diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index 27ef8c818f..60d7446eba 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
 COMPRESS_PARSER = 'compressor.parser.HtmlParser'
 COMPRESS_CSS_FILTERS = ['compressor.filters.css_default.CssAbsoluteFilter', 'compressor.filters.cssmin.CSSMinFilter']
 
+COMPRESS_ENABLED=False
+
 #===== User configuration options ===============
 #--------- Pagination ------------------
 #PAGINATION_DEFAULT_PAGINATION = 10