diff --git a/files/app/config.uc b/files/app/config.uc
index 07bdf722..4b304c35 100755
--- a/files/app/config.uc
+++ b/files/app/config.uc
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export let resourcehash = true;
 export let authenable = true;
 export let forceauth = false;
 export let forcemobile = false;
+export let uilock = true;
 
 if (hardware.isLowMemNode()) {
     preload = false;
diff --git a/files/app/root.ut b/files/app/root.ut
index 473ee6f2..bf765c60 100644
--- a/files/app/root.ut
+++ b/files/app/root.ut
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ global.handle_request = function(env)
             const isMobile = !!(config.forcemobile || match(env.HTTP_USER_AGENT, /iphone/i) || match(env.HTTP_USER_AGENT, /android.*mobile/i));
             let res = "";
             let changelock = null;
-            if (env.REQUEST_METHOD !== "GET") {
+            if (config.uilock && env.REQUEST_METHOD !== "GET") {
                 changelock = fs.open(lockfile);
                 if (!(changelock && changelock.lock("x"))) {
                     uhttpd.send("Status: 500 Internal server error\r\n\r\n");