diff --git a/packages/globals/globals.go b/packages/globals/globals.go
index 7501453..7f8b626 100644
--- a/packages/globals/globals.go
+++ b/packages/globals/globals.go
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ package globals
 import "time"
 
 const (
-	MaxDirectMsgCache     uint32        = 12
-	FileStorageBucketName string        = "communicator"
-	FileDownloadLinkTtl   time.Duration = 24 * time.Hour
+	MaxDirectMsgCache      uint32        = 12
+	FileStorageBucketName  string        = "communicator"
+	MaxPostBytes           uint32        = 4 << 10
+	MaxPostWithFileBytes   uint32        = 1 << 30
+	FileProcessingPartSize uint64        = 24 << 10
+	FileProcessingThreads  uint          = 3
+	FileDownloadLinkTtl    time.Duration = 24 * time.Hour
 )
diff --git a/packages/http/helper.go b/packages/http/helper.go
index f0de069..3101a6d 100644
--- a/packages/http/helper.go
+++ b/packages/http/helper.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 )
 
-func requestValidCheck(response *http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) bool {
+func postValidCheckWithResponseOnFail(response *http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) bool {
 	if request.Method != http.MethodPost {
 		http.Error(*response, "POST only", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
 		return false
diff --git a/packages/http/httpConnectionAndDm.go b/packages/http/httpConnectionAndDm.go
index ce98fa6..4e7ccac 100644
--- a/packages/http/httpConnectionAndDm.go
+++ b/packages/http/httpConnectionAndDm.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func HandleDm(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
-	if !requestValidCheck(&response, request) {
+	if !postValidCheckWithResponseOnFail(&response, request) {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func HandleDm(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 }
 
 func HandleUserGetConnectionMessages(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
-	if !requestValidCheck(&response, request) {
+	if !postValidCheckWithResponseOnFail(&response, request) {
 		return
 	}
 	ctx := request.Context()
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func HandleUserGetConnectionMessages(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http
 }
 
 func HandleUserNewConnection(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
-	if !requestValidCheck(&response, request) {
+	if !postValidCheckWithResponseOnFail(&response, request) {
 		return
 	}
 	ctx := request.Context()
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func HandleUserNewConnection(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request
 }
 
 func HandleUserDeleteConnection(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
-	if !requestValidCheck(&response, request) {
+	if !postValidCheckWithResponseOnFail(&response, request) {
 		return
 	}
 	ctx := request.Context()
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func HandleUserDeleteConnection(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Requ
 }
 
 func HandleUserElevateConnection(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
-	if !requestValidCheck(&response, request) {
+	if !postValidCheckWithResponseOnFail(&response, request) {
 		return
 	}
 	ctx := request.Context()
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ func HandleUserElevateConnection(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Req
 }
 
 func HandleUserGetConnections(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
-	if !requestValidCheck(&response, request) {
+	if !postValidCheckWithResponseOnFail(&response, request) {
 		return
 	}
 	ctx := request.Context()
diff --git a/packages/http/httpUser.go b/packages/http/httpUser.go
index ec1db10..f9302c0 100644
--- a/packages/http/httpUser.go
+++ b/packages/http/httpUser.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func HandleUserNewToken(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
-	if !requestValidCheck(&response, request) {
+	if !postValidCheckWithResponseOnFail(&response, request) {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func HandleUserNewToken(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 }
 
 func HandleUserNew(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
-	if !requestValidCheck(&response, request) {
+	if !postValidCheckWithResponseOnFail(&response, request) {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func HandleUserNew(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 }
 
 func HandleUserDelete(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
-	if !requestValidCheck(&response, request) {
+	if !postValidCheckWithResponseOnFail(&response, request) {
 		return
 	}
 	ctx := request.Context()
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func HandleUserDelete(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 
 // HandleUserModifyAppearance currently just color
 func HandleUserModifyAppearance(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
-	if !requestValidCheck(&response, request) {
+	if !postValidCheckWithResponseOnFail(&response, request) {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func HandleUserModifyAppearance(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Requ
 
 // HandleUserModifyAbout currently just pronouns
 func HandleUserModifyAbout(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
-	if !requestValidCheck(&response, request) {
+	if !postValidCheckWithResponseOnFail(&response, request) {
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/minio/minio.go b/packages/minio/minio.go
index 3844620..028f1f8 100644
--- a/packages/minio/minio.go
+++ b/packages/minio/minio.go
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ func upload(ctx context.Context, key string, body io.Reader, size int64, content
 	_, err := minClient.PutObject(ctx, globals.FileStorageBucketName, key, body, size,
 		minio.PutObjectOptions{
 			ContentType: contentType,
+			PartSize:    globals.FileProcessingPartSize,
+			NumThreads:  globals.FileProcessingThreads,
 		})
 	return err
 }