diff --git a/workers/storagereplication.py b/workers/storagereplication.py
index 9ddb192b7..d888a8926 100644
--- a/workers/storagereplication.py
+++ b/workers/storagereplication.py
@@ -75,8 +75,21 @@ class StorageReplicationWorker(QueueWorker):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-  if not features.STORAGE_REPLICATION:
-    logger.debug('Full storage replication disabled; skipping')
+  logging.config.fileConfig('conf/logging.conf', disable_existing_loggers=False)
+
+  has_local_storage = False
+
+  if features.STORAGE_REPLICATION:
+    for storage_type, _ in app.config.get('DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_CONFIG', {}).values():
+      if storage_type == 'LocalStorage':
+        has_local_storage = True
+        break
+
+  if not features.STORAGE_REPLICATION or has_local_storage:
+    if has_local_storage:
+      logger.error("Storage replication can't be used with local storage")
+    else:
+      logger.debug('Full storage replication disabled; skipping')
     while True:
       time.sleep(10000)