diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f966887f..d5fdf861 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ gem 'font-awesome-rails', '~> 4.3.0.0'
 gem 'rails-assets-growl'
 gem "paperclip", "~> 4.2"
 gem 'delayed_paperclip'
+gem 'fog'
+gem 'fog-aws'
 gem 'momentjs-rails', '>= 2.9.0'
 gem 'bootstrap3-datetimepicker-rails', '~> 4.7.14'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b94af2ab..e017f831 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   remote: https://rails-assets.org/
   specs:
+    CFPropertyList (2.3.1)
     actionmailer (4.2.1)
       actionpack (= 4.2.1)
       actionview (= 4.2.1)
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ GEM
     equalizer (0.0.11)
     erubis (2.7.0)
     eventmachine (1.0.7)
+    excon (0.45.1)
     execjs (2.5.2)
     factory_girl (4.5.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
@@ -107,12 +109,95 @@ GEM
       multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
     faraday_middleware (0.9.1)
       faraday (>= 0.7.4, < 0.10)
+    fission (0.5.0)
+      CFPropertyList (~> 2.2)
+    fog (1.28.0)
+      fog-atmos
+      fog-aws (~> 0.0)
+      fog-brightbox (~> 0.4)
+      fog-core (~> 1.27, >= 1.27.3)
+      fog-ecloud
+      fog-json
+      fog-profitbricks
+      fog-radosgw (>= 0.0.2)
+      fog-riakcs
+      fog-sakuracloud (>= 0.0.4)
+      fog-serverlove
+      fog-softlayer
+      fog-storm_on_demand
+      fog-terremark
+      fog-vmfusion
+      fog-voxel
+      fog-xml (~> 0.1.1)
+      ipaddress (~> 0.5)
+      nokogiri (~> 1.5, >= 1.5.11)
+    fog-atmos (0.1.0)
+      fog-core
+      fog-xml
+    fog-aws (0.1.1)
+      fog-core (~> 1.27)
+      fog-json (~> 1.0)
+      fog-xml (~> 0.1)
+      ipaddress (~> 0.8)
+    fog-brightbox (0.7.1)
+      fog-core (~> 1.22)
+      fog-json
+      inflecto (~> 0.0.2)
+    fog-core (1.29.0)
+      builder
+      excon (~> 0.38)
+      formatador (~> 0.2)
+      mime-types
+      net-scp (~> 1.1)
+      net-ssh (>= 2.1.3)
+    fog-ecloud (0.0.2)
+      fog-core
+      fog-xml
+    fog-json (1.0.0)
+      multi_json (~> 1.0)
+    fog-profitbricks (0.0.2)
+      fog-core
+      fog-xml
+      nokogiri
+    fog-radosgw (0.0.3)
+      fog-core (>= 1.21.0)
+      fog-json
+      fog-xml (>= 0.0.1)
+    fog-riakcs (0.1.0)
+      fog-core
+      fog-json
+      fog-xml
+    fog-sakuracloud (1.0.0)
+      fog-core
+      fog-json
+    fog-serverlove (0.1.1)
+      fog-core
+      fog-json
+    fog-softlayer (0.4.1)
+      fog-core
+      fog-json
+    fog-storm_on_demand (0.1.0)
+      fog-core
+      fog-json
+    fog-terremark (0.0.4)
+      fog-core
+      fog-xml
+    fog-vmfusion (0.0.1)
+      fission
+      fog-core
+    fog-voxel (0.0.2)
+      fog-core
+      fog-xml
+    fog-xml (0.1.1)
+      fog-core
+      nokogiri (~> 1.5, >= 1.5.11)
     font-awesome-rails (4.3.0.0)
       railties (>= 3.2, < 5.0)
     font-kit-rails (1.1.0)
       rails
     foreman (0.78.0)
       thor (~> 0.19.1)
+    formatador (0.2.5)
     globalid (0.3.5)
       activesupport (>= 4.1.0)
     haml (4.0.6)
@@ -125,6 +210,8 @@ GEM
     http_accept_language (2.0.5)
     http_parser.rb (0.6.0)
     i18n (0.7.0)
+    inflecto (0.0.2)
+    ipaddress (0.8.0)
     jbuilder (2.2.13)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0, < 5)
       multi_json (~> 1.2)
@@ -158,6 +245,9 @@ GEM
     mysql2 (0.3.18)
     naught (1.0.0)
     nested_form (0.3.2)
+    net-scp (1.2.1)
+      net-ssh (>= 2.6.5)
+    net-ssh (2.9.2)
     nokogiri (1.6.6.2)
       mini_portile (~> 0.6.0)
     nokogumbo (1.2.0)
@@ -377,6 +467,8 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   devise-async
   factory_girl_rails
   faker
+  fog
+  fog-aws
   font-awesome-rails (~> 4.3.0.0)
   font-kit-rails
   foreman
diff --git a/config/initializers/25_paperclip.rb b/config/initializers/25_paperclip.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..19c754db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/25_paperclip.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Paperclip::Attachment.default_options[:storage] = :fog
+Paperclip::Attachment.default_options[:fog_credentials] = {:provider => "Local", :local_root => "#{Rails.root}/public"}
+Paperclip::Attachment.default_options[:fog_directory] = "/system"
+Paperclip::Attachment.default_options[:fog_host] = "/system"
+unless APP_CONFIG["fog"].nil?
+  Paperclip::Attachment.default_options[:fog_credentials] = APP_CONFIG["fog"]["credentials"] unless APP_CONFIG["fog"]["credentials"].nil?
+  Paperclip::Attachment.default_options[:fog_directory] = APP_CONFIG["fog"]["directory"] unless APP_CONFIG["fog"]["directory"].nil?
+  Paperclip::Attachment.default_options[:fog_host] = APP_CONFIG["fog"]["host"] unless APP_CONFIG["fog"]["host"].nil?
+end
diff --git a/config/justask.yml.example b/config/justask.yml.example
index 2fa3321b..fde5f56f 100644
--- a/config/justask.yml.example
+++ b/config/justask.yml.example
@@ -42,3 +42,14 @@ admins:
     about_text: Filippus
     subtext: Moderator Management & Support
 
+# delete if using local storage
+fog:
+  # fog credentials
+  credentials:
+    provider: 'AWS'
+    aws_access_key_id: 'ACCESS KEY'
+    aws_secret_access_key: 'SECRET KEY'
+  # bucket name
+  directory: 'retrospring-user-content'
+  # URL host
+  host: "retrospring-user-content.s3.amazonaws.com"