diff --git a/src/lib/config/Config.ts b/src/lib/config/Config.ts
index 5e6b5959..ac9bc6d0 100644
--- a/src/lib/config/Config.ts
+++ b/src/lib/config/Config.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ export interface ConfigOAuth {
 export interface ConfigChunks {
   max_size: number;
   chunks_size: number;
+  enabled: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface ConfigMfa {
diff --git a/src/lib/config/readConfig.ts b/src/lib/config/readConfig.ts
index 9656c2cc..7a81d10b 100644
--- a/src/lib/config/readConfig.ts
+++ b/src/lib/config/readConfig.ts
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ export default function readConfig() {
 
     map('CHUNKS_MAX_SIZE', 'human-to-byte', 'chunks.max_size'),
     map('CHUNKS_CHUNKS_SIZE', 'human-to-byte', 'chunks.chunks_size'),
+    map('CHUNKS_ENABLED', 'boolean', 'chunks.enabled'),
 
     map('MFA_TOTP_ISSUER', 'string', 'mfa.totp_issuer'),
     map('MFA_TOTP_ENABLED', 'boolean', 'mfa.totp_enabled'),
diff --git a/src/lib/config/validateConfig.ts b/src/lib/config/validateConfig.ts
index 89581c3e..272d47e7 100644
--- a/src/lib/config/validateConfig.ts
+++ b/src/lib/config/validateConfig.ts
@@ -201,10 +201,12 @@ const validator = s.object({
     .object({
       max_size: s.number.default(humanToBytes('90MB')),
       chunks_size: s.number.default(humanToBytes('20MB')),
+      enabled: s.boolean.default(true),
     })
     .default({
       max_size: humanToBytes('90MB'),
       chunks_size: humanToBytes('20MB'),
+      enabled: true,
     }),
   mfa: s
     .object({
diff --git a/src/pages/api/upload.ts b/src/pages/api/upload.ts
index 28daa0e3..b3124c78 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/upload.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/upload.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ async function handler(req: NextApiReq, res: NextApiRes) {
   if (fileMaxViews < 0) return res.badRequest('invalid max views (max views < 0)');
 
   // handle partial uploads before ratelimits
-  if (req.headers['content-range']) {
+  if (req.headers['content-range'] && zconfig.chunks.enabled) {
     // parses content-range header (bytes start-end/total)
     const [start, end, total] = req.headers['content-range']
       .replace('bytes ', '')
diff --git a/src/worker/upload.ts b/src/worker/upload.ts
index e10a49c3..d6b26b19 100644
--- a/src/worker/upload.ts
+++ b/src/worker/upload.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ if (!file.lastchunk) {
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
+if (!config.chunks.enabled) {
+  logger.error('chunks are not enabled, worker should not have been started');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
 start();
 
 async function start() {