diff --git a/photoprism/config.json b/photoprism/config.json
index 7948d67f1..bb68e8980 100644
--- a/photoprism/config.json
+++ b/photoprism/config.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
   "environment": {
     "PHOTOPRISM_ADMIN_USER": "admin",
     "PHOTOPRISM_ADMIN_PASSWORD": "please_change_password",
+    "PHOTOPRISM_HTTP_COMPRESSION": "none",
     "PHOTOPRISM_HTTP_PORT": "2341",
     "working_dir": "/data/photoprism"
   },