diff --git a/src/api/src/services/BinaryFlashingStrategy/DeviceDescriptionsLoader/index.ts b/src/api/src/services/BinaryFlashingStrategy/DeviceDescriptionsLoader/index.ts
index 8f0c195b..91662505 100644
--- a/src/api/src/services/BinaryFlashingStrategy/DeviceDescriptionsLoader/index.ts
+++ b/src/api/src/services/BinaryFlashingStrategy/DeviceDescriptionsLoader/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import extractZip from 'extract-zip';
 import { Service } from 'typedi';
 import path from 'path';
+import { existsSync } from 'fs';
 import { mkdirp } from 'mkdirp';
 import semver from 'semver';
 import FirmwareSource from '../../../models/enum/FirmwareSource';
@@ -164,6 +165,13 @@ export default class DeviceDescriptionsLoader {
       gitPath,
     });
 
+    if (
+      args.source === FirmwareSource.Local &&
+      existsSync(path.join(args.localPath, 'hardware'))
+    ) {
+      return path.join(args.localPath, 'hardware');
+    }
+
     if (gitRepository.hardwareArtifactUrl) {
       const workingDir = path.join(gitRepositoryPath, 'hardware');
       await mkdirp(workingDir);