diff --git a/conf/nginx.conf b/conf/nginx.conf
index 1d7ef8d..8f45254 100644
--- a/conf/nginx.conf
+++ b/conf/nginx.conf
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ location ^~ __PATH__/ {
 
   index index.php;
 
+  # setup for image upload
+  client_max_body_size 256M;
+  proxy_max_temp_file_size 1024M;
+
   try_files $uri $uri/ @lychee;
   location ~ \.php$ {
         if (!-e $request_filename) {
@@ -29,6 +33,7 @@ location ^~ __PATH__/ {
   # Include SSOWAT user panel.
   include conf.d/yunohost_panel.conf.inc;
 }
+
 location @lychee {
     rewrite __PATH__/(.*)$ __PATH__/index.php?/$1 last;
 }