diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 3e60e0e89..8353b8f63 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ ENV TZ=UTC \
     AWS_REGION_WEB=eu-central-1 \
     AWS_REGION_IOS=eu-west-1 \
     AWS_REGION_ASSETS=eu-central-1 \
-    CACHE_ASSETS=false \
+    CACHE_ASSETS=true \
     ASSETS_SIZE_LIMIT=6291456 \
     FS_CLEAN_HRS=72
 
diff --git a/scripts/helm/app/http.yaml b/scripts/helm/app/http.yaml
index 5a9ae09ac..f594df201 100644
--- a/scripts/helm/app/http.yaml
+++ b/scripts/helm/app/http.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ env:
   AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: "m1n10s3CretK3yPassw0rd"
   AWS_REGION: us-east-1
   POSTGRES_STRING: postgres://postgres:asayerPostgres@postgresql.db.svc.cluster.local:5432
-  CACHE_ASSETS: false
   #
   REDIS_STRING: redis-master.db.svc.cluster.local:6379
   KAFKA_SERVERS: kafka.db.svc.cluster.local:9092