diff --git a/lamindb_setup/core/_settings_storage.py b/lamindb_setup/core/_settings_storage.py
index 125ec0b9..3b7ba78e 100644
--- a/lamindb_setup/core/_settings_storage.py
+++ b/lamindb_setup/core/_settings_storage.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def init_storage(
             root_str = f"s3://lamin-{region}/{uid}"
         else:
             root_str = f"s3://lamin-hosted-test/{uid}"
-    elif root_str.startswith(("gs://", "s3://", "hf://")):
+    elif root_str.startswith(("gs://", "s3://", "hf://", "http://", "https://")):
         pass
     else:  # local path
         try:
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def _mark_storage_root(self) -> UPath:
 
     @property
     def record(self) -> Any:
-        """Storage record in current instance."""
+        """Storage record in the current instance."""
         if self._record is None:
             # dynamic import because of import order
             from lnschema_core.models import Storage
@@ -299,10 +299,10 @@ def region(self) -> str | None:
         return self._region
 
     @property
-    def type(self) -> Literal["local", "s3", "gs"]:
+    def type(self) -> Literal["local", "s3", "gs", "hf", "http", "https"]:
         """AWS S3 vs. Google Cloud vs. local.
 
-        Returns the protocol as a string: "local", "s3", "gs".
+        Returns the protocol as a string: "local", "s3", "gs", "http", "https".
         """
         import fsspec
 
@@ -345,5 +345,5 @@ def key_to_filepath(self, filekey: UPathStr) -> UPath:
         return self.root / filekey
 
     def local_filepath(self, filekey: UPathStr) -> UPath:
-        """Local (cache) filepath from filekey: `local(filepath(...))`."""
+        """Local (cache) filepath from filekey."""
         return self.cloud_to_local(self.key_to_filepath(filekey))