diff --git a/lib/pleroma/application.ex b/lib/pleroma/application.ex
index c0b5db9f1..005aba50a 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/application.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/application.ex
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ def start(_type, _args) do
     # every time the application is restarted, so we disable module
     # conflicts at runtime
     Code.compiler_options(ignore_module_conflict: true)
+    # Disable warnings_as_errors at runtime, it breaks Phoenix live reload
+    # due to protocol consolidation warnings
+    Code.compiler_options(warnings_as_errors: false)
     Pleroma.Telemetry.Logger.attach()
     Config.Holder.save_default()
     Pleroma.HTML.compile_scrubbers()