diff --git a/docker/main/rootfs/usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf b/docker/main/rootfs/usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
index fa487a083..61b598859 100644
--- a/docker/main/rootfs/usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
+++ b/docker/main/rootfs/usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ http {
         open_file_cache_errors on;
         aio on;
 
+        # file upload size
+        client_max_body_size 10M;
+
         # https://github.com/kaltura/nginx-vod-module#vod_open_file_thread_pool
         vod_open_file_thread_pool default;
 
@@ -246,8 +249,6 @@ http {
             proxy_no_cache $should_not_cache;
             add_header X-Cache-Status $upstream_cache_status;
 
-            client_max_body_size 10M;
-
             location /api/vod/ {
                 include auth_request.conf;
                 proxy_pass http://frigate_api/vod/;