diff --git a/docker/nginx.conf b/docker/nginx.conf
index 6b3fd3a..8195e13 100644
--- a/docker/nginx.conf
+++ b/docker/nginx.conf
@@ -9,15 +9,7 @@ http {
   server {
     server_name _;
     listen 80;
-
-    gzip on;
-    gzip_disable "msie6";
-    gzip_vary on;
-    gzip_proxied any;
-    gzip_comp_level 8;
-    gzip_buffers 16 64k;
-    gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
-
+    
     root /var/www/html;
     index index.html index.htm;
 
@@ -37,21 +29,6 @@ http {
     location / {
       expires 7d;
 
-      # TCP optimizations
-      tcp_nopush on;
-      tcp_nodelay on;
-      
-      # file shit
-      sendfile on;
-
-      # Keep connections alive for 15 seconds
-      keepalive_timeout 15;
-
-      open_file_cache max=1000 inactive=60s;
-      open_file_cache_valid 60s;
-      open_file_cache_min_uses 1;
-      open_file_cache_errors on;
-
       # Serve the file directly from disk
       try_files $uri $uri/;
     }
diff --git a/docker/start.sh b/docker/start.sh
index d0817a2..142cdf8 100644
--- a/docker/start.sh
+++ b/docker/start.sh
@@ -18,9 +18,14 @@ echo "Starting PHP"
 service php8.1-fpm start
 
 echo "Setting max upload size to ${MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE}"
+
+# Set max upload size for php
 sed -i "s/^upload_max_filesize = .*/upload_max_filesize = ${MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE}/" /etc/php/8.1/fpm/php.ini
 sed -i "s/^post_max_size = .*/post_max_size = ${MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE}/" /etc/php/8.1/fpm/php.ini
 
+# Set max upload size for nginx
+sed -i "s/client_max_body_size 500M;/client_max_body_size ${MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE};/" /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+
 # Restart php to apply changes
 echo "Restarting PHP to apply changes for max upload size"
 service php8.1-fpm restart