diff --git a/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/file/transformer/service/wordfiletransformer/WordFileTransformerService.java b/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/file/transformer/service/wordfiletransformer/WordFileTransformerService.java
index 897104e..8f0b082 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/file/transformer/service/wordfiletransformer/WordFileTransformerService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/file/transformer/service/wordfiletransformer/WordFileTransformerService.java
@@ -71,9 +71,14 @@ public class WordFileTransformerService implements FileTransformerClient {
 	        }
 	        default -> throw new InvalidApplicationException("Invalid type " + fileFormat);
         };
-        String fileRef = this.storageService.storeFile(bytes);
-	    FileEnvelopeModel wordFile = new FileEnvelopeModel();
-        wordFile.setFileRef(fileRef);
+        
+        FileEnvelopeModel wordFile = new FileEnvelopeModel();
+        if (this.getConfiguration().isUseSharedStorage()) {
+            String fileRef = this.storageService.storeFile(bytes);
+            wordFile.setFileRef(fileRef);
+        } else {
+            wordFile.setFile(bytes);
+        }
         wordFile.setFilename(filename);
         return wordFile;
     }
@@ -90,10 +95,14 @@ public class WordFileTransformerService implements FileTransformerClient {
             }
             default -> throw new InvalidApplicationException("Invalid type " + fileFormat);
         };
-        String fileRef = this.storageService.storeFile(bytes);
-        
+
         FileEnvelopeModel wordFile = new FileEnvelopeModel();
-        wordFile.setFileRef(fileRef);
+        if (this.getConfiguration().isUseSharedStorage()) {
+            String fileRef = this.storageService.storeFile(bytes);
+            wordFile.setFileRef(fileRef);
+        } else {
+            wordFile.setFile(bytes);
+        }
         wordFile.setFilename(filename);
         return wordFile;
     }
@@ -112,10 +121,10 @@ public class WordFileTransformerService implements FileTransformerClient {
     @Override
     public FileTransformerConfiguration getConfiguration() {
         FileTransformerConfiguration configuration = new FileTransformerConfiguration();
-        configuration.setFileTransformerId("docx/pdf");
+        configuration.setFileTransformerId(this.wordFileTransformerServiceProperties.getTransformerId());
         configuration.setExportVariants(FILE_FORMATS);
         configuration.setImportVariants(null);
-        configuration.setUseSharedStorage(true);
+        configuration.setUseSharedStorage(this.wordFileTransformerServiceProperties.isUseSharedStorage());
         return configuration;
     }
 
@@ -323,12 +332,10 @@ public class WordFileTransformerService implements FileTransformerClient {
         runInput.setText("Input: ");
         runInput.setColor("000000");
         List<ReferenceModel> referenceModels = this.getReferenceModelOfTypeCode(dmpEntity, referenceField.getReferenceType().getCode(), referenceField.getId());
-        if (referenceModels != null) {
-            for (ReferenceModel reference : referenceModels) {
-                XWPFRun runResearcher = systemFieldInput.createRun();
-                runResearcher.setText("• " + reference.getLabel());
-                runResearcher.setColor("116a78");
-            }
+        for (ReferenceModel reference : referenceModels) {
+            XWPFRun runResearcher = systemFieldInput.createRun();
+            runResearcher.setText("• " + reference.getLabel());
+            runResearcher.setColor("116a78");
         }
 
         document.createParagraph();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/file/transformer/service/wordfiletransformer/WordFileTransformerServiceProperties.java b/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/file/transformer/service/wordfiletransformer/WordFileTransformerServiceProperties.java
index e516554..b36ee5e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/file/transformer/service/wordfiletransformer/WordFileTransformerServiceProperties.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/file/transformer/service/wordfiletransformer/WordFileTransformerServiceProperties.java
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 
 @ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "word-file-transformer")
 public class WordFileTransformerServiceProperties {
+	private String transformerId;
+	private boolean useSharedStorage;
 	private String wordDmpTemplate;
 	private String pidTemplate;
 	private String wordDescriptionTemplate;
@@ -16,6 +18,14 @@ public class WordFileTransformerServiceProperties {
 	private String datasetReferenceCode;
 	private String publicationReferenceCode;
 
+	public String getTransformerId() {
+		return transformerId;
+	}
+
+	public void setTransformerId(String transformerId) {
+		this.transformerId = transformerId;
+	}
+
 	public String getOrganizationReferenceCode() {
 		return organizationReferenceCode;
 	}
@@ -103,4 +113,12 @@ public class WordFileTransformerServiceProperties {
 	public void setWordDescriptionTemplate(String wordDescriptionTemplate) {
 		this.wordDescriptionTemplate = wordDescriptionTemplate;
 	}
+
+	public boolean isUseSharedStorage() {
+		return useSharedStorage;
+	}
+
+	public void setUseSharedStorage(boolean useSharedStorage) {
+		this.useSharedStorage = useSharedStorage;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/web/src/main/resources/config/word-file-transormer.yml b/web/src/main/resources/config/word-file-transformer.yml
similarity index 90%
rename from web/src/main/resources/config/word-file-transormer.yml
rename to web/src/main/resources/config/word-file-transformer.yml
index 2d72e3e..06e9026 100644
--- a/web/src/main/resources/config/word-file-transormer.yml
+++ b/web/src/main/resources/config/word-file-transformer.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 word-file-transformer:
+  transformerId: "docx/pdf"
   word-dmp-template: classpath:documents/h2020.docx
   pid-template: classpath:pidLinks.json
   word-description-template: classpath:documents/h2020_dataset.docx
+  useSharedStorage: true
   organizationReferenceCode: "organisations"
   grantReferenceCode: "grants"
   funderReferenceCode: "funders"