diff --git a/config/autoload/dependencies.global.php b/config/autoload/dependencies.global.php
index aa105e6d..cda3aeea 100644
--- a/config/autoload/dependencies.global.php
+++ b/config/autoload/dependencies.global.php
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ return [
                 Container\ApplicationConfigInjectionDelegator::class,
             ],
         ],
+
+        'lazy_services' => [
+            'proxies_target_dir' => 'data/proxies',
+            'proxies_namespace' => 'ShlinkProxy',
+            'write_proxy_files' => true,
+        ],
     ],
 
 ];
diff --git a/config/autoload/dependencies.local.php.dist b/config/autoload/dependencies.local.php.dist
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ce9874b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/autoload/dependencies.local.php.dist
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+return [
+
+    'dependencies' => [
+        'lazy_services' => [
+            'write_proxy_files' => false,
+        ],
+    ],
+
+];
diff --git a/module/Common/config/dependencies.config.php b/module/Common/config/dependencies.config.php
index 8ac6311b..a43d1e5c 100644
--- a/module/Common/config/dependencies.config.php
+++ b/module/Common/config/dependencies.config.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem;
 use Zend\I18n\Translator\Translator;
 use Zend\ServiceManager\AbstractFactory\ConfigAbstractFactory;
 use Zend\ServiceManager\Factory\InvokableFactory;
+use Zend\ServiceManager\Proxy\LazyServiceFactory;
 
 return [
 
@@ -56,6 +57,19 @@ return [
         'abstract_factories' => [
             Factory\DottedAccessConfigAbstractFactory::class,
         ],
+        'delegators' => [
+            // The GeoLite2 db reader has to be lazy so that it does not try to load the DB file at app bootstrapping.
+            // By doing so, it would fail the first time shlink tries to download it.
+            Reader::class => [
+                LazyServiceFactory::class,
+            ],
+        ],
+
+        'lazy_services' => [
+            'class_map' => [
+                Reader::class => Reader::class,
+            ],
+        ],
     ],
 
     ConfigAbstractFactory::class => [