diff --git a/plugin/src/create-schema-customization.ts b/plugin/src/create-schema-customization.ts
index 55b725a..dd22508 100644
--- a/plugin/src/create-schema-customization.ts
+++ b/plugin/src/create-schema-customization.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { GatsbyNode } from "gatsby"
 import type { IPluginOptionsInternal } from "./types"
 import { gatsbyNodeTypeName, normalizeCollections } from "./utils"
-import { isString } from "lodash"
+import { isArray, isString } from "lodash"
 
 /**
  * By default Gatsby, infers the data types for each node. This can be sometimes brittle or lead to hard-to-debug errors.
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export const createSchemaCustomization: GatsbyNode[`createSchemaCustomization`]
   const { createTypes } = actions
 
   const schemaCustomizations = []
+  const normalizedUploadTypes = normalizeCollections(pluginOptions.uploadTypes, pluginOptions.endpoint)
 
   if (pluginOptions.imageCdn) {
     schemaCustomizations.push(`
@@ -32,20 +33,28 @@ export const createSchemaCustomization: GatsbyNode[`createSchemaCustomization`]
         height: Int!
       }
     `)
-    const normalizedUploadTypes = normalizeCollections(pluginOptions.uploadTypes, pluginOptions.endpoint)
-    normalizedUploadTypes.forEach((uploadType) => {
-      const type = gatsbyNodeTypeName({
-        payloadSlug: uploadType.type,
-        ...(isString(pluginOptions.prefix) && { prefix: pluginOptions.prefix as string }),
-      })
-      console.log(type)
+  }
+    
+  normalizedUploadTypes.forEach((uploadType) => {
+    const type = gatsbyNodeTypeName({
+      payloadSlug: uploadType.type,
+      ...(isString(pluginOptions.prefix) && { prefix: pluginOptions.prefix as string }),
+    })
+    if (pluginOptions.imageCdn) {
       schemaCustomizations.push(`
         type ${type} implements Node {
           gatsbyImageCdn: Asset @link
         }
       `)
-    })
-  }
+    }
+    if (pluginOptions.localFiles === true || (isArray(pluginOptions.localFiles) && pluginOptions.localFiles.includes(uploadType.type))) {
+      schemaCustomizations.push(`
+        type ${type} implements Node {
+          localFile: File @link
+        }
+      `)
+    }
+  })
 
   /**
    * You most often will use SDL syntax to define your data types. However, you can also use type builders for more advanced use cases
diff --git a/plugin/src/plugin-options-schema.ts b/plugin/src/plugin-options-schema.ts
index 9dea8c2..9d79404 100644
--- a/plugin/src/plugin-options-schema.ts
+++ b/plugin/src/plugin-options-schema.ts
@@ -70,8 +70,11 @@ export const pluginOptionsSchema: GatsbyNode["pluginOptionsSchema"] = ({ Joi }):
     nodePrefix: Joi.string(),
     // Optional. Map Payload locales to different strings in the resulting nodes.
     nodeTransform: Joi.object(),
-    // Optional. Create local file nodes for upload collections.
-    localFiles: Joi.boolean(),
+    // Optional. Create local file nodes for upload collections. Pass upload collection slugs to restrict file node creation by collection.
+    localFiles: Joi.alternatives(
+      Joi.boolean(),
+      Joi.array().items(Joi.string()),
+    ),
     // Optional. Create Gatsby Image CDN asset nodes for upload collections.
     imageCdn: Joi.boolean(),
     /** A base URL for constructing imageUrls. Required for `localFiles`. */
diff --git a/plugin/src/source-nodes.ts b/plugin/src/source-nodes.ts
index 8d783b0..26d83fc 100644
--- a/plugin/src/source-nodes.ts
+++ b/plugin/src/source-nodes.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { fetchEntity, fetchEntities } from "./fetch"
 import { normalizeGlobals, payloadImageUrl } from "./utils"
 import { gatsbyNodeTypeName, documentRelationships } from "./utils"
 import { createRemoteFileNode } from "gatsby-source-filesystem"
-import { get, isString, pickBy } from "lodash"
+import { get, isArray, isString, pickBy } from "lodash"
 import { normalizeCollections } from "./utils"
 
 let isFirstSource = true
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ export const sourceNodes: GatsbyNode[`sourceNodes`] = async (gatsbyApi, pluginOp
 
   for (const result of uploadResults) {
     for (const upload of result) {
-      let imageCdnId
-      if (pluginOptions.localFiles) {
-        createLocalFileNode(context, upload, relationshipIds)
+      let localFileId, imageCdnId
+      if (pluginOptions.localFiles === true || (isArray(pluginOptions.localFiles) && pluginOptions.localFiles.includes(upload.gatsbyNodeType))) {
+        localFileId = await createLocalFileNode(context, upload, relationshipIds)
       }
       if (pluginOptions.imageCdn) {
         imageCdnId = await createAssetNode(context, upload, relationshipIds)
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ export const sourceNodes: GatsbyNode[`sourceNodes`] = async (gatsbyApi, pluginOp
           }),
           data: {
             ...upload,
+            ...(localFileId && { localFile: localFileId }),
             ...(imageCdnId && { gatsbyImageCdn: imageCdnId }),
           },
         },
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@ export async function createLocalFileNode(
       value: relationships,
     })
   }
+  return fileNode.id
 }
 
 export function createAssetNode(context: SourceNodesArgs, data: any, relationshipIds?: { [key: string]: string }) {
diff --git a/site/gatsby-config.ts b/site/gatsby-config.ts
index cc3eb89..029bb4f 100644
--- a/site/gatsby-config.ts
+++ b/site/gatsby-config.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ const config: GatsbyConfig = {
       options: {
         endpoint: process.env.PAYLOAD_BASE_URL,
         retries: 3,
-        localFiles: false,
+        localFiles: [
+          'marketing-site-images'
+        ],
         imageCdn: true,
         baseUrl: process.env.PAYLOAD_CDN_URL,
         collectionTypes: [