diff --git a/docs/configuration/system.md b/docs/configuration/system.md
index d1924f75b..d0144551b 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/system.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/system.md
@@ -220,17 +220,21 @@ STORAGES = {
 
 Within the STORAGES dict, "default" is used for image uploads and "scripts" is used for Scripts.
 
-The configuration parameters for the specified storage backend are defined under the `STORAGE_CONFIG` setting.
+If using a remote storage like S3, define the config as STORAGES[key]["OPTIONS"] for each storage item as needed. For example:
 
----
+```python
+STORAGES = { 
+    "scripts": { 
+        "BACKEND": "storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage", 
+        "OPTIONS": { 
+            'access_key': 'access key', 
+            'secret_key': 'secret key',
+        }
+    }, 
+}
+```
 
-## STORAGE_CONFIG
-
-Default: Empty
-
-A dictionary of configuration parameters for the storage backend configured as `STORAGE_BACKEND`. The specific parameters to be used here are specific to each backend; see the documentation for your selected backend ([`django-storages`](https://django-storages.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) or [`django-storage-swift`](https://github.com/dennisv/django-storage-swift)) for more detail.
-
-If `STORAGE_BACKEND` is not defined, this setting will be ignored.
+The specific configuration settings for each storage can be found in the [django-storages documentation](https://django-storages.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html).
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/netbox/core/models/files.py b/netbox/core/models/files.py
index 79c79f191..e6427c71a 100644
--- a/netbox/core/models/files.py
+++ b/netbox/core/models/files.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class ManagedFile(SyncedDataMixin, models.Model):
         Write the object's data to disk at the specified path
         """
         # Check whether file already exists
-        storage = self.get_storage()
+        storage = self.get_storage
         if storage.exists(path) and not overwrite:
             raise FileExistsError()
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class ManagedFile(SyncedDataMixin, models.Model):
 
     def delete(self, *args, **kwargs):
         # Delete file from disk
-        storage = self.get_storage()
+        storage = self.get_storage
         try:
             storage.delete(self.full_path)
         except FileNotFoundError:
diff --git a/netbox/extras/models/mixins.py b/netbox/extras/models/mixins.py
index 2fc9f3e47..f22b32004 100644
--- a/netbox/extras/models/mixins.py
+++ b/netbox/extras/models/mixins.py
@@ -26,17 +26,6 @@ class CustomStoragesLoader(importlib.abc.Loader):
         exec(code, module.__dict__)
 
 
-def load_module(module_name, filename):
-    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(module_name, filename)
-    if spec is None:
-        raise ModuleNotFoundError(f"Could not find module: {module_name}")
-    loader = CustomStoragesLoader(filename)
-    module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
-    sys.modules[module_name] = module
-    loader.exec_module(module)
-    return module
-
-
 class PythonModuleMixin:
 
     def get_jobs(self, name):
@@ -64,5 +53,16 @@ class PythonModuleMixin:
             return name
 
     def get_module(self):
-        module = load_module(self.python_name, self.name)
+        """
+        Load the module using importlib, but use a custom loader to use django-storages
+        instead of the file system.
+        """
+        spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(self.python_name, self.name)
+        if spec is None:
+            raise ModuleNotFoundError(f"Could not find module: {self.python_name}")
+        loader = CustomStoragesLoader(self.name)
+        module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+        sys.modules[self.python_name] = module
+        loader.exec_module(module)
+
         return module