diff --git a/crash-things.sh b/crash-things.sh
index 3fda2ba..cbe51cb 100755
--- a/crash-things.sh
+++ b/crash-things.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ CRASHER_CMD=(
 
 echo "${CRASHER_CMD[*]}"
 
+# TODO remove `on_disk_payload_uses_mmap` once it can be done through the API
+QDRANT__STORAGE__ON_DISK_PAYLOAD_USES_MMAP=true \
 QDRANT__LOGGER__ON_DISK__ENABLED=true \
 QDRANT__LOGGER__ON_DISK__LOG_FILE=$QDRANT_LOG \
 "${CRASHER_CMD[@]}" &>"$CRASHER_LOG" &