diff --git a/src/proxy.ts b/src/proxy.ts
index 39e30ed..f84a536 100644
--- a/src/proxy.ts
+++ b/src/proxy.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export function createProxy(isHealthy: () => boolean, isRunning: () => boolean)
       method: req.method,
       headers: req.headers,
       body,
+      redirect: 'manual',
     }).then((r) => {
       // Bun auto-decompresses gzip but leaves content-encoding header.
       // Strip it so the next proxy layer doesn't try to decompress again.