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# How to disable HTTP stream

Disabling the HTTP stream can greatly improve the conversion speeds for documents that link to a lot of external resources (for example images and CSS files from old newsletter emails).

A grey image placeholder will be displayed in the place of the external image.

To disable the HTTP stream navigate to **Settings > PDF settings** in your Seascape database and open the settings configuration document you are using for PDF conversions:

![](https://1039028294-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MkmLDl5OXrWVfn2nv57%2F-MlV7a79SRmG0EKSkCsN%2F-MlV8XSTg2a3RDYqZmYb%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=7a1ea149-ae04-4fae-9ed5-144d4adb5360)

Now change the **Enable HTTP Stream** option to **No** and save your settings:

![](https://1039028294-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MkmLDl5OXrWVfn2nv57%2F-MlV7a79SRmG0EKSkCsN%2F-MlV8gPfB5fnkOEA6-ff%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=8adcdaf8-b813-4cae-a351-76a12eb64438)

{% hint style="info" %}
If you don't want to completely disable the HTTP stream it is also possible to set a timeout by setting the **HTTP timeout** option on the **General** tab to desired number of seconds (greater than zero).
{% endhint %}


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