diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/soulfiremc/server/viaversion/providers/SFViaCompressionProvider.java b/server/src/main/java/com/soulfiremc/server/viaversion/providers/SFViaCompressionProvider.java
index e384af4c..e7d6222e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/soulfiremc/server/viaversion/providers/SFViaCompressionProvider.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/soulfiremc/server/viaversion/providers/SFViaCompressionProvider.java
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ public class SFViaCompressionProvider extends CompressionProvider {
   public void handlePlayCompression(UserConnection user, int threshold) {
     Objects.requireNonNull(user.get(StorableSession.class))
       .session()
-      .setCompression(new CompressionConfig(threshold, new ZlibCompression(), true));
+      .setCompression(threshold < 0 ? null : new CompressionConfig(threshold, new ZlibCompression(), true));
   }
 }