# Switch an existing HubSpot custom module from global to local

**Technical Difficulty:** Advanced  
**Written by** [Stephanie O'Gay Garcia](/content/hubspot-website-development/author/stephanie-ogay-garcia/index.html)  
**First Published:** July 15, 2025  
**Last Updated:** July 15, 2025

When you create a custom module in HubSpot, you can set it to be a global or local module. Once this is set, it cannot currently be changed in the Design Tools GUI but you can update it through [the CLI](https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/guides/cms/setup/getting-started-with-local-development).

In the CLI, your module's meta.json file will look something like this:

```json
{
  "global" : true,
  [...] 
}
```

Update the `global` value to `false` to convert it to a local module.

⚠️ However, there's a bug that's [been around for a few years](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/CMS-Development/How-convert-a-custom-local-module-to-a-global-module/m-p/681415) in which you'll now no longer be able to see the fields for that module (🙀)

To fix this, go into your fields.json file, and if you look at some of the fields, you'll find that they're set to `