diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5776ba43343535bd0d4029d8d4b07317b87949f7..bdadca497e87233dfb1ac4bf12bdb05fd6292671 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ VOLUME /var/lib/mysql
 ADD https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dbconfig-common/-/commit/0908c4892c91917504b9dd15007e8085451c6a2a.diff /tmp/dbconfig-common-tmp-attr-fix.diff
 RUN patch -p1 /usr/sbin/dbconfig-generate-include /tmp/dbconfig-common-tmp-attr-fix.diff
 
+# Disable rate limiting as it interferes with downloads
+# Any protection of this kind is best done elsewhere
+RUN a2dismod reqtimeout
+
 COPY docker/* /opt/
 ENTRYPOINT /opt/docker-entrypoint.sh
 EXPOSE 80 443