diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 69b9722..76a209f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "siteforge",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "2.0.38",
+  "version": "2.0.39",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/server/routes/admin-assets.js b/server/routes/admin-assets.js
index 8319dd9..222e51a 100644
--- a/server/routes/admin-assets.js
+++ b/server/routes/admin-assets.js
@@ -37,10 +37,12 @@ export function register(app) {
       const filename = typeof req.body?.filename === 'string' ? req.body.filename : ''
       const dataUrl = typeof req.body?.dataUrl === 'string' ? req.body.dataUrl : ''
       const rawFolder = typeof req.body?.folder === 'string' ? req.body.folder : 'uploads'
+      const rawStorage = typeof req.body?.storage === 'string' ? req.body.storage : 'r2'
       const ext = inferImageExtensionFromDataUrl(dataUrl)
 
       const ALLOWED_FOLDERS = ['uploads', 'images', 'guides', 'finished']
       const folder = ALLOWED_FOLDERS.includes(rawFolder) ? rawFolder : 'uploads'
+      const useLocal = rawStorage === 'local' || !isR2Configured()
 
       if (!ext) {
         res.status(400).json({ message: 'Upload must be a PNG, JPG, WEBP, GIF, PDF, DOC, or DOCX data URL.' })
@@ -58,20 +60,20 @@ export function register(app) {
       const finalName = `${baseName}-${Date.now()}${ext}`
 
       let url
-      if (isR2Configured()) {
-        const contentType = dataUrl.match(/^data:([^;]+);base64,/)?.[1] ?? 'application/octet-stream'
-        url = await uploadToR2(buffer, `${folder}/${finalName}`, contentType)
-      } else {
+      if (useLocal) {
         await mkdir(UPLOADS_DIR, { recursive: true })
         await writeFile(path.join(UPLOADS_DIR, finalName), buffer)
         url = `/uploads/${finalName}`
+      } else {
+        const contentType = dataUrl.match(/^data:([^;]+);base64,/)?.[1] ?? 'application/octet-stream'
+        url = await uploadToR2(buffer, `${folder}/${finalName}`, contentType)
       }
 
       const metadata = await readUploadsMetadata()
-      metadata[finalName] = { tags: [], url, folder }
+      metadata[finalName] = { tags: [], url, folder: useLocal ? 'local' : folder }
       await writeUploadsMetadata(metadata)
 
-      res.json({ ok: true, asset: { filename: finalName, url, folder } })
+      res.json({ ok: true, asset: { filename: finalName, url, folder: useLocal ? 'local' : folder, storage: useLocal ? 'local' : 'r2' } })
     } catch (err) {
       console.error('[admin-assets] upload failed:', err)
       res.status(500).json({ message: 'Upload failed.' })
diff --git a/src/AdminPage.tsx b/src/AdminPage.tsx
index 1465ee7..681567e 100644
--- a/src/AdminPage.tsx
+++ b/src/AdminPage.tsx
@@ -1553,6 +1553,7 @@ export default function AdminPage({ content, onSave, onLogout }: Props) {
   const [assetTagEdits, setAssetTagEdits] = useState<Record<string, string>>({})
   const [opsStatus, setOpsStatus] = useState<OpsStatus | null>(null)
   const [assetUploadPending, setAssetUploadPending] = useState(false)
+  const [assetUploadDest, setAssetUploadDest] = useState<string>('r2:uploads')
 
   const [endSeriesOpen, setEndSeriesOpen] = useState(false)
   const [endSeriesNewTitle, setEndSeriesNewTitle] = useState('')
@@ -2196,10 +2197,13 @@ async function handleAssetUpload(event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) {
         reader.readAsDataURL(file)
       })
 
+      const [storage, folder] = assetUploadDest === 'local'
+        ? ['local', 'uploads']
+        : ['r2', assetUploadDest.replace('r2:', '')]
       const res = await fetch('/api/admin-assets', {
         method: 'POST',
         headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-        body: JSON.stringify({ filename: file.name, dataUrl }),
+        body: JSON.stringify({ filename: file.name, dataUrl, storage, folder }),
       })
       if (!res.ok) {
         const data = await res.json().catch(() => ({}))
@@ -5781,6 +5785,19 @@ async function handleAssetUpload(event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) {
                 <p>Upload, tag, and reuse hosted images from this domain.</p>
               </div>
               <div className="admin-actions admin-actions--maintenance">
+                <select
+                  value={assetUploadDest}
+                  onChange={e => setAssetUploadDest(e.target.value)}
+                  disabled={assetUploadPending}
+                  className="admin-select"
+                  style={{ marginRight: '0.5rem' }}
+                >
+                  <option value="r2:uploads">R2 – uploads/</option>
+                  <option value="r2:images">R2 – images/</option>
+                  <option value="r2:guides">R2 – guides/</option>
+                  <option value="r2:finished">R2 – finished/</option>
+                  <option value="local">Local (server disk)</option>
+                </select>
                 <label className="btn-admin-reset" style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}>
                   {assetUploadPending ? 'Uploading…' : 'Upload Image or PDF'}
                   <input type="file" accept="image/*,.pdf" style={{ display: 'none' }} onChange={handleAssetUpload} disabled={assetUploadPending} />
@@ -5794,6 +5811,7 @@ async function handleAssetUpload(event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) {
                       <tr>
                         <th>Preview</th>
                         <th>Filename</th>
+                        <th>Location</th>
                         <th>Size</th>
                         <th>Updated</th>
                         <th>Tags</th>
@@ -5809,6 +5827,13 @@ async function handleAssetUpload(event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) {
                               : <span>PDF/File</span>}
                           </td>
                           <td>{asset.filename}</td>
+                          <td style={{ whiteSpace: 'nowrap', fontSize: '0.8em', opacity: 0.75 }}>
+                            {(asset as { folder?: string }).folder === 'local'
+                              ? 'Local'
+                              : (asset as { folder?: string }).folder
+                                ? `R2: ${(asset as { folder?: string }).folder}/`
+                                : 'R2'}
+                          </td>
                           <td>{(asset.sizeBytes / 1024).toFixed(1)} KB</td>
                           <td>{formatDate(asset.updatedAt)}</td>
                           <td>