diff --git a/crates/lib/api_clients/cloud_storage/src/bucket_client.rs b/crates/lib/api_clients/cloud_storage/src/bucket_client.rs
index 8a84306f1c..943bf01e3e 100644
--- a/crates/lib/api_clients/cloud_storage/src/bucket_client.rs
+++ b/crates/lib/api_clients/cloud_storage/src/bucket_client.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 use anyhow::bail;
-use log::warn;
+use log::{error, warn};
 use log::{debug, info};
 use s3::bucket::Bucket;
 use s3::creds::Credentials;
+use s3::error::S3Error;
 use s3::region::Region;
+use s3::request::ResponseData;
 use tokio::fs::File;
 use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 
@@ -143,7 +145,13 @@ impl BucketClient {
     let object_name = self.get_rooted_object_name(object_name);
     info!("Rooted filename for bucket: {}", object_name);
 
-    let response = self.bucket.put_object_with_content_type(&object_name, bytes, content_type).await?;
+    let response = self.bucket.put_object_with_content_type(&object_name, bytes, content_type).await;
+
+    if let Err(err) = &response {
+      error!("S3 Upload Error for bucket name {}: {:?}", &self.bucket.name, err);
+    }
+
+    let response = response?;
 
     let body_bytes = response.bytes();
     let code = response.status_code();
diff --git a/crates/lib/bootstrap/src/bootstrap.rs b/crates/lib/bootstrap/src/bootstrap.rs
index 37d0e40e03..a4e71a82d5 100644
--- a/crates/lib/bootstrap/src/bootstrap.rs
+++ b/crates/lib/bootstrap/src/bootstrap.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ pub struct BootstrapArgs<'a, P: AsRef<Path>> {
 
   /// Where to look for env conf files.
   pub config_search_directories: &'a [P],
+
+  /// If true, ignore the root '.env' file.
+  /// TODO(bt,2025-01-23): Make this the default behavior, then remove reading from '.env' entirely,
+  ///  There are too many apps that share this file.
+  pub ignore_legacy_dot_env_file: bool,
 }
 
 /// Information about how the application is deployed.
@@ -45,7 +50,11 @@ pub struct ContainerEnvironment {
 const SERVER_ENVIRONMENT : &str = "SERVER_ENVIRONMENT";
 
 pub fn bootstrap<P: AsRef<Path>>(args: BootstrapArgs<'_, P>) -> AnyhowResult<ContainerEnvironment> {
-  easyenv::init_all_with_default_logging(args.default_logging_override);
+  if args.ignore_legacy_dot_env_file {
+    easyenv::init_env_logger(args.default_logging_override);
+  } else {
+    easyenv::init_all_with_default_logging(args.default_logging_override);
+  }
 
   info!("Bootstrapping application {}", &args.app_name);
 
diff --git a/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/studio_gen2/download_file_for_studio.rs b/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/studio_gen2/download_file_for_studio.rs
index adb92544cd..60e4cba32f 100644
--- a/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/studio_gen2/download_file_for_studio.rs
+++ b/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/studio_gen2/download_file_for_studio.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ pub async fn download_file_for_studio(
 
   let suffix = get_suffix(&input_media_file);
 
-  let filesystem_path = args.input_paths.input_dir
+  let filesystem_path = args.input_paths.input_dir.path()
       .join(format!("{}{}", args.filename_without_extension, suffix));
 
   info!("Downloading input file to {:?}", &filesystem_path);
diff --git a/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/studio_gen2/stable_animator_command.rs b/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/studio_gen2/stable_animator_command.rs
index 3b60593d97..49f9055d01 100644
--- a/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/studio_gen2/stable_animator_command.rs
+++ b/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/studio_gen2/stable_animator_command.rs
@@ -24,12 +24,11 @@ python inference_advanced.py \
  --gradient_checkpointing
  */
 
