diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index f2ffeaf4d8..549c6cb893 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ args=(
   --enable-rpc-exit
   --enable-rpc-transaction-history
   --init-complete-file "$dataDir"/init-completed
+  --snapshot-compression none
   --require-tower
 )
 solana-validator "${args[@]}" &