diff --git a/src/pretix/settings.py b/src/pretix/settings.py
index 446c683ce..b561ccff4 100644
--- a/src/pretix/settings.py
+++ b/src/pretix/settings.py
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ COMPRESS_PRECOMPILERS = (
     ('text/x-scss', 'django_libsass.SassCompiler'),
 )
 
-COMPRESS_ENABLED = COMPRESS_OFFLINE = True
+COMPRESS_ENABLED = COMPRESS_OFFLINE = not debug_fallback
 
 COMPRESS_CSS_FILTERS = (
     'compressor.filters.css_default.CssAbsoluteFilter',