-use std::io::BufReader;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::Stdio;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use log::{debug, info, warn};
-use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
+use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufReader};
 use tokio::process::Command;
 use errors::AnyhowResult;
 use filesys::path_to_string::path_to_string;
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ use crate::util::get_filtered_env_vars::get_filtered_env_vars_hashmap;
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct StableAnimatorCommand {
   /// Where the code lives
-  comfy_root_code_directory: PathBuf,
+  root_code_directory: PathBuf,
 
   /// A single executable script or a much larger bash command.
   executable_or_command: ExecutableOrCommand,
@@ -84,6 +83,16 @@ pub struct InferenceArgs<'s> {
 }
 
 impl StableAnimatorCommand {
+  pub fn new_from_env() -> AnyhowResult<Self> {
+    Ok(Self {
+      root_code_directory: PathBuf::from("/home/bt/dev/storyteller/storyteller-ml/animation/StableAnimator"),
+      executable_or_command: ExecutableOrCommand::Executable(PathBuf::from("inference_advanced.py")),
+      maybe_virtual_env_activation_command: Some(String::from("source venv/bin/activate")),
+      maybe_docker_options: None,
+      maybe_execution_timeout: None,
+    })
+  }
+
   pub async fn execute_inference<'a, 'b>(
     &'a self,
     args: InferenceArgs<'b>,
@@ -91,7 +100,7 @@ impl StableAnimatorCommand {
     info!("InferenceArgs: {:?}", &args);
 
     let mut command = String::new();
-    command.push_str(&format!("cd {}", path_to_string(&self.comfy_root_code_directory)));
+    command.push_str(&format!("cd {}", path_to_string(&self.root_code_directory)));
 
     if let Some(venv_command) = self.maybe_virtual_env_activation_command.as_deref() {
       command.push_str(" && ");
diff --git a/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/studio_gen2/studio_gen2_dependencies.rs b/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/studio_gen2/studio_gen2_dependencies.rs
index 2d597f0de5..649c43f85e 100644
--- a/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/studio_gen2/studio_gen2_dependencies.rs
+++ b/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/studio_gen2/studio_gen2_dependencies.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ impl StudioGen2Dependencies {
       model_path: PathBuf::from("/tmp/model.pt"),
       input_directory: PathBuf::from("/tmp/input"),
       output_directory: PathBuf::from("/tmp/output"),
-      command: StableAnimatorCommand::new(),
+      command: StableAnimatorCommand::new_from_env()?,
 
       // TODO
       pretrained_model_name_or_path: Default::default(),
diff --git a/crates/service/web/storyteller_web/config/storyteller-web.development.env b/crates/service/web/storyteller_web/config/storyteller-web.development.env
index 5e31aa134a..f099858201 100644
--- a/crates/service/web/storyteller_web/config/storyteller-web.development.env
+++ b/crates/service/web/storyteller_web/config/storyteller-web.development.env
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # storyteller-web default .env configurations (these can be overridden with k8s)
 
+# Development
+SERVER_ENVIRONMENT='development'
+
 # We can't serve HTTPS locally without self-signed certificate nonsense.
 COOKIE_SECURE=false
 COOKIE_DOMAIN=.jungle.horse
@@ -34,3 +37,7 @@ REDIS_0_URL="redis://localhost/0"
 #REDIS_1_URL="redis://localhost/1"
 
 GC_ENABLED_PUBLIC_BUCKET_NAME="REPLACE_ME"
+
+# Legacy configs
+AUDIO_UPLOADS_BUCKET_ROOT=/user_uploaded_w2l_audio
+
diff --git a/crates/service/web/storyteller_web/src/main.rs b/crates/service/web/storyteller_web/src/main.rs
index a82fdb6a3d..1c2bf9c7b3 100644
--- a/crates/service/web/storyteller_web/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/service/web/storyteller_web/src/main.rs
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ async fn main() -> AnyhowResult<()> {
     app_name: "storyteller-web",
     default_logging_override: Some(DEFAULT_RUST_LOG),
     config_search_directories: &[".", "./config", "crates/service/web/storyteller_web/config"],
+    ignore_legacy_dot_env_file: true,
   })?;
 
   let common_env = CommonEnv::read_from_env()?;