diff --git a/src/Updater.php b/src/Updater.php
index 15a81f9..63c6d22 100644
--- a/src/Updater.php
+++ b/src/Updater.php
@@ -2,29 +2,56 @@
 
 namespace nullthoughts\LaravelDataSync;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use nullthoughts\LaravelDataSync\Exceptions\ErrorUpdatingModelException;
 use nullthoughts\LaravelDataSync\Exceptions\FileDirectoryNotFoundException;
 use nullthoughts\LaravelDataSync\Exceptions\NoCriteriaException;
 use nullthoughts\LaravelDataSync\Exceptions\NoRecordsInvalidJSONException;
-use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
-use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use stdClass;
 
 class Updater
 {
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $directory;
+
+    /**
+     * @var \Illuminate\Support\Collection
+     */
+    private $files;
+
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    private $remote;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $disk;
+
     /**
      * Get files in sync directory.
      *
-     * @param string|null $path
-     * @param string|null $model
+     * @param  string|null  $path
+     * @param  string|null  $model
+     *
+     * @param  bool  $remote
+     * @param  string  $disk
      *
      * @throws \nullthoughts\LaravelDataSync\Exceptions\FileDirectoryNotFoundException
      */
-    public function __construct($path = null, $model = null)
+    public function __construct($path = null, $model = null, $remote = false, $disk = 's3')
     {
-        $directory = $this->getDirectory($path);
-        $this->files = $this->getFiles($directory, $model);
+        $this->remote = $remote;
+        $this->disk = $disk;
+
+        $this->directory = $this->getDirectory($path);
+        $this->files = $this->getFiles($this->directory, $model);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -50,11 +77,11 @@ class Updater
     /**
      * Parse each record for criteria/values and update/create model.
      *
-     * @param string $file
-     *
-     * @throws \nullthoughts\LaravelDataSync\Exceptions\NoRecordsInvalidJSONException
+     * @param  string  $file
      *
      * @return \Illuminate\Support\Collection
+     * @throws \Illuminate\Contracts\Filesystem\FileNotFoundException
+     * @throws \nullthoughts\LaravelDataSync\Exceptions\NoRecordsInvalidJSONException
      */
     protected function syncModel(string $file)
     {
@@ -89,7 +116,7 @@ class Updater
     {
         $directory = $path ?? config('data-sync.path', base_path('sync'));
 
-        if (!file_exists($directory)) {
+        if ($this->directoryMissingLocally($directory) || $this->directoryMissingRemotely($directory)) {
             throw new FileDirectoryNotFoundException();
         }
 
@@ -110,10 +137,17 @@ class Updater
             return Collection::wrap($directory.'/'.$model.'.json');
         }
 
-        return collect(File::files($directory))
+        $files = ($this->remote) ? Storage::disk($this->disk)->files($directory) : File::files($directory);
+
+        return collect($files)
             ->filter(function ($file) {
                 return pathinfo($file, PATHINFO_EXTENSION) == 'json';
             })->map(function ($path) {
+
+                if (is_string($path)) {
+                    return $path;
+                }
+
                 return $path->getPathname();
             });
     }
@@ -204,15 +238,17 @@ class Updater
     /**
      * Parses JSON from file and returns collection.
      *
-     * @param string $file
-     *
-     * @throws \nullthoughts\LaravelDataSync\Exceptions\NoRecordsInvalidJSONException
+     * @param  string  $file
      *
      * @return \Illuminate\Support\Collection
+     * @throws \Illuminate\Contracts\Filesystem\FileNotFoundException
+     * @throws \nullthoughts\LaravelDataSync\Exceptions\NoRecordsInvalidJSONException
      */
     protected function getRecords(string $file)
     {
-        $records = collect(json_decode(File::get($file)));
+        $fetchedFile = ($this->remote) ? Storage::disk($this->disk)->get($file) : File::get($file);
+
+        $records = collect(json_decode($fetchedFile));
 
