diff --git a/lib/Listener/LoadViewerScript.php b/lib/Listener/LoadViewerScript.php
index 552a22b78..a68dc8b5a 100644
--- a/lib/Listener/LoadViewerScript.php
+++ b/lib/Listener/LoadViewerScript.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use OCP\AppFramework\Services\IInitialState;
 use OCP\EventDispatcher\Event;
 use OCP\EventDispatcher\IEventListener;
+use OCP\IConfig;
 use OCP\IPreview;
 use OCP\Util;
 
@@ -22,13 +23,16 @@
  * @psalm-api
  */
 class LoadViewerScript implements IEventListener {
+	private IConfig $config;
 	private IInitialState $initialStateService;
 	private IPreview $previewManager;
 
 	public function __construct(
+		IConfig $config,
 		IInitialState $initialStateService,
 		IPreview $previewManager,
 	) {
+		$this->config = $config;
 		$this->initialStateService = $initialStateService;
 		$this->previewManager = $previewManager;
 	}
@@ -43,5 +47,10 @@ public function handle(Event $event): void {
 		Util::addInitScript(Application::APP_ID, 'viewer-init');
 		Util::addScript(Application::APP_ID, 'viewer-main', 'files');
 		$this->initialStateService->provideInitialState('enabled_preview_providers', array_keys($this->previewManager->getProviders()));
+		$this->initialStateService->provideInitialState('disable_preview',$this->getSystemValue('disable_preview_in_viewer'));
 	}
+
+	public function getSystemValue(string $key) {
+        return $this->config->getSystemValue($key, false);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/Images.vue b/src/components/Images.vue
index dd07e1441..9f52a204d 100644
--- a/src/components/Images.vue
+++ b/src/components/Images.vue
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ import { findLivePhotoPeerFromFileId } from '../utils/livePhotoUtils'
 import { getDavPath } from '../utils/fileUtils'
 import { preloadMedia } from '../services/mediaPreloader'
 
+import { loadState } from '@nextcloud/initial-state'
+
 Vue.use(AsyncComputed)
 
 export default {
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ export default {
 			pinchDistance: 0,
 			pinchStartZoomRatio: 1,
 			pointerCache: [],
+			disablePreview: loadState(appName, 'disable_preview', false)
 		}
 	},
 
@@ -180,6 +183,11 @@ export default {
 				return this.src
 			}
 
+			// If disablePreview is set in config.php then return the original file source
+			if(this.disablePreview) {
+				return this.src;
+			}
+
 			// If there is no preview and we have a direct source
 			// load it instead
 			if (this.source && !this.hasPreview && !this.previewUrl) {