diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bb128ffbd..80e6247d9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ package-lock.json
 
 #sitemap
 /public/sitemap.xml.gz
+/public/sitemaps/
 
 # Development Docker storage location
 _docker-storage/
diff --git a/app/workers/sitemap_refresh_worker.rb b/app/workers/sitemap_refresh_worker.rb
index fc40fb2d7..3a182bc97 100644
--- a/app/workers/sitemap_refresh_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/sitemap_refresh_worker.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
+Rails.application.load_tasks
+
 class SitemapRefreshWorker
   include Sidekiq::Worker
 
   sidekiq_options queue: :low_priority, retry: 10
 
   def perform
-    Rails.application.load_tasks
-
     sitemap_task = ForemInstance.local? ? "sitemap:refresh:no_ping" : "sitemap:refresh"
 
     Rake::Task[sitemap_task].invoke
diff --git a/config/sitemap.rb b/config/sitemap.rb
index 79cb6390b..01dd389af 100644
--- a/config/sitemap.rb
+++ b/config/sitemap.rb
@@ -4,29 +4,34 @@ require "sitemap_generator/s3_adapter"
 
 if Rails.env.production?
   region = ApplicationConfig["AWS_UPLOAD_REGION"].presence || ApplicationConfig["AWS_DEFAULT_REGION"]
-  config_hash = if ENV["FOREM_CONTEXT"] == "forem_cloud" # @forem/systems jdoss's special sauce.
-                  # Excluding the aws_access_key_id and aws_secret_access_key causes use_iam_profile
-                  # to be set to true by the S3Adapter
-                  # https://github.com/kjvarga/sitemap_generator/blob/0b847f1e7a544ea8ef87bb643a732e30a07a14c9/lib/sitemap_generator/adapters/s3_adapter.rb#L39
-                  {
-                    fog_provider: "AWS",
-                    fog_directory: ApplicationConfig["AWS_BUCKET_NAME"],
-                    fog_region: "us-east-2",
-                    fog_public: false
-                  }
-                else
-                  {
-                    fog_provider: "AWS",
-                    aws_access_key_id: ApplicationConfig["AWS_ID"],
-                    aws_secret_access_key: ApplicationConfig["AWS_SECRET"],
-                    fog_directory: ApplicationConfig["AWS_BUCKET_NAME"],
-                    fog_region: region
-                  }
-                end
+  s3_config_hash = if ENV["FOREM_CONTEXT"] == "forem_cloud" # @forem/systems jdoss's special sauce.
+                     # Excluding the aws_access_key_id and aws_secret_access_key causes use_iam_profile
+                     # to be set to true by the S3Adapter
+                     # https://github.com/kjvarga/sitemap_generator/blob/0b847f1e7a544ea8ef87bb643a732e30a07a14c9/lib/sitemap_generator/adapters/s3_adapter.rb#L39
+                     {
+                       fog_provider: "AWS",
+                       fog_directory: ApplicationConfig["AWS_BUCKET_NAME"],
+                       fog_region: "us-east-2",
+                       fog_public: false
+                     }
+                   elsif %w[AWS_ID AWS_SECRET AWS_BUCKET_NAME].all? { |key| ApplicationConfig[key] }
+                     {
+                       fog_provider: "AWS",
+                       aws_access_key_id: ApplicationConfig["AWS_ID"],
+                       aws_secret_access_key: ApplicationConfig["AWS_SECRET"],
+                       fog_directory: ApplicationConfig["AWS_BUCKET_NAME"],
+                       fog_region: region
+                     }
+                   end
 
-  SitemapGenerator::Sitemap.adapter = SitemapGenerator::S3Adapter.new(config_hash)
-  SitemapGenerator::Sitemap.sitemaps_host = "https://#{ApplicationConfig['AWS_BUCKET_NAME']}.s3.amazonaws.com/"
-  SitemapGenerator::Sitemap.public_path = "tmp/"
+  if s3_config_hash
+    SitemapGenerator::Sitemap.adapter = SitemapGenerator::S3Adapter.new(config_hash)
+    SitemapGenerator::Sitemap.sitemaps_host = "https://#{ApplicationConfig['AWS_BUCKET_NAME']}.s3.amazonaws.com/"
+    SitemapGenerator::Sitemap.public_path = "tmp/"
+  else
+    SitemapGenerator::Sitemap.adapter = SitemapGenerator::FileAdapter.new
+    SitemapGenerator::Sitemap.public_path = "public/"
+  end
   SitemapGenerator::Sitemap.sitemaps_path = "sitemaps/"
 end