diff --git a/backend/src/middlewares/upload.js b/backend/src/middlewares/upload.js
index ea3e835..0a24ab3 100644
--- a/backend/src/middlewares/upload.js
+++ b/backend/src/middlewares/upload.js
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 const util = require('util');
 const Multer = require('multer');
-const maxSize = 10 * 1024 * 1024;
 
-let processFile = Multer({
-  storage: Multer.memoryStorage(),
-  limits: { fileSize: maxSize },
-}).single("file");
+const DEFAULT_MAX_FILE_SIZE = 10 * 1024 * 1024;
 
-let processFileMiddleware = util.promisify(processFile);
-module.exports = processFileMiddleware;
+const createProcessFile = (maxFileSize = DEFAULT_MAX_FILE_SIZE) => {
+  const processFile = Multer({
+    storage: Multer.memoryStorage(),
+    limits: { fileSize: maxFileSize },
+  }).single('file');
+
+  return util.promisify(processFile);
+};
+
+const defaultProcessFile = createProcessFile();
+
+defaultProcessFile.createProcessFile = createProcessFile;
+defaultProcessFile.DEFAULT_MAX_FILE_SIZE = DEFAULT_MAX_FILE_SIZE;
+
+module.exports = defaultProcessFile;
diff --git a/backend/src/routes/file.js b/backend/src/routes/file.js
index ddd2bc0..b88de7a 100644
--- a/backend/src/routes/file.js
+++ b/backend/src/routes/file.js
@@ -1,29 +1,38 @@
 const express = require('express');
-const config = require('../config');
-const path = require('path');
 const passport = require('passport');
 const services = require('../services/file');
 const router = express.Router();
 
-router.get('/download', (req, res) => {
-  if (process.env.NODE_ENV == "production" || process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BACK_API) {
-    services.downloadGCloud(req, res);
+const DEFAULT_MAX_FILE_SIZE = 10 * 1024 * 1024;
+const MEDIA_UPLOAD_MAX_FILE_SIZE = 512 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+const getMaxFileSize = (table, field) => {
+  if (table === 'media_assets' && field === 'file') {
+    return MEDIA_UPLOAD_MAX_FILE_SIZE;
   }
-  else {
+
+  return DEFAULT_MAX_FILE_SIZE;
+};
+
+router.get('/download', (req, res) => {
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV == 'production' || process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BACK_API) {
+    services.downloadGCloud(req, res);
+  } else {
     services.downloadLocal(req, res);
   }
 });
 
-router.post('/upload/:table/:field', passport.authenticate('jwt', {session: false}), (req, res) => {
-  const fileName = `${req.params.table}/${req.params.field}`;
+router.post('/upload/:table/:field', passport.authenticate('jwt', { session: false }), (req, res) => {
+  const { table, field } = req.params;
+  const fileName = `${table}/${field}`;
+  const maxFileSize = getMaxFileSize(table, field);
 
-  if (process.env.NODE_ENV == "production" || process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BACK_API) {
-    services.uploadGCloud(fileName, req, res);
-  }
-  else {
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV == 'production' || process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BACK_API) {
+    services.uploadGCloud(fileName, req, res, { maxFileSize });
+  } else {
     services.uploadLocal(fileName, {
       entity: null,
-      maxFileSize: 10 * 1024 * 1024,
+      maxFileSize,
       folderIncludesAuthenticationUid: false,
     })(req, res);
   }
diff --git a/backend/src/services/file.js b/backend/src/services/file.js
index 597be30..0c03116 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/file.js
+++ b/backend/src/services/file.js
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ const uploadLocal = (
     });
 
     form.on('error', function (err) {
+      if (err && /maxFileSize|maxFieldsSize|maxTotalFileSize/i.test(err.message || '')) {
+        res.status(413).send({ message: 'File is too large for this upload.' });
+        return;
+      }
+
       res.status(500).send(err);
     });
   }
@@ -91,8 +96,11 @@ const downloadLocal = async (req, res) => {
     res.download(path.join(config.uploadDir, privateUrl));
 }
 
-const initGCloud = () => {
-  const processFile = require("../middlewares/upload");
+const initGCloud = (maxFileSize) => {
+  const defaultProcessFile = require('../middlewares/upload');
+  const processFile = maxFileSize
+    ? defaultProcessFile.createProcessFile(maxFileSize)
+    : defaultProcessFile;
   const { Storage } = require("@google-cloud/storage");
 
   const crypto = require('crypto')
@@ -112,9 +120,10 @@ const initGCloud = () => {
   return {hash, bucket, processFile};
 }
 
-const uploadGCloud = async (folder, req, res) => {
+const uploadGCloud = async (folder, req, res, options = {}) => {
   try {
-    const {hash, bucket, processFile} = initGCloud();
+    const { maxFileSize } = options;
+    const {hash, bucket, processFile} = initGCloud(maxFileSize);
     await processFile(req, res);
     let buffer = await req.file.buffer;
     let filename = await req.body.filename;
@@ -155,6 +164,11 @@ const uploadGCloud = async (folder, req, res) => {
   } catch (err) {
     console.log(err);
 
+    if (err && err.code === 'LIMIT_FILE_SIZE') {
+      res.status(413).send({ message: 'File is too large for this upload.' });
+      return;
+    }
+
     res.status(500).send({
       message: `Could not upload the file. ${err}`
     });