diff --git a/assets/init b/assets/init
index 05c60144..cc4c311c 100755
--- a/assets/init
+++ b/assets/init
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ case "$NGINX_MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE" in
   *[mM] ) GITLAB_MAX_SIZE=$(($GITLAB_MAX_SIZE * 1048576));;
   *[gG] ) GITLAB_MAX_SIZE=$(($GITLAB_MAX_SIZE * 1073741824));;
 esac
-NGINX_PROXY_BUFFERING=${NGINX_PROXY_BUFFERING:-on}
-NGINX_ACCEL_BUFFERING=${NGINX_ACCEL_BUFFERING:-yes}
+NGINX_PROXY_BUFFERING=${NGINX_PROXY_BUFFERING:-off}
+NGINX_ACCEL_BUFFERING=${NGINX_ACCEL_BUFFERING:-no}
 
 REDIS_HOST=${REDIS_HOST:-}
 REDIS_PORT=${REDIS_PORT:-}