diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/Config.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/Config.java
index 0d51b4a19..c56767aff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/Config.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public final class Config {
 	public static final int REFRESH_UI_INTERVAL = 500;
 
 	public static final boolean DISABLE_PROXY_LOOKUP = false; //useful to debug ibb
-	public static final boolean DISABLE_HTTP_UPLOAD = true;
+	public static final boolean DISABLE_HTTP_UPLOAD = false;
 	public static final boolean DISABLE_STRING_PREP = false; // setting to true might increase startup performance
 	public static final boolean EXTENDED_SM_LOGGING = true; // log stanza counts
 	public static final boolean RESET_ATTEMPT_COUNT_ON_NETWORK_CHANGE = true; //setting to true might increase power consumption