diff --git a/docker/frontend/default.conf.template b/docker/frontend/default.conf.template
index 9e8bf9c0d..efd23b956 100644
--- a/docker/frontend/default.conf.template
+++ b/docker/frontend/default.conf.template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ events {}
 http {
     include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
     default_type text/plain;
+    client_max_body_size ${LANGFLOW_MAX_FILE_SIZE_UPLOAD}M;
 
     types {
         text/html html;
diff --git a/docker/frontend/start-nginx.sh b/docker/frontend/start-nginx.sh
index 891075e80..28954f88f 100644
--- a/docker/frontend/start-nginx.sh
+++ b/docker/frontend/start-nginx.sh
@@ -15,16 +15,19 @@ fi
 if [ -z "$FRONTEND_PORT" ]; then
   FRONTEND_PORT="80"
 fi
+if [ -z "$LANGFLOW_MAX_FILE_SIZE_UPLOAD" ]; then
+  LANGFLOW_MAX_FILE_SIZE_UPLOAD="1"
+fi
 if [ -z "$BACKEND_URL" ]; then
   echo "BACKEND_URL must be set as an environment variable or as first parameter. (e.g. http://localhost:7860)"
   exit 1
 fi
 
 # Export variables for envsubst
-export BACKEND_URL FRONTEND_PORT
+export BACKEND_URL FRONTEND_PORT LANGFLOW_MAX_FILE_SIZE_UPLOAD
 
 # Use envsubst to substitute environment variables in the template
-envsubst '${BACKEND_URL} ${FRONTEND_PORT}' < /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf.template > $CONFIG_DIR/default.conf
+envsubst '${BACKEND_URL} ${FRONTEND_PORT} ${LANGFLOW_MAX_FILE_SIZE_UPLOAD}' < /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf.template > $CONFIG_DIR/default.conf
 
 # Start nginx with the new configuration
 exec nginx -c $CONFIG_DIR/default.conf -g 'daemon off;'
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