diff --git a/packages/server/services/files/routes/upload/chunk/post.js b/packages/server/services/files/routes/upload/chunk/post.js
index 27615fc9..877ad20b 100644
--- a/packages/server/services/files/routes/upload/chunk/post.js
+++ b/packages/server/services/files/routes/upload/chunk/post.js
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export default {
 				// if has transformations, use background job
 				if (
 					(transformations && transformations.length > 0) ||
-					config.useCompression
+					(config.useCompression && !req.headers["prefer-no-job"])
 				) {
 					const job = await global.queues.createJob(
 						"file-process",
diff --git a/vessel b/vessel
index e1d44d19..bab0be87 160000
--- a/vessel
+++ b/vessel
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e1d44d19e6270c8ed9cb63a041e0fac8c49b988f
+Subproject commit bab0be8768ddd2cf88edae9530c8a489b8d2a6e7