diff --git a/templates/etc/forgejo/app.ini b/templates/etc/forgejo/app.ini
index 20f1195..ab6074d 100644
--- a/templates/etc/forgejo/app.ini
+++ b/templates/etc/forgejo/app.ini
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ WORK_PATH = /data/gitea
 
 [repository]
 ROOT = /data/git/repositories
+DISABLE_DOWNLOAD_SOURCE_ARCHIVES = true
 
 [repository.local]
 LOCAL_COPY_PATH = /data/gitea/tmp/local-repo