diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f48f307..c2a1dbc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 [features]
-default = []
+default = ["object-storage"]
 object-storage = ["reqwest", "rust-s3"]
 io-uring = ["actix-rt/io-uring", "actix-server/io-uring", "tokio-uring", "sled/io_uring"]