diff --git a/invenio_config_tuw/config.py b/invenio_config_tuw/config.py
index fc913aa861ee5d03b68778e82f59c73cfd1cf24f..d248c74560672f0ab2d56cf0250cecd6a5411f56 100644
--- a/invenio_config_tuw/config.py
+++ b/invenio_config_tuw/config.py
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ CONFIG_TUW_READ_ONLY_MODE = False
 CONFIG_TUW_DISABLE_ERROR_MAILS = False
 """Disable registration of the SMTP mail handler to suppress warnings."""
 
+CONFIG_TUW_MINIFY_ENABLED = False
+"""Enable or disable the Flask-Minify extension."""
+
 
 # Invenio-Mail
 # ============
diff --git a/invenio_config_tuw/ext.py b/invenio_config_tuw/ext.py
index a9ffba50f23e97c2341da82d90af63d11aeba6ad..fd7789b213f3ae4ed903a31c90c1f2020842de56 100644
--- a/invenio_config_tuw/ext.py
+++ b/invenio_config_tuw/ext.py
@@ -78,7 +78,12 @@ class InvenioConfigTUW(object):
                 app.config[key] = app.config["DATACITE_USERNAME"]
 
     def init_minify(self, app):
-        """Initialize the Flask-Minify extension."""
-        if "flask-minify" not in app.extensions:
+        """Initialize the Flask-Minify extension.
+
+        It seems like this extension may cause issues with certain user-related
+        operations in the system and has thus been disabled by default.
+        """
+        minify_enabled = app.config.get("CONFIG_TUW_MINIFY_ENABLED", False)
+        if minify_enabled and "flask-minify" not in app.extensions:
             minify = Minify(app, static=False, go=False)
             app.extensions["flask-minify"] = minify