diff --git a/packages/syncing-server/.env.sample b/packages/syncing-server/.env.sample
index 66daf72f1..aa1573c20 100644
--- a/packages/syncing-server/.env.sample
+++ b/packages/syncing-server/.env.sample
@@ -42,3 +42,6 @@ NEW_RELIC_NO_CONFIG_FILE=true
 NEW_RELIC_DISTRIBUTED_TRACING_ENABLED=false
 NEW_RELIC_LOG_ENABLED=false
 NEW_RELIC_LOG_LEVEL=info
+
+# (Optional) Revision Dumps
+FILE_UPLOAD_PATH=
diff --git a/packages/syncing-server/src/Bootstrap/Container.ts b/packages/syncing-server/src/Bootstrap/Container.ts
index aa1cb73af..cf06a6cf2 100644
--- a/packages/syncing-server/src/Bootstrap/Container.ts
+++ b/packages/syncing-server/src/Bootstrap/Container.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ import { MapperInterface } from '@standardnotes/domain-core'
 import { RevisionMetadata } from '../Domain/Revision/RevisionMetadata'
 import { SimpleRevisionProjection } from '../Projection/SimpleRevisionProjection'
 import { ItemRevisionCreationRequestedEventHandler } from '../Domain/Handler/ItemRevisionCreationRequestedEventHandler'
+import { FSItemBackupService } from '../Infra/FS/FSItemBackupService'
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
 const newrelicFormatter = require('@newrelic/winston-enricher')
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ const newrelicFormatter = require('@newrelic/winston-enricher')
 export class ContainerConfigLoader {
   private readonly DEFAULT_CONTENT_SIZE_TRANSFER_LIMIT = 10_000_000
   private readonly DEFAULT_MAX_ITEMS_LIMIT = 300
+  private readonly DEFAULT_FILE_UPLOAD_PATH = `${__dirname}/../../uploads`
 
   async load(): Promise<Container> {
     const env: Env = new Env()
@@ -203,6 +205,11 @@ export class ContainerConfigLoader {
       .toConstantValue(
         env.get('MAX_ITEMS_LIMIT', true) ? +env.get('MAX_ITEMS_LIMIT', true) : this.DEFAULT_MAX_ITEMS_LIMIT,
       )
+    container
+      .bind(TYPES.FILE_UPLOAD_PATH)
+      .toConstantValue(
+        env.get('FILE_UPLOAD_PATH', true) ? env.get('FILE_UPLOAD_PATH', true) : this.DEFAULT_FILE_UPLOAD_PATH,
+      )
 
     // use cases
     container.bind<SyncItems>(TYPES.SyncItems).to(SyncItems)
@@ -252,7 +259,11 @@ export class ContainerConfigLoader {
       .to(SyncResponseFactoryResolver)
     container.bind<AuthHttpServiceInterface>(TYPES.AuthHttpService).to(AuthHttpService)
     container.bind<ExtensionsHttpServiceInterface>(TYPES.ExtensionsHttpService).to(ExtensionsHttpService)
-    container.bind<ItemBackupServiceInterface>(TYPES.ItemBackupService).to(S3ItemBackupService)
+    if (env.get('S3_AWS_REGION', true)) {
+      container.bind<ItemBackupServiceInterface>(TYPES.ItemBackupService).to(S3ItemBackupService)
+    } else {
+      container.bind<ItemBackupServiceInterface>(TYPES.ItemBackupService).to(FSItemBackupService)
+    }
     container.bind<RevisionServiceInterface>(TYPES.RevisionService).to(RevisionService)
 
     if (env.get('SNS_TOPIC_ARN', true)) {
diff --git a/packages/syncing-server/src/Bootstrap/Types.ts b/packages/syncing-server/src/Bootstrap/Types.ts
index d961e76db..30b187a2a 100644
--- a/packages/syncing-server/src/Bootstrap/Types.ts
+++ b/packages/syncing-server/src/Bootstrap/Types.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const TYPES = {
   VERSION: Symbol.for('VERSION'),
   CONTENT_SIZE_TRANSFER_LIMIT: Symbol.for('CONTENT_SIZE_TRANSFER_LIMIT'),
   MAX_ITEMS_LIMIT: Symbol.for('MAX_ITEMS_LIMIT'),
+  FILE_UPLOAD_PATH: Symbol.for('FILE_UPLOAD_PATH'),
   // use cases
   SyncItems: Symbol.for('SyncItems'),
   CheckIntegrity: Symbol.for('CheckIntegrity'),
diff --git a/packages/syncing-server/src/Infra/FS/FSItemBackupService.ts b/packages/syncing-server/src/Infra/FS/FSItemBackupService.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d695ff8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/syncing-server/src/Infra/FS/FSItemBackupService.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { KeyParamsData } from '@standardnotes/responses'
+import { promises } from 'fs'
+import * as uuid from 'uuid'
+import { inject, injectable } from 'inversify'
+
+import TYPES from '../../Bootstrap/Types'
+import { Item } from '../../Domain/Item/Item'
+import { ItemBackupServiceInterface } from '../../Domain/Item/ItemBackupServiceInterface'
+import { ItemProjection } from '../../Projection/ItemProjection'
+import { ProjectorInterface } from '../../Projection/ProjectorInterface'
+
+@injectable()
+export class FSItemBackupService implements ItemBackupServiceInterface {
+  constructor(
+    @inject(TYPES.FILE_UPLOAD_PATH) private fileUploadPath: string,
+    @inject(TYPES.ItemProjector) private itemProjector: ProjectorInterface<Item, ItemProjection>,
+  ) {}
+
+  async backup(_items: Item[], _authParams: KeyParamsData): Promise<string> {
+    throw new Error('Method not implemented.')
+  }
+
+  async dump(item: Item): Promise<string> {
+    const contents = JSON.stringify({
+      item: await this.itemProjector.projectFull(item),
+    })
+
+    const path = `${this.fileUploadPath}/dumps/${uuid.v4()}`
+
+    await promises.writeFile(path, contents)
+
+    return path
+  }
+}