fs.unlink(resolve(realPath));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/externalServices/storage/createPresignedUrl.ts b/backend/src/externalServices/storage/createPresignedUrl.ts
index 49a05a1da..5859d1b33 100644
--- a/backend/src/externalServices/storage/createPresignedUrl.ts
+++ b/backend/src/externalServices/storage/createPresignedUrl.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ import { getSignedUrl } from '@aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner';
 import { s3Client } from '../../config/storage';
 import { vars } from '../../config/vars';
 
-export const createPresignedUrlWithClient = (path: string) => {
+export const createPresignedUrlWithClient = async (path: string) => {
+	if (!s3Client) return;
 	const params: PutObjectCommandInput = {
 		Bucket: vars.s3.bucket,
 		Key: path
 	};
 	const command = new PutObjectCommand(params);
-	const res = getSignedUrl(s3Client, command, { expiresIn: 3600 });
-	return res;
+	await getSignedUrl(s3Client, command, { expiresIn: 3600 });
 };
diff --git a/backend/src/externalServices/storage/deleteFileOnS3.ts b/backend/src/externalServices/storage/deleteFileOnS3.ts
index 32721ef6f..f3c91c04b 100644
--- a/backend/src/externalServices/storage/deleteFileOnS3.ts
+++ b/backend/src/externalServices/storage/deleteFileOnS3.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ import { s3Client } from '../../config/storage';
 import { vars } from '../../config/vars';
 
 export const deleteFileOnS3 = async (path: string) => {
+	if (!s3Client) return;
 	const params = {
 		Bucket: vars.s3.bucket,
 		Key: path
 	};
 	const command = new DeleteObjectCommand(params);
-	const res = await s3Client.send(command);
-	return res;
+	await s3Client.send(command);
 };
diff --git a/backend/src/externalServices/storage/uploadFileToS3.ts b/backend/src/externalServices/storage/uploadFileToS3.ts
index 08ee455ec..eb6db419f 100644
--- a/backend/src/externalServices/storage/uploadFileToS3.ts
+++ b/backend/src/externalServices/storage/uploadFileToS3.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ import { s3Client } from '../../config/storage';
 import { vars } from '../../config/vars';
 
 export const uploadFileToS3 = async (path: string, file: PutObjectCommandInput['Body']) => {
+	if (!s3Client) return;
 	const params: PutObjectCommandInput = {
 		Bucket: vars.s3.bucket,
 		Key: path,
 		Body: file
 	};
 	const command = new PutObjectCommand(params);
-	const res = await s3Client.send(command);
-	return res;
+	await s3Client.send(command);
 };
diff --git a/backend/src/rest/v1/image/controller.ts b/backend/src/rest/v1/image/controller.ts
index c1aa1250c..2e30f49c3 100644
--- a/backend/src/rest/v1/image/controller.ts
+++ b/backend/src/rest/v1/image/controller.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export const deleteImage: IDeleteImageHandlerProps = async (request) => {
 	if (!filePath) throw new Error(CommonErrorsEnum.NO_IMAGE_TO_DELETE);
 
 	try {
-		await imageController.deleteImg(`.${filePath}`);
+		await imageController.deleteImg(filePath);
 		return undefined;
 	} catch (e) {
 		throw new Error(CommonErrorsEnum.IMAGE_DELETION_ERROR);