diff --git a/src/components/shared/nutrient-predictor/upload-food-image/upload-image/upload-image.component.jsx b/src/components/shared/nutrient-predictor/upload-food-image/upload-image/upload-image.component.jsx
index 7714dbe..302c4d7 100644
--- a/src/components/shared/nutrient-predictor/upload-food-image/upload-image/upload-image.component.jsx
+++ b/src/components/shared/nutrient-predictor/upload-food-image/upload-image/upload-image.component.jsx
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const UploadImage = () => {
 
     setFormFields({ 
       ...formFields,
-      uploadedImage: name === "uploadedImagePath" ? URL.createObjectURL(event.target.files[0]) : "",
+      uploadedImage: name === "uploadedImagePath" ? event.target.files[0] : "",
       [name]: value }
     );
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ const UploadImage = () => {
           <FormInput label="Image URL" type="url" id="imageUrl" name="imageUrl" 
                     onChange={ (e) => handleChange(e, NUTRIENT_PREDICTOR_ENUMS.url) } value={ formFields.imageUrl }></FormInput>
 
-          <FormInput type="file" id="uploadedImagePath" name="uploadedImagePath" 
+          <FormInput disabled type="file" id="uploadedImagePath" name="uploadedImagePath" 
                     onChange={ (e) => handleChange(e, NUTRIENT_PREDICTOR_ENUMS.image) } value={ formFields.uploadedImagePath } accept="image/*"></FormInput>
 
           <ButtonsContainer>
diff --git a/src/utils/api-requests/nutrient-predictor.requests.js b/src/utils/api-requests/nutrient-predictor.requests.js
index 5350d79..f2d0a06 100644
--- a/src/utils/api-requests/nutrient-predictor.requests.js
+++ b/src/utils/api-requests/nutrient-predictor.requests.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export const getFoodObjectDetection = async (uploadedImage) => {
     const resFoodObjectDetection = await fetch(`${process.env.REACT_APP_API_URL_OBJECT_DETECTOR}${process.env.REACT_APP_API_URL_FOOD_OBJECT_DETECTION}`, {
       method: "POST",
       headers: {
-        "Content-Type": "multipart/form-data"
+        "Content-Type": "multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW",
       },
       body: formData
     })