diff --git a/src/app_context.py b/src/app_context.py
index a60fe3c..2184c16 100644
--- a/src/app_context.py
+++ b/src/app_context.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from .analytics.api_facebook_analytics import ApiFacebookAnalytics
 from .analytics.api_instagram_analytics import ApiInstagramAnalytics
 from .config_manager import ConfigManager
+from .consts import IS_LOCAL
 from .db.db_client import DBClient
 from .drive.drive_client import GoogleDriveClient
 from .facebook.facebook_client import FacebookClient
@@ -32,41 +33,58 @@ def __init__(
             return
 
         self.config_manager = config_manager
-        self.sheets_client = GoogleSheetsClient(
-            sheets_config=config_manager.get_sheets_config()
-        )
+
+        # Local SQLite clients - always initialize
         self.strings_db_client = StringsDBClient(
             strings_db_config=config_manager.get_strings_db_config()
         )
-        self.drive_client = GoogleDriveClient(
-            drive_config=config_manager.get_drive_config()
-        )
         self.db_client = DBClient(db_config=config_manager.get_db_config())
         self.role_manager = RoleManager(self.db_client)
 
-        if not skip_db_update:
-            self.strings_db_client.fetch_strings_sheet(self.sheets_client)
-            self.db_client.fetch_all(self.sheets_client)
-            self.role_manager.calculate_db_roles()
+        # Skip external API clients in local environment
+        if IS_LOCAL:
+            logger.info("IS_LOCAL=True, skipping external API client initialization")
+            self.sheets_client = None
+            self.drive_client = None
+            self.trello_client = None
+            self.focalboard_client = None
+            self.facebook_client = None
+            self.instagram_client = None
+            self.facebook_analytics = None
+            self.instagram_analytics = None
+            self.tg_client = None
+            self.n8n_client = None
+        else:
+            self.sheets_client = GoogleSheetsClient(
+                sheets_config=config_manager.get_sheets_config()
+            )
+            self.drive_client = GoogleDriveClient(
+                drive_config=config_manager.get_drive_config()
+            )
 
-        self.trello_client = TrelloClient(
-            trello_config=config_manager.get_trello_config()
-        )
-        self.focalboard_client = FocalboardClient(
-            focalboard_config=config_manager.get_focalboard_config()
-        )
-        self.facebook_client = FacebookClient(
-            facebook_config=config_manager.get_facebook_config()
-        )
-        self.instagram_client = InstagramClient(
-            facebook_config=config_manager.get_facebook_config()
-        )
-        self.facebook_analytics = ApiFacebookAnalytics(self.facebook_client)
-        self.instagram_analytics = ApiInstagramAnalytics(self.instagram_client)
+            if not skip_db_update:
+                self.strings_db_client.fetch_strings_sheet(self.sheets_client)
+                self.db_client.fetch_all(self.sheets_client)
+                self.role_manager.calculate_db_roles()
+
+            self.trello_client = TrelloClient(
+                trello_config=config_manager.get_trello_config()
+            )
+            self.focalboard_client = FocalboardClient(
+                focalboard_config=config_manager.get_focalboard_config()
+            )
+            self.facebook_client = FacebookClient(
+                facebook_config=config_manager.get_facebook_config()
+            )
+            self.instagram_client = InstagramClient(
+                facebook_config=config_manager.get_facebook_config()
+            )
+            self.facebook_analytics = ApiFacebookAnalytics(self.facebook_client)
+            self.instagram_analytics = ApiInstagramAnalytics(self.instagram_client)
 
-        self.tg_client = TgClient(tg_config=config_manager.get_telegram_config())
+            self.tg_client = TgClient(tg_config=config_manager.get_telegram_config())
 
-        self.n8n_client = N8nClient(n8n_config=config_manager.get_n8n_config())
+            self.n8n_client = N8nClient(n8n_config=config_manager.get_n8n_config())
 
         # TODO: move that to db
         tg_config = config_manager.get_telegram_config()