diff --git a/basedosdados_api/api/v1/views.py b/basedosdados_api/api/v1/views.py
index 1c7b4360..79fcdeb7 100644
--- a/basedosdados_api/api/v1/views.py
+++ b/basedosdados_api/api/v1/views.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import json
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.core.files.storage import get_storage_class
+from django.core.files.storage import default_storage as storage
 from django.http import HttpResponseBadRequest, JsonResponse, QueryDict
 from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
 from haystack.forms import ModelSearchForm
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         # As counts are paginated, we need to get the total number of results
         agg_page_size = 1000
 
-        storage = get_storage_class()
-
         if not q:
             # If query is empty, query all datasets
             query = {"match_all": {}}
@@ -296,7 +294,7 @@ def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
                 cleaned_results["organization"] = []
                 for _, org in enumerate(organization):
                     if "picture" in org:
-                        picture = storage().url(org["picture"])
+                        picture = storage.url(org["picture"])
                     else:
                         picture = ""
                     d = {
diff --git a/basedosdados_api/settings/base.py b/basedosdados_api/settings/base.py
index a7c99eb6..622ffce7 100644
--- a/basedosdados_api/settings/base.py
+++ b/basedosdados_api/settings/base.py
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@
 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/
 """
 
-import os
 from datetime import timedelta
-from os import getenv
+from os import getenv, path
 from pathlib import Path
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
-        "DIRS": [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates")],
+        "DIRS": [path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates")],
         "APP_DIRS": True,
         "OPTIONS": {
             "context_processors": [
@@ -452,11 +451,3 @@
 CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = False
 
 DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_NUMBER_FIELDS = 20000
-
-# Google Application Credentials
-GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS = getenv("GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS", "")
-
-# Google Cloud Storage
-GCS_EXPIRATION = timedelta(seconds=604800)
-GCS_BUCKET_NAME = getenv("GCP_BUCKET_NAME")
-DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = "storages.backends.gcloud.GoogleCloudStorage"
diff --git a/basedosdados_api/settings/dev.py b/basedosdados_api/settings/dev.py
index 1141272f..b1259fe0 100644
--- a/basedosdados_api/settings/dev.py
+++ b/basedosdados_api/settings/dev.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+from pathlib import Path
+
 from django.utils.log import DEFAULT_LOGGING
 
 from basedosdados_api.settings.base import *  # noqa
diff --git a/basedosdados_api/settings/prod.py b/basedosdados_api/settings/prod.py
index c0f6eae9..8bef19f8 100644
--- a/basedosdados_api/settings/prod.py
+++ b/basedosdados_api/settings/prod.py
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+from datetime import timedelta
+from json import loads
+
+from google.oauth2 import service_account
+
 from basedosdados_api.settings.base import *  # noqa
 from utils import getadmins, getenv
 
@@ -29,3 +34,13 @@
 EMAIL_USE_TLS = bool(getenv("EMAIL_PORT", "True"))
 SERVER_EMAIL = getenv("EMAIL_HOST_USER")
 DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = getenv("EMAIL_HOST_USER")
+
+# Google Application Credentials
+GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS = getenv("GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS", "")
+
+# Google Cloud Storage
+GS_SERVICE_ACCOUNT = getenv("GCP_SA")
+GS_CREDENTIALS = service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_info(loads(GS_SERVICE_ACCOUNT))
+GS_BUCKET_NAME = getenv("GCP_BUCKET_NAME")
+GS_EXPIRATION = timedelta(seconds=604800)
+DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = "storages.backends.gcloud.GoogleCloudStorage"