# Changing max\_image\_size\_kb

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-max-image-size-kb/247420>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** uploads, s3\
**Created:** [December 2, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-max-image-size-kb/247420 "2022-12-02T01:25:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-max-image-size-kb/247420/5 "2022-12-05T21:48:22Z")

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> [@fearlessfrog](#):
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> [discourse/lib/tasks/uploads.rake at 1d42cc94a2c74633178d4e75560368d89576f2aa · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/1d42cc94a2c74633178d4e75560368d89576f2aa/lib/tasks/uploads.rake#L1100)
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> …needs to be ARGV[1], otherwise it’s always using 500\_000 regardless of what’s passed in.

cc @cvx, do we need to update that?

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