diff --git a/deployment/data/nginx/app.conf.template b/deployment/data/nginx/app.conf.template
index 6ceaa7f11..bf2d78b2b 100644
--- a/deployment/data/nginx/app.conf.template
+++ b/deployment/data/nginx/app.conf.template
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ server {
     listen 80;
     server_name ${DOMAIN};
 
+    client_max_body_size 20M;    # Maximum upload size    
+
     location ~ ^/api(.*)$ {
         rewrite ^/api(/.*)$ $1 break;
 
@@ -73,4 +75,4 @@ server {
     ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/${DOMAIN}/privkey.pem;
     include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf;
     ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/deployment/data/nginx/app.conf.template.dev b/deployment/data/nginx/app.conf.template.dev
index 2abebb33c..3377760be 100644
--- a/deployment/data/nginx/app.conf.template.dev
+++ b/deployment/data/nginx/app.conf.template.dev
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ server {
     listen 80;
     server_name ${DOMAIN};
 
+    client_max_body_size 20M;    # Maximum upload size    
+
     location ~ ^/api(.*)$ {
         rewrite ^/api(/.*)$ $1 break;