diff --git a/frontend/nginx.conf b/frontend/nginx.conf
index 6caa2ce..a51c3cb 100644
--- a/frontend/nginx.conf
+++ b/frontend/nginx.conf
@@ -44,10 +44,8 @@ server {
         proxy_read_timeout 60s;
         proxy_send_timeout 60s;
 
-        # Increase proxy buffers to avoid buffering images/responses to temp files
-        # Default is 8 x 4k/8k which is too small for medication images
-        proxy_buffer_size 16k;
-        proxy_buffers 8 256k;
-        proxy_busy_buffers_size 512k;
+        # Prevent buffering upstream responses to temp files (images can be large)
+        # nginx streams directly to client instead of buffering the full response
+        proxy_max_temp_file_size 0;
     }
 }