diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1e91853..f67c2e9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ venv
 data
 logs
 extracts
+exports
 plugins
 
 # dbt
diff --git a/airflow/dags/export_marts/dag.py b/airflow/dags/export_marts/dag.py
index 475fbc2..152fd5c 100644
--- a/airflow/dags/export_marts/dag.py
+++ b/airflow/dags/export_marts/dag.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import sqlalchemy
 import pandas as pd
-import boto3
 
-from io import StringIO
 from os import environ
 from airflow_operator import create_dag
 from airflow.decorators import dag,task
@@ -35,21 +33,18 @@ def export_marts():
                     df = pd.read_sql(f"SELECT * FROM sagerx_dev.{mart};", con=connection)
                     mart_dfs[mart] = df
 
-        access_key = environ.get("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID")
-        secret_key = environ.get("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY")
+        # get S3 destination from .env file, if any
         dest_bucket = environ.get("AWS_DEST_BUCKET")
 
-        s3_resource = boto3.resource(
-            's3',
-            aws_access_key_id= access_key,
-            aws_secret_access_key= secret_key
-        )
-
         for k in list(mart_dfs.keys()):
             print(f'putting {k}')
-            csv_buffer = StringIO()
-            mart_dfs[k].to_csv(csv_buffer, index=False)
-
-            s3_resource.Object(dest_bucket, f'{k}.csv').put(Body=csv_buffer.getvalue())
+            if dest_bucket != '': # if bucket is specified, write to bucket
+                #mart_dfs[k].to_csv(dest_bucket+f'/{k}.csv', index=False) # if you want CSV
+                mart_dfs[k].to_parquet(dest_bucket+f'/{k}.parquet', index=False)
+                #mart_dfs[k].to_csv('/opt/airflow/exports/'+f'{k}.csv', index=False) # if you want CSV
+                mart_dfs[k].to_parquet('/opt/airflow/exports/'+f'{k}.parquet', index=False)
+            else:
+                #mart_dfs[k].to_csv('/opt/airflow/exports/'+f'{k}.csv', index=False) # if you want CSV
+                mart_dfs[k].to_parquet('/opt/airflow/exports/'+f'{k}.parquet', index=False)
 
     export_marts()
diff --git a/airflow/requirements.txt b/airflow/requirements.txt
index f95c889..8f0255e 100644
--- a/airflow/requirements.txt
+++ b/airflow/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ dbt-core
 dbt-postgres
 apache-airflow[google]
 bs4
+s3fs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7b00e23..c7649c1 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-version: "3.8"
 x-airflow-common: &airflow-common
   build:
     context: ./airflow
-  image: sagerx_airflow:v0.0.5 # versioning allows a rebuild of docker image where necessary
+  image: sagerx_airflow:v0.0.6 # versioning allows a rebuild of docker image where necessary
   networks:
       - airflow-dbt-network
   env_file:
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ x-airflow-common: &airflow-common
     - ./airflow/logs:/opt/airflow/logs
     - ./airflow/plugins:/opt/airflow/plugins
     - ./airflow/data:/opt/airflow/data
+    - ./airflow/exports:/opt/airflow/exports
     - ./airflow/config/airflow.cfg:/opt/airflow/airflow.cfg
     - ./dbt:/dbt
     - ./gcp.json:/opt/gcp.json
@@ -114,9 +114,6 @@ services:
     command: webserver
     environment:
       <<: *airflow-common-env
-      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${ACCESS_KEY}
-      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}
-      AWS_DEST_BUCKET: ${DEST_BUCKET}
     ports:
       - 8001:8080
 
@@ -126,9 +123,6 @@ services:
     command: scheduler
     environment:
       <<: *airflow-common-env
-      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${ACCESS_KEY}
-      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}
-      AWS_DEST_BUCKET: ${DEST_BUCKET}
 
 networks:
   airflow-dbt-network: