diff --git a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosShared/Utils/StaticFilesServerConfiguration.cs b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosShared/Utils/StaticFilesServerConfiguration.cs
index 8882b62..a2d1200 100644
--- a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosShared/Utils/StaticFilesServerConfiguration.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosShared/Utils/StaticFilesServerConfiguration.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ public class StaticFilesServerConfiguration : MareConfigurationBase
     public bool IsDistributionNode { get; set; } = false;
     public Uri? MainFileServerAddress { get; set; } = null;
     public Uri? DistributionFileServerAddress { get; set; } = null;
+    public bool DistributionFileServerForceHTTP2 { get; set; } = false;
     public int ForcedDeletionOfFilesAfterHours { get; set; } = -1;
     public double CacheSizeHardLimitInGiB { get; set; } = -1;
     public int UnusedFileRetentionPeriodInDays { get; set; } = 14;
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ public class StaticFilesServerConfiguration : MareConfigurationBase
         StringBuilder sb = new();
         sb.AppendLine(base.ToString());
         sb.AppendLine($"{nameof(MainFileServerAddress)} => {MainFileServerAddress}");
+        sb.AppendLine($"{nameof(DistributionFileServerAddress)} => {DistributionFileServerAddress}");
+        sb.AppendLine($"{nameof(DistributionFileServerForceHTTP2)} => {DistributionFileServerForceHTTP2}");
         sb.AppendLine($"{nameof(ForcedDeletionOfFilesAfterHours)} => {ForcedDeletionOfFilesAfterHours}");
         sb.AppendLine($"{nameof(CacheSizeHardLimitInGiB)} => {CacheSizeHardLimitInGiB}");
         sb.AppendLine($"{nameof(UseColdStorage)} => {UseColdStorage}");
diff --git a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosStaticFilesServer/Services/CachedFileProvider.cs b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosStaticFilesServer/Services/CachedFileProvider.cs
index 020971f..b8cb985 100644
--- a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosStaticFilesServer/Services/CachedFileProvider.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosStaticFilesServer/Services/CachedFileProvider.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ public sealed class CachedFileProvider : IDisposable
     public CachedFileProvider(IConfigurationService<StaticFilesServerConfiguration> configuration, ILogger<CachedFileProvider> logger,
         FileStatisticsService fileStatisticsService, MareMetrics metrics, ServerTokenGenerator generator)
     {
+        AppContext.SetSwitch("System.Net.Http.SocketsHttpHandler.Http2UnencryptedSupport", true);
         _configuration = configuration;
         _logger = logger;
         _fileStatisticsService = fileStatisticsService;
@@ -65,6 +66,11 @@ public sealed class CachedFileProvider : IDisposable
 
         using var requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, downloadUrl);
         requestMessage.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", _generator.Token);
+        if (_configuration.GetValueOrDefault(nameof(StaticFilesServerConfiguration.DistributionFileServerForceHTTP2), false))
+        {
+            requestMessage.Version = new Version(2, 0);
+            requestMessage.VersionPolicy = HttpVersionPolicy.RequestVersionExact;
+        }
         HttpResponseMessage? response = null;
 
         try