diff --git a/app/src/components/globals/formItems/FileItem.vue b/app/src/components/globals/formItems/FileItem.vue
index 8dca3b7b..e7ca0b3e 100644
--- a/app/src/components/globals/formItems/FileItem.vue
+++ b/app/src/components/globals/formItems/FileItem.vue
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
 <template>
   <b-button-group class="w-100">
-    <b-button @click="clearFiles" variant="danger" v-if="!this.required && this.value !== null && !this.value._removed">
+    <b-button
+      v-if="!this.required && this.value.file !== null"
+      @click="clearFiles" variant="danger"
+    >
+      <span class="sr-only">{{ $t('delete') }}</span>
       <icon iname="trash" />
     </b-button>
+
     <b-form-file
       v-model="file"
       ref="input-file"
       :id="id"
-      v-on="$listeners"
       :required="required"
       :placeholder="_placeholder"
       :accept="accept"
       :drop-placeholder="dropPlaceholder"
       :state="state"
       :browse-text="$t('words.browse')"
+      @input="onInput"
       @blur="$parent.$emit('touch', name)"
       @focusout.native="$parent.$emit('touch', name)"
     />
@@ -21,18 +26,14 @@
 </template>
 
 <script>
+import { getFileContent } from '@/helpers/commons'
+
 export default {
   name: 'FileItem',
 
-  data () {
-    return {
-      file: this.value
-    }
-  },
-
   props: {
     id: { type: String, default: null },
-    value: { type: [File, null], default: null },
+    value: { type: Object, default: () => ({}) },
     placeholder: { type: String, default: 'Choose a file or drop it here...' },
     dropPlaceholder: { type: String, default: null },
     accept: { type: String, default: null },
@@ -41,24 +42,43 @@ export default {
     name: { type: String, default: null }
   },
 
+  data () {
+    return {
+      file: this.value.file
+    }
+  },
+
   computed: {
     _placeholder: function () {
-        return (this.value === null) ? this.placeholder : this.value.name
+      return this.value.file === null ? this.placeholder : this.value.file.name
     }
   },
 
   methods: {
-    clearFiles () {
-      const f = new File([''], this.placeholder)
-      f._removed = true
-      if (this.value && this.value.currentfile) {
-        this.$refs['input-file'].reset()
-        this.$emit('input', f)
-      } else {
-        this.$refs['input-file'].setFiles([f])
-        this.file = f
-        this.$emit('input', f)
+    onInput (file) {
+      const value = {
+        file,
+        content: '',
+        currentfile: false,
+        removed: false
       }
+      // Update the value with the new File and an empty content for now
+      this.$emit('input', value)
+
+      // Asynchronously load the File content and update the value again
+      getFileContent(file).then(content => {
+        this.$emit('input', { ...value, content })
+      })
+    },
+
+    clearFiles () {
+      this.$refs['input-file'].reset()
+      this.$emit('input', {
+        file: null,
+        content: '',
+        current_file: false,
+        removed: true
+      })
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/helpers/commons.js b/app/src/helpers/commons.js
index b9510510..b52a7e9c 100644
--- a/app/src/helpers/commons.js
+++ b/app/src/helpers/commons.js
@@ -100,3 +100,26 @@ export function escapeHtml (unsafe) {
 export function randint (min, max) {
   return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min
 }
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns a File content.
+ *
+ * @param {File} file
+ * @param {Object} [extraParams] - Optionnal params
+ * @param {Boolean} [extraParams.base64] - returns a base64 representation of the file.
+ * @return {Promise<String>}
+ */
+export function getFileContent (file, { base64 = false } = {}) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const reader = new FileReader()
+    reader.onerror = reject
+    reader.onload = () => resolve(reader.result)
+
+    if (base64) {
+      reader.readAsDataURL(file)
+    } else {
+      reader.readAsText(file)
+    }
+  })
+}
diff --git a/app/src/helpers/yunohostArguments.js b/app/src/helpers/yunohostArguments.js
index 97230508..fe3d08b4 100644
--- a/app/src/helpers/yunohostArguments.js
+++ b/app/src/helpers/yunohostArguments.js
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@ import i18n from '@/i18n'
 import store from '@/store'
 import evaluate from 'simple-evaluate'
 import * as validators from '@/helpers/validators'
-import { isObjectLiteral, isEmptyValue, flattenObjectLiteral } from '@/helpers/commons'
+import {
+  isObjectLiteral,
+  isEmptyValue,
+  flattenObjectLiteral,
+  getFileContent
+} from '@/helpers/commons'
 
 
 /**
@@ -125,9 +130,12 @@ export function formatYunoHostArgument (arg) {
       name: 'FileItem',
       props: defaultProps.concat(['accept']),
       callback: function () {
-        if (value) {
-          value = new File([''], value)
-          value.currentfile = true
+        value = {
+          // in case of already defined file, we receive only the file path (not the actual file)
+          file: value ? new File([''], value) : null,
+          content: '',
+          current_file: !!value,
+          removed: false
         }
       }
     },
@@ -353,25 +361,6 @@ export function configPanelsFieldIsVisible (expression, field, forms) {
 }
 
 
-export function pFileReader (file, output, key, base64 = true) {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        const fr = new FileReader()
-        fr.onerror = reject
-        fr.onload = () => {
-          output[key] = fr.result
-          if (base64) {
-            output[key] = fr.result.replace(/data:[^;]*;base64,/, '')
-          }
-          output[key + '[name]'] = file.name
-          resolve()
-        }
-        if (base64) {
-          fr.readAsDataURL(file)
-        } else {
-          fr.readAsText(file)
-        }
-    })
-}
 
 
 /**