diff --git a/api/setup.cfg b/api/setup.cfg
index 4466d626f68de8b786b4acb85bc447dd3c653318..a3c0e746864b1eb9bd92d7d9077c63490cebe2f6 100644
--- a/api/setup.cfg
+++ b/api/setup.cfg
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ env =
     DEBUG=False
     WEAK_PASSWORDS=True
     CREATE_IMAGE_THUMBNAILS=False
+    FORCE_HTTPS_URLS=False