diff --git a/config/settings/common.py b/config/settings/common.py
index 49bcf2ea9191dbb6a08f4ddda11ffc5c02f90411..863954e2d1929edaafb7952c20e252a50415c51c 100644
--- a/config/settings/common.py
+++ b/config/settings/common.py
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
 # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#media-root
 MEDIA_ROOT = str(APPS_DIR('media'))
 
+USE_SAMPLE_TRACK = env.bool("USE_SAMPLE_TRACK", False)
+
+
 # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#media-url
 MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a8a412044627953864e007ad3d33fa6e8e8e937c..1012bdd28880fbf4f12a08e48d24982adb3edd11 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ django:
     - .:/app
   ports:
     - "12081"
+  environment:
+    - USE_SAMPLE_TRACK=true
   links:
     - postgres
     - redis
diff --git a/funkwhale_api/music/models.py b/funkwhale_api/music/models.py
index 62cd4c980eec279185e03b2f283c2055835c36e3..fa2320b05d587b25a76161ac0714f45be0026db7 100644
--- a/funkwhale_api/music/models.py
+++ b/funkwhale_api/music/models.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import shutil
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import models
+from django.contrib.staticfiles.templatetags.staticfiles import static
 from django.core.files import File
 from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
 from django.utils import timezone
@@ -232,6 +233,11 @@ class TrackFile(models.Model):
         shutil.rmtree(tmp_dir)
         return self.audio_file
 
+    @property
+    def path(self):
+        if settings.USE_SAMPLE_TRACK:
+            return static('music/sample1.ogg')
+        return self.audio_file.url
 
 class ImportBatch(models.Model):
     creation_date = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
diff --git a/funkwhale_api/music/serializers.py b/funkwhale_api/music/serializers.py
index d653c45ca860a9cb5775b3da41d932ea4e295353..bb3788157004f40bb068c8705c5ee064b42c5fc5 100644
--- a/funkwhale_api/music/serializers.py
+++ b/funkwhale_api/music/serializers.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class ImportBatchSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
 class TrackFileSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     class Meta:
         model = models.TrackFile
-        fields = ('id', 'audio_file', 'duration', 'source')
+        fields = ('id', 'path', 'duration', 'source')
 
 
 class SimpleAlbumSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
diff --git a/funkwhale_api/static/music/sample1.ogg b/funkwhale_api/static/music/sample1.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f2f3b7cda9b590e1c1b0b53115ea7ada52ec9ace
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