diff --git a/MP-TAB3/Program.cs b/MP-TAB3/Program.cs
index 8c872920..efd6079b 100644
--- a/MP-TAB3/Program.cs
+++ b/MP-TAB3/Program.cs
@@ -53,11 +53,13 @@ if (!app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
     app.UseHsts();
 }
 
+#if false
 // disable response compression in development, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/blazor/fundamentals/signalr?view=aspnetcore-6.0
 if (!app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
 {
     app.UseResponseCompression();
-}
+} 
+#endif
 
 app.UseHttpsRedirection();