diff --git a/deploy/nginx.conf.jinja2 b/deploy/nginx.conf.jinja2
index 2d638aed7e..72215f8fc6 100644
--- a/deploy/nginx.conf.jinja2
+++ b/deploy/nginx.conf.jinja2
@@ -44,9 +44,12 @@ http {
         }
 
         location /content/ {
+            proxy_http_version 1.1;
             proxy_pass         {{ $aws_s3_endpoint_url }}/{{ $aws_s3_bucket_name }}/;
             proxy_set_header   Host $proxy_host;
+            proxy_set_header   Accept-Encoding Identity;
             proxy_redirect     off;
+            gzip off;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/k8s/create-multiplexing-reverse-proxy-lb.sh b/k8s/create-multiplexing-reverse-proxy-lb.sh
index dcf15eb5b7..22f6ede359 100755
--- a/k8s/create-multiplexing-reverse-proxy-lb.sh
+++ b/k8s/create-multiplexing-reverse-proxy-lb.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ helm init
 
 helm upgrade $1 stable/traefik --namespace kube-system \
      --set loadBalancerIP=$2 \
+     --set gzip.enabled=false \
      --set acme.enabled=true \
      --set ssl.enabled=true \
      --set acme.challengeType=dns-01 \