diff --git a/app/src/middleware/upload.js b/app/src/middleware/upload.js
index 4901ccc9..12318349 100644
--- a/app/src/middleware/upload.js
+++ b/app/src/middleware/upload.js
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ const currentUpload = (strict = false) => {
   return (req, res, next) => {
     // Check Content-Length Header
     const contentLength = parseInt(req.get('Content-Length'));
+    // set a longer request timeout for large file uploads
+    // req.socket.server.requestTimeout = Math.max(300000, contentLength);
+    req.setTimeout(Math.max(300000, contentLength));
     // TODO: Figure out what's killing and returning a 400 in response stack
     if (!contentLength) return new Problem(411, { detail: 'Content-Length must be greater than 0' }).send(res);