diff --git a/src/UI/Studio/EditLayerState.ts b/src/UI/Studio/EditLayerState.ts
index 228803436..d52ebf765 100644
--- a/src/UI/Studio/EditLayerState.ts
+++ b/src/UI/Studio/EditLayerState.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
     Conversion,
     ConversionMessage,
     DesugaringContext,
-    Pipe,
+    Pipe
 } from "../../Models/ThemeConfig/Conversion/Conversion"
 import { PrepareLayer } from "../../Models/ThemeConfig/Conversion/PrepareLayer"
 import { PrevalidateTheme, ValidateLayer } from "../../Models/ThemeConfig/Conversion/Validation"
@@ -97,16 +97,19 @@ export abstract class EditJsonState<T> {
 
     public startSavingUpdates(enabled = true) {
         this.sendingUpdates = enabled
-        this.register(
-            ["credits"],
-            this.osmConnection.userDetails.mapD((u) => u.name),
-            false
-        )
-        this.register(
-            ["credits:uid"],
-            this.osmConnection.userDetails.mapD((u) => u.uid),
-            false
-        )
+        if (!this.server.isDirect) {
+
+            this.register(
+                ["credits"],
+                this.osmConnection.userDetails.mapD((u) => u.name),
+                false
+            )
+            this.register(
+                ["credits:uid"],
+                this.osmConnection.userDetails.mapD((u) => u.uid),
+                false
+            )
+        }
         if (enabled) {
             this.configuration.ping()
         }
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ export abstract class EditJsonState<T> {
     }
 
     public getSchemaStartingWith(path: string[]) {
-        if(path === undefined){
+        if (path === undefined) {
             return undefined
         }
         return this.schema.filter(
@@ -174,10 +177,10 @@ export abstract class EditJsonState<T> {
             path,
             type: "translation",
             hints: {
-                typehint: "translation",
+                typehint: "translation"
             },
             required: origConfig.required ?? false,
-            description: origConfig.description ?? "A translatable object",
+            description: origConfig.description ?? "A translatable object"
         }
     }
 
@@ -329,7 +332,7 @@ export default class EditLayerState extends EditJsonState<LayerConfigJson> {
     public readonly imageUploadManager = {
         getCountsFor() {
             return 0
-        },
+        }
     }
     public readonly layout: { getMatchingLayer: (key: any) => LayerConfig }
     public readonly featureSwitches: {
@@ -345,8 +348,8 @@ export default class EditLayerState extends EditJsonState<LayerConfigJson> {
         properties: this.testTags.data,
         geometry: {
             type: "Point",
-            coordinates: [3.21, 51.2],
-        },
+            coordinates: [3.21, 51.2]
+        }
     }
 
     constructor(
@@ -363,10 +366,10 @@ export default class EditLayerState extends EditJsonState<LayerConfigJson> {
                 } catch (e) {
                     return undefined
                 }
-            },
+            }
         }
         this.featureSwitches = {
-            featureSwitchIsDebugging: new UIEventSource<boolean>(true),
+            featureSwitchIsDebugging: new UIEventSource<boolean>(true)
         }
 
         this.addMissingTagRenderingIds()
@@ -455,7 +458,7 @@ export default class EditLayerState extends EditJsonState<LayerConfigJson> {
         }
         const state: DesugaringContext = {
             tagRenderings: sharedQuestions,
-            sharedLayers: layers,
+            sharedLayers: layers
         }
         const prepare = this.buildValidation(state)
         const context = ConversionContext.construct([], ["prepare"])
@@ -531,7 +534,7 @@ export class EditThemeState extends EditJsonState<LayoutConfigJson> {
         }
         const state: DesugaringContext = {
             tagRenderings: sharedQuestions,
-            sharedLayers: layers,
+            sharedLayers: layers
         }
         const prepare = this.buildValidation(state)
         const context = ConversionContext.construct([], ["prepare"])
diff --git a/src/UI/Studio/StudioServer.ts b/src/UI/Studio/StudioServer.ts
index 6df83f48c..216c22b18 100644
--- a/src/UI/Studio/StudioServer.ts
+++ b/src/UI/Studio/StudioServer.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ export default class StudioServer {
         | { error: any }
         | undefined
     >
+    public isDirect: boolean
 
-    constructor(url: string, userId: Store<number>) {
+    constructor(url: string, userId: Store<number | undefined>, isDirect: boolean) {
         this.url = url
         this._userId = userId
         this.overview = UIEventSource.FromPromiseWithErr(this.fetchOverviewRaw())
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ export default class StudioServer {
 
     public urlFor(id: string, category: "layers" | "themes", uid?: number) {
         uid ??= this._userId.data
-        const uidStr = uid !== undefined ? "/" + uid : ""
+        const uidStr = uid !== null ? "/" + uid : ""
         return `${this.url}${uidStr}/${category}/${id}/${id}.json`
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/UI/StudioGUI.svelte b/src/UI/StudioGUI.svelte
index 2728d956a..5249cdf6d 100644
--- a/src/UI/StudioGUI.svelte
+++ b/src/UI/StudioGUI.svelte
@@ -31,12 +31,15 @@
   import Add from "../assets/svg/Add.svelte"
   import { SearchIcon } from "@rgossiaux/svelte-heroicons/solid"
   import Hash from "../Logic/Web/Hash"
+  const directEntry = QueryParameters.GetBooleanQueryParameter("direct",false,"If set, write directly into the theme files")
 
   export let studioUrl =
-    window.location.hostname === "127.0.0.2"
+    window.location.hostname === "127.0.0.2" || directEntry.data
       ? "http://127.0.0.1:1235"
       : "https://studio.mapcomplete.org"
 
+  console.log("Using studio URL", studioUrl, "direct?", directEntry.data)
+
   const oauth_token = QueryParameters.GetQueryParameter(
     "oauth_token",
     undefined,
@@ -57,8 +60,8 @@
   )
   expertMode.addCallbackAndRunD((expert) => console.log("Expert mode is", expert))
   const createdBy = osmConnection.userDetails.data.name
-  const uid = osmConnection.userDetails.map((ud) => ud?.uid)
-  const studio = new StudioServer(studioUrl, uid)
+  const uid = osmConnection.userDetails.map((ud) => directEntry.data ? null : ud?.uid, [directEntry])
+  const studio = new StudioServer(studioUrl, uid, directEntry.data)
 
   let layersWithErr = studio.fetchOverview()
   let layerFilterTerm: string = ""
@@ -285,7 +288,11 @@
         <div class="flex justify-between">
           <Checkbox selected={expertMode}>Enable more options (expert mode)</Checkbox>
           <span class="subtle">MapComplete version {version}</span>
-          <div>{$uid}</div>
+          <div>{$uid} {studioUrl}
+            {#if $directEntry}
+            <b>direct</b>
+            {/if}
+          </div>
         </div>
       </div>
     {:else if state === "edit_layer"}
@@ -368,7 +375,7 @@
       </div>
     {:else if state === "loading"}
       <div class="h-8 w-8">
-        <Loading />
+        <Loading >Fetching information from {studioUrl}</Loading>
       </div>
     {:else if state === "editing_layer"}
       <EditLayer state={editLayerState} {backToStudio}>