diff --git a/app/services/aws_service.rb b/app/services/aws_service.rb
index 3fa5997..4fc0f93 100644
--- a/app/services/aws_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/aws_service.rb
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-require 'aws-sdk-s3'
-
 class AwsService
   attr_reader :s3_client, :bucket
 
   class ConfigurationError < StandardError; end
 
   def initialize
-    validate_credentials!
+    Rails.logger.info "Environment: #{Rails.env}"
+
+    # Try different methods of getting credentials
+    creds = get_credentials
+    Rails.logger.info "Credentials source: #{creds[:source]}"
 
     @s3_client = Aws::S3::Client.new(
-      region: Rails.application.credentials.dig(:aws, :region),
-      access_key_id: Rails.application.credentials.dig(:aws, :access_key_id),
-      secret_access_key: Rails.application.credentials.dig(:aws, :secret_access_key)
+      region: creds[:region],
+      access_key_id: creds[:access_key_id],
+      secret_access_key: creds[:secret_access_key]
     )
-    @bucket = Rails.application.credentials.dig(:aws, :bucket_name)
+    @bucket = creds[:bucket_name]
   rescue KeyError => e
     raise ConfigurationError, "Missing AWS credential: #{e.message}"
   end
@@ -40,30 +40,59 @@ class AwsService
 
   private
 
-  def credentials
-    @credentials ||= begin
-                       creds = Rails.application.credentials[:aws]
-                       raise ConfigurationError, 'AWS credentials not found' unless creds
-
-                       {
-                         region: creds[:region],
-                         access_key_id: creds[:access_key_id],
-                         secret_access_key: creds[:secret_access_key],
-                         bucket_name: creds[:bucket_name]
-                       }
-                     end
-  end
-
-  def validate_credentials!
-    missing = []
-    creds = Rails.application.credentials[:aws]
-
-    %i[region access_key_id secret_access_key bucket_name].each do |key|
-      missing << key unless creds&.dig(key)
+  def get_credentials
+    # Try Rails credentials first
+    rails_creds = Rails.application.credentials.dig(:aws)
+    if rails_creds&.dig(:access_key_id)
+      Rails.logger.info "Using Rails credentials"
+      return rails_creds.merge(source: 'rails_credentials')
     end
 
-    return unless missing.any?
+    # Try string keys
+    rails_creds = Rails.application.credentials.dig('aws')
+    if rails_creds&.dig('access_key_id')
+      Rails.logger.info "Using Rails credentials (string keys)"
+      return {
+        region: rails_creds['region'],
+        access_key_id: rails_creds['access_key_id'],
+        secret_access_key: rails_creds['secret_access_key'],
+        bucket_name: rails_creds['bucket_name'],
+        source: 'rails_credentials_string'
+      }
+    end
 
-    raise ConfigurationError, "Missing AWS credentials: #{missing.join(', ')}"
+    # Try environment variables
+    if ENV['AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID']
+      Rails.logger.info "Using environment variables"
+      return {
+        region: ENV['AWS_REGION'],
+        access_key_id: ENV['AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'],
+        secret_access_key: ENV['AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'],
+        bucket_name: ENV['AWS_BUCKET_NAME'],
+        source: 'environment'
+      }
+    end
+
+    # Try alternate environment variable names
+    if ENV['RAILS_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID']
+      Rails.logger.info "Using Rails-prefixed environment variables"
+      return {
+        region: ENV['RAILS_AWS_REGION'],
+        access_key_id: ENV['RAILS_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'],
+        secret_access_key: ENV['RAILS_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'],
+        bucket_name: ENV['RAILS_AWS_BUCKET_NAME'],
+        source: 'rails_environment'
+      }
+    end
+
+    validate_credentials = ->(creds, source) {
+      missing = []
+      %i[region access_key_id secret_access_key bucket_name].each do |key|
+        missing << key unless creds[key].present?
+      end
+      raise ConfigurationError, "Missing AWS credentials from #{source}: #{missing.join(', ')}" if missing.any?
+    }
+
+    raise ConfigurationError, "No AWS credentials found in any location"
   end
 end