diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cfdea222695cd2d3ee8557453b37f5f868a4fb5e..93952d52f3b506bb8885894e2a9962b4f0e22b89 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+
+
+## [1.7.2]
+
+### Fixed
+- Upload size was restricted to 2MB by nginx, increase limit to 30MB
+
 ## [1.7.1]
 
 ## Fixed 
diff --git a/apps/nginx/nginx.conf b/apps/nginx/nginx.conf
index 5434047624ade441a1e6f5b15380abc955091a2b..a9ed260e964f7ebcf2c14bfa40e78d6916247af0 100644
--- a/apps/nginx/nginx.conf
+++ b/apps/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ http {
 
         # Everything else goes to next.js web app
         location / {
+            client_max_body_size 30M;
             proxy_pass http://snip_next:4000;
             proxy_http_version 1.1;
             proxy_read_timeout 900;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4859349f47cd48faf740015674a7278fa154413d..481e28443c7a7baa1cd36bf7b976f58511bd5fe5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "snip",
-    "version": "1.7.1",
+    "version": "1.7.2",
     "description": "our digital lab book",
     "author": "Sebastian B. Mohr, Markus Osterhoff",
     "repository": {