diff --git a/.renku/renku.ini b/.renku/renku.ini
index 6ef67b655a44f285d08b1af51c5edf3d5e701f08..fd87be3f41ad05d2f0032eea72c9aab508f71620 100644
--- a/.renku/renku.ini
+++ b/.renku/renku.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [interactive]
 default_url = /lab
 mem_request = 8G
+lfs_auto_fetch = true
 
 [renku]
 autocommit_lfs = false