diff --git a/transact/src/main/java/dev/dbos/transact/conductor/Conductor.java b/transact/src/main/java/dev/dbos/transact/conductor/Conductor.java
index 2dd5c236..8b4f76f1 100644
--- a/transact/src/main/java/dev/dbos/transact/conductor/Conductor.java
+++ b/transact/src/main/java/dev/dbos/transact/conductor/Conductor.java
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ protected void initChannel(SocketChannel ch) {
                               .customHeaders(EmptyHttpHeaders.INSTANCE)
                               .dropPongFrames(false)
                               .handleCloseFrames(false)
+                              .generateOriginHeader(false)
                               .maxFramePayloadLength(256 * 1024 * 1024)
                               .build()),
                       new MessageToMessageDecoder<WebSocketFrame>() {