diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d05605..ed67083 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ MediaCMS is a modern, fully featured open source video and media CMS. It is deve
 
 It is built mostly using the modern stack Django + React and includes a REST API.
 
+A demo is available at https://demo.mediacms.io
+
+
 ## Screenshots
 
 ![MediaCMS](docs/images/index.jpg)
diff --git a/cms/settings.py b/cms/settings.py
index 2c6c115..82fd4f4 100644
--- a/cms/settings.py
+++ b/cms/settings.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ DEFAULT_THEME = "black"  # this is not taken under consideration currently
 # if set to False will not fetch external content
 # this is only for the static files, as fonts/css/js files loaded from CDNs
 # not for user uploaded media!
-LOAD_FROM_CDN = True
+LOAD_FROM_CDN = False
 LOGIN_ALLOWED = True  # whether the login button appears
 REGISTER_ALLOWED = True  # whether the register button appears
 UPLOAD_MEDIA_ALLOWED = True  # whether the upload media button appears