diff --git a/lib/disk_space.rb b/lib/disk_space.rb
index 2a01dae6a..9fbf6d480 100644
--- a/lib/disk_space.rb
+++ b/lib/disk_space.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ class DiskSpace
   end
 
   def self.uploads_free_bytes
-    free(uploads_path)
+    # temporary (on our internal setup its just too slow)
+    Upload.sum(:filesize).to_i
+    # free(uploads_path)
   end
 
   def self.backups_used_bytes