diff --git a/docker/nginx/conf.d/client.conf b/docker/nginx/conf.d/client.conf
index d45d0a00..f5373143 100644
--- a/docker/nginx/conf.d/client.conf
+++ b/docker/nginx/conf.d/client.conf
@@ -390,13 +390,15 @@ server {
 	location /skynet/tus {
 		include /etc/nginx/conf.d/include/cors;
 
-		client_max_body_size 1000M; # make sure to limit the size of upload to a sane value
+		client_max_body_size 50M; # tus chunks size is 40M + leaving 10M of breathing room
 		proxy_read_timeout 600;
 		proxy_request_buffering off; # stream uploaded files through the proxy as it comes in
 		proxy_set_header Expect $http_expect;
 
 		# proxy /skynet/tus requests to siad endpoint with all arguments
 		proxy_pass http://siad;
+
+		# rewrite tus headers to use correct uri
 		proxy_redirect https://siad/ https://$domain.$tld/;
 	}