diff --git a/libs/remix-ui/publish-to-storage/src/lib/publishOnSwarm.tsx b/libs/remix-ui/publish-to-storage/src/lib/publishOnSwarm.tsx
index 627577e3ad..19d0e0fb7a 100644
--- a/libs/remix-ui/publish-to-storage/src/lib/publishOnSwarm.tsx
+++ b/libs/remix-ui/publish-to-storage/src/lib/publishOnSwarm.tsx
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ const hashFromResults = (results: UploadResult[]) => {
 
 const uploadToBee = async (bee: Bee, postageStampId: string, content) => {
   try {
+    if (bee.url === publicBeeNode.url) {
+      postageStampId = defaultPostageStampId
+    }
     return await bee.uploadData(postageStampId, content)
   } catch {
     // ignore errors for now