diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index bceeb5c..5087f51 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -20,5 +20,9 @@ spring.datasource.hikari.connection-timeout=30000
 server.servlet.encoding.enabled=true
 server.servlet.encoding.force=true
 server.servlet.encoding.charset=utf-8
+# set the max size of a single file
+spring.servlet.multipart.max-file-size=500MB
+# set the max size of the total request
+spring.servlet.multipart.max-request-size=500MB