diff --git a/configuration/config.go b/configuration/config.go
index 22d9fcfd884567b26fc111167fce3b0ce9639ff1..4943459deb412304670a8293e3ec4cfa0e1671a4 100644
--- a/configuration/config.go
+++ b/configuration/config.go
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 
+const BODY_SIZE_LIMIT = 32 * 1024 * 1024    // 32 MB, in bytes
+
+
 type Config struct {
     Environment string `env:"ENV_NAME" envDefault:"development"`
     Host        string `env:"HOST" envDefault:"127.0.0.1"`
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index cacfd7338e4a545ffa20bb791bdad64eec7fa3b0..f9bbd9f78a00de4da63c04585b73427bfc8a9ea9 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ func main() {
     server := fiber.New( fiber.Config{
         AppName: "webservice",
         DisableStartupMessage: config.Environment != "development",
+        BodyLimit: configuration.BODY_SIZE_LIMIT,
     })
 
     var store state.Store
diff --git a/routing/routes_test.go b/routing/routes_test.go
index c7295c855e9e4509280a1f44c2792aed68574807..bc1cdd8f1aa179ee2096283feeb409da69ed1df2 100644
--- a/routing/routes_test.go
+++ b/routing/routes_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ func setup() ( *f.App, *configuration.Config, state.Store, *bool ){
     server := f.New( f.Config{
         AppName: "test",
         DisableStartupMessage: false,
+        BodyLimit: configuration.BODY_SIZE_LIMIT,
     })
     store := state.NewEphemeralStore()
     var isHealthy = true