diff --git a/apps/wizarr-backend/wizarr_backend/app/config.py b/apps/wizarr-backend/wizarr_backend/app/config.py
index c6386304..de4e57f4 100644
--- a/apps/wizarr-backend/wizarr_backend/app/config.py
+++ b/apps/wizarr-backend/wizarr_backend/app/config.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from os import environ, path
 from flask import Flask
 from app.security import secret_key, SchedulerAuth
-from definitions import DATABASE_DIR
+from definitions import DATABASE_DIR, MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH
 
 def create_config(app: Flask):
     config = {}
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@ def create_config(app: Flask):
     config["SCHEDULER_API_ENABLED"] = True
     config["SCHEDULER_API_PREFIX"] = "/api/scheduler"
     config["SCHEDULER_AUTH"] = SchedulerAuth()
+    config["MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH"] = MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH
 
     return config
diff --git a/apps/wizarr-backend/wizarr_backend/definitions.py b/apps/wizarr-backend/wizarr_backend/definitions.py
index 0c150f55..481cb2f4 100644
--- a/apps/wizarr-backend/wizarr_backend/definitions.py
+++ b/apps/wizarr-backend/wizarr_backend/definitions.py
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 ROOT_DIR = getenv("ROOT_DIR", path.abspath(path.join(path.abspath(__file__), "../")))
 LATEST_FILE = getenv("LATEST_FILE", path.join(ROOT_DIR, "../", "../", "../", "latest"))
 DATABASE_DIR = getenv("DATABASE_DIR", path.join(ROOT_DIR, "../", "database"))
+MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH = getenv("MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH", 5 * 1024 * 1024) # 5MB
diff --git a/files/nginx-backend.conf b/files/nginx-backend.conf
index 3606af9d..3a9d7e10 100644
--- a/files/nginx-backend.conf
+++ b/files/nginx-backend.conf
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ server {
     add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, POST, OPTIONS';
     add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'DNT,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type,Range,Authorization';
 
+    client_max_body_size 0;  # Disables limit, relying on Flask's MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH
+
     location /api {
         proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:5000;
         # proxy_set_header Host $host;