diff --git a/src/nginxconfig.ejs b/src/nginxconfig.ejs
index e25f3ee06..0e963c0fb 100644
--- a/src/nginxconfig.ejs
+++ b/src/nginxconfig.ejs
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ server {
     location ~ ^/api/v1/apps$ {
         proxy_pass   http://127.0.0.1:3000;
         client_max_body_size 0;
+        proxy_request_buffering off;
     }
 
     # the read timeout is between successive reads and not the whole connection
@@ -238,21 +239,25 @@ server {
     location ~ ^/api/v1/apps/.*/upload$ {
         proxy_pass   http://127.0.0.1:3000;
         client_max_body_size 0;
+        proxy_request_buffering off;
     }
 
     location ~ ^/api/v1/apps/.*/files/ {
         proxy_pass   http://127.0.0.1:3000;
         client_max_body_size 0;
+        proxy_request_buffering off;
     }
 
     location ~ ^/api/v1/volumes/.*/files/ {
         proxy_pass   http://127.0.0.1:3000;
         client_max_body_size 0;
+        proxy_request_buffering off;
     }
 
     location ~ ^/api/v1/profile/background_image {
         proxy_pass   http://127.0.0.1:3000;
         client_max_body_size 0;
+        proxy_request_buffering off;
     }
 
     location ~ ^/openid/ {