diff --git a/config/configStruct.go b/config/configStruct.go
index a2f1c04ce..a1c88a619 100644
--- a/config/configStruct.go
+++ b/config/configStruct.go
@@ -153,6 +153,14 @@ func CreateDefaultConfig() ConfigStruct {
 				LDAP:     []uint16{389},
 				DIAMETER: []uint16{3868},
 			},
+			Nginx: configStructs.NginxConfig{
+				Proxy: configStructs.ProxyNginxConfig{
+					BufferSize:      "64k",
+					BuffersCount:    "4",
+					BuffersSize:     "128k",
+					BusyBuffersSize: "128k",
+				},
+			},
 			Dashboard: configStructs.DashboardConfig{
 				CompleteStreamingEnabled: true,
 				ClusterWideMapEnabled:    false,
diff --git a/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go b/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go
index 1199f2355..9bc6021e2 100644
--- a/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go
+++ b/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go
@@ -209,6 +209,17 @@ type FrontRoutingConfig struct {
 	BasePath string `yaml:"basePath" json:"basePath" default:""`
 }
 
+type NginxConfig struct {
+	Proxy ProxyNginxConfig `yaml:"proxy" json:"proxy"`
+}
+
+type ProxyNginxConfig struct {
+	BufferSize      string `yaml:"bufferSize" json:"bufferSize" default:"64k"`
+	BuffersCount    string `yaml:"buffersCount" json:"buffersCount" default:"4"`
+	BuffersSize     string `yaml:"buffersSize" json:"buffersSize" default:"128k"`
+	BusyBuffersSize string `yaml:"busyBuffersSize" json:"busyBuffersSize" default:"128k"`
+}
+
 type ReleaseConfig struct {
 	Repo          string `yaml:"repo" json:"repo" default:"https://helm.kubeshark.com"`
 	Name          string `yaml:"name" json:"name" default:"kubeshark"`
@@ -406,6 +417,7 @@ type TapConfig struct {
 	Routing                        RoutingConfig           `yaml:"routing" json:"routing"`
 	IPv6                           bool                    `yaml:"ipv6" json:"ipv6" default:"true"`
 	Debug                          bool                    `yaml:"debug" json:"debug" default:"false"`
+	Nginx                          NginxConfig             `yaml:"nginx" json:"nginx"`
 	Dashboard                      DashboardConfig         `yaml:"dashboard" json:"dashboard"`
 	Telemetry                      TelemetryConfig         `yaml:"telemetry" json:"telemetry"`
 	ResourceGuard                  ResourceGuardConfig     `yaml:"resourceGuard" json:"resourceGuard"`
diff --git a/helm-chart/templates/11-nginx-config-map.yaml b/helm-chart/templates/11-nginx-config-map.yaml
index 39bbe4c9c..ab87c017c 100644
--- a/helm-chart/templates/11-nginx-config-map.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/templates/11-nginx-config-map.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ data:
       client_header_buffer_size   32k;
       large_client_header_buffers 8 64k;
 
+      proxy_buffer_size {{ .Values.tap.nginx.proxy.bufferSize }};
+      proxy_buffers {{ .Values.tap.nginx.proxy.buffersCount }} {{ .Values.tap.nginx.proxy.buffersSize }};
+      proxy_busy_buffers_size {{ .Values.tap.nginx.proxy.busyBuffersSize }};
+
       location {{ default "" (((.Values.tap).routing).front).basePath }}/api {
         rewrite ^{{ default "" (((.Values.tap).routing).front).basePath }}/api(.*)$ $1 break;
         proxy_pass http://kubeshark-hub;
diff --git a/helm-chart/values.yaml b/helm-chart/values.yaml
index 8a024cde6..92d2640ea 100644
--- a/helm-chart/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/values.yaml
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ tap:
   routing:
     front:
       basePath: ""
+  nginx:
+    proxy:
+      bufferSize: 64k
+      buffersCount: 4
+      buffersSize: 128k
+      busyBuffersSize: 128k
   ipv6: true
   debug: false
   dashboard: