diff --git a/.renku/renku.ini b/.renku/renku.ini
index 20b5c6a9e461c0ba6efa6a8a411a43237c8eea06..1b2f6763ee5720448d88eea83f055e7bfc8ecffa 100644
--- a/.renku/renku.ini
+++ b/.renku/renku.ini
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ mem_request = 4G
 disk_request = 64G
 
 image = registry.renkulab.io/saasfee2022/test-course-materials:e145181
+lfs_auto_fetch = true
 
 [renku]
-autocommit_lfs = true
+autocommit_lfs = false
 lfs_threshold = 100kb