diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index f3f927a8f..ff5ec75b7 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   config.eager_load = true
   config.eager_load_paths += %W[#{config.root}/lib]
 
+  # diaspora* does not use ActiveStroage. But eager loading then loads active_storage/blob.rb,
+  # which then fails if there isn't a config/storage.yml
+  # This can be removed if we ever want to use ActiveStorage and a storage.yml exists
+  config.eager_load_namespaces.delete(ActiveStorage::Engine)
+
   # Full error reports are disabled and caching is turned on.
   config.consider_all_requests_local       = false
   config.action_controller.perform_caching = true
diff --git a/config/initializers/assets.rb b/config/initializers/assets.rb
index f0fe83a02..3338088be 100644
--- a/config/initializers/assets.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/assets.rb
@@ -16,3 +16,9 @@ Rails.application.config.assets.paths << Rails.root.join("node_modules")
 # Rails.application.config.assets.precompile += %w( admin.js admin.css )
 
 Rails.application.config.public_file_server.enabled = AppConfig.environment.assets.serve?
+
+# assets:precompile can sometimes fail with a Segmentation fault.
+# Disabling export_concurrent is a workaround. See: https://github.com/sass/sassc-ruby/issues/207
+Rails.application.config.assets.configure do |env|
+  env.export_concurrent = false
+end