         if ($records->isEmpty()) {
             throw new NoRecordsInvalidJSONException($file);
@@ -273,4 +309,24 @@ class Updater
             return [$key => $value];
         })->toArray();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Config\Repository  $directory
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    protected function directoryMissingLocally($directory)
+    {
+        return !$this->remote && !file_exists($directory);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Config\Repository  $directory
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    protected function directoryMissingRemotely($directory)
+    {
+        return $this->remote && !Storage::disk($this->disk)->exists($directory);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/UpdaterRemoteTest.php b/tests/Unit/UpdaterRemoteTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6c9186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/UpdaterRemoteTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace nullthoughts\LaravelDataSync\Tests;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
+use nullthoughts\LaravelDataSync\Exceptions\ErrorUpdatingModelException;
+use nullthoughts\LaravelDataSync\Tests\fakes\UpdaterFake;
+use Exception;
+
+class UpdaterRemoteTest extends TestCase
+{
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        Storage::fake('s3');
+        Storage::disk('s3')->put('test-data/roles.json', File::get(__DIR__.'/../test-data/roles.json'));
+        foreach (File::directories(__DIR__.'/../test-data/') as $directory) {
+            $files = File::files($directory);
+
+            foreach ($files as $file) {
+                Storage::disk('s3')->put('test-data/'.basename($directory).'/'.$file->getRelativePathname(), File::get($file->getPathname()));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_adds_roles_to_the_database_in_remote()
+    {
+        $updater = new UpdaterFake('test-data', 'roles', true, 's3');
+
+        $updater->run();
+
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('roles', ['slug' => 'update-student-records']);
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('roles', ['slug' => 'borrow-ferrari']);
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('roles', ['slug' => 'destroy-ferrari']);
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_can_default_to_configuration_in_remote()
+    {
+        config()->set('data-sync.path', 'test-data');
+
+        $updater = new UpdaterFake(null, null, true, 's3');
+
+        $updater->run();
+
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('roles', ['slug' => 'update-student-records']);
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('roles', ['slug' => 'borrow-ferrari']);
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('roles', ['slug' => 'destroy-ferrari']);
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_can_update_an_existing_record_in_remote()
+    {
+        config()->set('data-sync.path', 'test-data');
+        (new UpdaterFake(null, null, true, 's3'))->run();
+
+        config()->set('data-sync.path', 'test-data/valid');
+        (new UpdaterFake(null, null, true, 's3'))->run();
+
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('roles', ['category' => 'changed']);
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('roles', ['category' => 'changed']);
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('roles', ['category' => 'changed']);
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_can_update_the_relationship_in_remote()
+    {
+        $supervisor = Supervisor::create([
+            'name' => 'CEO',
+        ]);
+
+        config()->set('data-sync.path', 'test-data/relationship');
+        (new UpdaterFake(null, null, true, 's3'))->run();
+
+        $this->assertEquals($supervisor->id, Roles::first()->supervisor_id);
+        $this->assertTrue($supervisor->is(Roles::first()->supervisor));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     * @group current
+     */
+    public function exception_is_thrown_if_the_directory_does_not_exists()
+    {
+        try {
+            new UpdaterFake(null, null, true, 's3');
+
+            $this->fail('exception was thrown');
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            $this->assertEquals('Specified sync file directory does not exist', $e->getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function invalid_json_throws_an_exception_in_remote()
+    {
+        try {
+            $updater = new UpdaterFake('test-data/invalid-json', null, true, 's3');
+            $updater->run();
+
+            $this->fail('exception was thrown');
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            $this->assertStringContainsString('No records or invalid JSON for', $e->getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function the_json_must_contain_a_key_with_an_underscore_in_remote()
+    {
+        try {
+            $updater = new UpdaterFake('test-data/no-criteria', null, true, 's3');
+            $updater->run();
+
+            $this->fail('exception was thrown');
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            $this->assertEquals('No criteria/attributes detected', $e->getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function order_of_imports_can_be_defined_in_config_in_remote()
+    {
+        config()->set('data-sync.order', [
+            'Supervisor',
+            'Roles',
+        ]);
+
+        $updater = new UpdaterFake('test-data/ordered', null, true, 's3');
+        $updater->run();
+
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('roles', ['slug' => 'update-student-records']);
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('supervisors', ['name' => 'CEO']);
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function exception_is_thrown_if_imports_are_in_incorrect_order_in_remote()
+    {
+        config()->set('data-sync.order', [
+            'Roles',
+            'Supervisor',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->expectException(ErrorUpdatingModelException::class);
+
+        $updater = new UpdaterFake('test-data/ordered', null, true, 's3');
+        $updater->run();
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_ignores_non_json_files_in_remote()
+    {
+        $updater = new UpdaterFake('test-data/not-json', null, true, 's3');
+        $updater->run();
+
+        $this->assertDatabaseMissing('roles', ['slug' => 'update-student-records']);
+    }
+}