# Uploading a 1MB PDF I'm getting « upload is too big, maximum is 4MB »

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 29, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-a-1mb-pdf-im-getting-upload-is-too-big-maximum-is-4mb/240391 "2022-09-29T12:37:58Z")\
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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:** [September 29, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-a-1mb-pdf-im-getting-upload-is-too-big-maximum-is-4mb/240391/5 "2022-09-29T17:00:22Z")

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No, as that file size is under the default nginx size limit. However that is a good clue.

The site @Julien_Palard self-hosts has a custom reverse-proxy between Discourse and the browser, so that error is probably coming from a misconfigured reverse proxy.

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