diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 9d86574256..dd2ba4240c 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ const serverConfig = {
     `,
   },
   static: false,
+  client: {
+    // See https://github.com/firefox-devtools/profiler/pull/4598#issuecomment-1529260852
+    // for the root cause of an error happening at load time. For this reason we
+    // disable the webpack overlay. We may be able to revisit after moving to
+    // the React 18 new API.
+    overlay: false,
+  },
 };
 
 // Allow a local file to override various options.