diff --git a/compute_tools/src/bin/compute_ctl.rs b/compute_tools/src/bin/compute_ctl.rs
index 34c7463bb4..e6717007c9 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/bin/compute_ctl.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/bin/compute_ctl.rs
@@ -77,15 +77,20 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         Value::String(x) => x,
         _ => panic!("oops"),
     };
+    let remote_ext_endpoint = match &remote_ext_config["endpoint"] {
+        Value::String(x) => x,
+        _ => panic!("oops"),
+    };
     warn!("you certainly must build changes if you want rust changes to be built");
     std::fs::write("alek/yay", remote_ext_bucket.clone())?;
 
-    let mut rt = Runtime::new().unwrap();
+    let rt = Runtime::new().unwrap();
     rt.block_on(async move {
         compute_tools::extension_server::download_file(
             "test_ext.control",
             remote_ext_bucket.into(),
             remote_ext_region.into(),
+            remote_ext_endpoint.into(),
         )
         .await
         .expect("download should work");
@@ -210,6 +215,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         state_changed: Condvar::new(),
         remote_ext_bucket: remote_ext_bucket.clone(), // TODO ALEK: pass all the args!
         remote_ext_region: remote_ext_region.clone(),
+        remote_ext_endpoint: remote_ext_endpoint.clone(),
     };
     let compute = Arc::new(compute_node);
 
diff --git a/compute_tools/src/compute.rs b/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
index a0b61a986f..b48e07431e 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ pub struct ComputeNode {
     // TODO: alek pass all args here
     pub remote_ext_bucket: String,
     pub remote_ext_region: String,
+    pub remote_ext_endpoint: String,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
diff --git a/compute_tools/src/extension_server.rs b/compute_tools/src/extension_server.rs
index 905126aab6..3ea2e87a93 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/extension_server.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/extension_server.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ pub async fn download_file(
     filename: &str,
     remote_ext_bucket: String,
     remote_ext_region: String,
+    remote_ext_endpoint: String,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     // probably should be using the pgbin argv somehow to compute sharedir...
     let sharedir = get_pg_config("--sharedir");
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ pub async fn download_file(
     println!("requested file {}", filename);
 
     // TODO: download the extensions!
-    let s3_config = create_s3_config(remote_ext_bucket, remote_ext_region);
+    let s3_config = create_s3_config(remote_ext_bucket, remote_ext_region, remote_ext_endpoint);
     download_extension(&s3_config, ExtensionType::Shared).await?;
 
     // This is filler code
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ fn get_pg_config(argument: &str) -> String {
     stdout.trim().to_string()
 }
 
-async fn download_helper(
+async fn _download_helper(
     remote_storage: &GenericRemoteStorage,
     remote_from_path: &RemotePath,
     to_path: &str,
@@ -83,11 +84,11 @@ pass config to compute_ctl
  */
 pub async fn download_extension(
     config: &RemoteStorageConfig,
-    ext_type: ExtensionType,
+    _ext_type: ExtensionType,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let sharedir = get_pg_config("--sharedir");
-    let sharedir = format!("{}/extension", sharedir);
-    let libdir = get_pg_config("--libdir");
+    let _sharedir = format!("{}/extension", sharedir);
+    // let libdir = get_pg_config("--libdir");
     let remote_storage = GenericRemoteStorage::from_config(config)?;
 
     std::fs::write("alek/proof", "proof")?;
@@ -97,11 +98,17 @@ pub async fn download_extension(
             my_bucket.bucket_name, my_bucket.prefix_in_bucket
         );
         std::fs::write("alek/storagedetails", storage_details)?;
+        dbg!(my_bucket.client.clone());
+        for _ in 0..100 {
+            dbg!("++++++++++");
+        }
     }
 
     // // this is just for testing doing a testing thing
     let folder = RemotePath::new(Path::new("public_extensions"))?;
     let from_paths = remote_storage.list_files(Some(&folder)).await?;
+    dbg!(from_paths);
+    dbg!("FROM PATHS!!!!!1");
     std::fs::write("alek/antiproof", "antiproof")?;
     // let some_path = from_paths[0]
     //     .object_name()
@@ -150,12 +157,17 @@ pub async fn download_extension(
 pub fn create_s3_config(
     remote_ext_bucket: String,
     remote_ext_region: String,
+    remote_ext_endpoint: String,
 ) -> RemoteStorageConfig {
+    dbg!("create_s3_config");
+    dbg!(&remote_ext_bucket);
+    dbg!(&remote_ext_region);
+    dbg!(&remote_ext_endpoint);
     let config = S3Config {
         bucket_name: remote_ext_bucket,
         bucket_region: remote_ext_region,
         prefix_in_bucket: None,
-        endpoint: None,
+        endpoint: Some(remote_ext_endpoint),
         concurrency_limit: NonZeroUsize::new(100).expect("100 != 0"),
         max_keys_per_list_response: None,
     };
diff --git a/compute_tools/src/http/api.rs b/compute_tools/src/http/api.rs
index f8aab17d5d..2e0fa2878a 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/http/api.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/http/api.rs
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ async fn routes(req: Request<Body>, compute: &Arc<ComputeNode>) -> Response<Body
                 // TODO alek: pass more remote_ext arguments
                 compute.remote_ext_bucket.clone(),
                 compute.remote_ext_region.clone(),
+                compute.remote_ext_endpoint.clone(),
             )
             .await
             {
diff --git a/control_plane/src/bin/neon_local.rs b/control_plane/src/bin/neon_local.rs
index 6cdd4b0896..8554c31b61 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/bin/neon_local.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/bin/neon_local.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::exit;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use storage_broker::DEFAULT_LISTEN_ADDR as DEFAULT_BROKER_ADDR;
-use tracing::{error, info, warn};
+// use tracing::{error, info, warn};
 use utils::{
     auth::{Claims, Scope},
     id::{NodeId, TenantId, TenantTimelineId, TimelineId},
diff --git a/libs/remote_storage/src/s3_bucket.rs b/libs/remote_storage/src/s3_bucket.rs
index 557dfd9ca5..c7f40487ec 100644
--- a/libs/remote_storage/src/s3_bucket.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/src/s3_bucket.rs
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pub(super) mod metrics {
 
 /// AWS S3 storage.
 pub struct S3Bucket {
-    client: Client,
+    pub client: Client,
     pub bucket_name: String, // TODO: undo making these public
     pub prefix_in_bucket: Option<String>,
     max_keys_per_list_response: Option<i32>,
diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_download_extensions.py b/test_runner/regress/test_download_extensions.py
index 0163e3abbd..17d8f93714 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_download_extensions.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_download_extensions.py
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ def test_file_download(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder):
     remote_ext_config = json.dumps(
         {
             "bucket": neon_env_builder.remote_storage.bucket_name,
-            "region": "eu-central-1",
+            "region": "us-east-1",
+            "endpoint": neon_env_builder.remote_storage.endpoint,
         }
     )