diff --git a/src/modules/permissions/permissions.service.ts b/src/modules/permissions/permissions.service.ts
index f972a6b..f5a03a1 100644
--- a/src/modules/permissions/permissions.service.ts
+++ b/src/modules/permissions/permissions.service.ts
@@ -44,8 +44,11 @@ export class PermissionsService
       );
   }
 
-  // internally used to send permissions to duc on microservice startup
   async onApplicationBootstrap() {
+    // Do not sent permissions if running local but pointing to a remote DUC url
+    if (process.env.ENV == 'local' && !process.env.DUC_URL.includes('0.0.0.0'))
+      return;
+
     this.logger.info('sending permissions to DUC...');
 
     const permissions = Object.values(PERMISSIONS_GROUPS).flatMap((namespace) =>