diff --git a/create_lxc_base.sh b/create_lxc_base.sh
index 8137954..3514ac1 100755
--- a/create_lxc_base.sh
+++ b/create_lxc_base.sh
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "INFO: Publishing '$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME' as image '$DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE_NAME'. Please wait."
-lxc publish --public "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME/$UBUNTU_BASE_IMAGE_NAME" --project=default --alias="$DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE_NAME"
+lxc publish --public "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME/$UBUNTU_BASE_IMAGE_NAME" --project=default --alias="$DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE_NAME" --compression none
 
 echo "INFO: Success creating the base image. Deleting artifacts from the build process."
 lxc delete -f "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME"