diff --git a/services/garage/garage.toml b/services/garage/garage.toml
index 7fc8003..687438d 100644
--- a/services/garage/garage.toml
+++ b/services/garage/garage.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ data_dir = "/var/lib/garage/data"
 db_engine = "lmdb"
 metadata_auto_snapshot_interval = "6h"
 
-replication_factor = 3
+replication_factor = 1
 
 compression_level = 2