diff --git a/crates/edgen_core/src/settings.rs b/crates/edgen_core/src/settings.rs
index 1924ed5..e781450 100644
--- a/crates/edgen_core/src/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/edgen_core/src/settings.rs
@@ -184,8 +184,12 @@ pub struct SettingsParams {
     pub audio_transcriptions_model_repo: String,
 
     /// The policy used to decided if models/session should be allocated and run on acceleration
-    /// hardware
+    /// hardware.
     pub gpu_policy: DevicePolicy,
+
+    /// The maximum size, in bytes, any request can have. This is most relevant in requests with files, such as audio
+    /// transcriptions.
+    pub max_request_size: usize,
 }
 
 impl SettingsParams {
@@ -234,6 +238,7 @@ impl Default for SettingsParams {
             gpu_policy: DevicePolicy::AlwaysDevice {
                 overflow_to_cpu: true,
             },
+            max_request_size: 1024 * 1014 * 100, // 100 MB
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/edgen_server/src/lib.rs b/crates/edgen_server/src/lib.rs
index 1ad53e3..f39ba50 100644
--- a/crates/edgen_server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/edgen_server/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,18 +15,17 @@
 #![deny(unsafe_code)]
 #![warn(missing_docs)]
 
-use axum::extract::DefaultBodyLimit;
 use core::future::IntoFuture;
 use std::process::exit;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use tower_http::cors::CorsLayer;
-
+use axum::extract::DefaultBodyLimit;
 use futures::executor::block_on;
 use tokio::select;
 use tokio::sync::oneshot;
 use tokio::task::JoinSet;
+use tower_http::cors::CorsLayer;
 use tracing::{error, info};
 use utoipa::OpenApi;
 
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ async fn start_server(args: &cli::Serve) -> EdgenResult {
         .await
         .init()
         .await
-        .expect("Failed to initialise settings");
+        .expect("Failed to initialise settings. Please make sure the configuration file valid, or reset it via the system tray and restart Edgen.\nThe following error occurred");
 
     settings::create_project_dirs().await.unwrap();
 
@@ -193,7 +192,9 @@ async fn run_server(args: &cli::Serve) -> Result<bool, error::EdgenError> {
 
     let http_app = routes::routes()
         .layer(CorsLayer::permissive())
-        .layer(DefaultBodyLimit::max(1024 * 1024 * 1024));
+        .layer(DefaultBodyLimit::max(
+            SETTINGS.read().await.read().await.max_request_size,
+        ));
 
     let uri_vector = if !args.uri.is_empty() {
         info!("Overriding default URI");
@@ -302,8 +303,6 @@ async fn run_server(args: &cli::Serve) -> Result<bool, error::EdgenError> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-    use crate::openai_shim::TranscriptionResponse;
     use axum::routing::post;
     use axum::Router;
     use axum_test::multipart;
@@ -311,6 +310,10 @@ mod tests {
     use levenshtein;
     use serde_json::from_str;
 
+    use crate::openai_shim::TranscriptionResponse;
+
+    use super::*;
+
     fn completion_streaming_request() -> String {
         r#"
             {
diff --git a/docs/src/app/documentation/configuration/page.mdx b/docs/src/app/documentation/configuration/page.mdx
index 76ee97b..3032b14 100644
--- a/docs/src/app/documentation/configuration/page.mdx
+++ b/docs/src/app/documentation/configuration/page.mdx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ The Edgen configuration. It is read from a file where you can define your models
 | `audio_transcriptions_model_name` | Name of audio transcriptions model         | ggml-distil-small.en.bin                         |
 | `audio_transcriptions_model_repo` | HuggingFace repo for audio transcriptions  | distil-whisper/distil-small.en                   |
 | `gpu_policy`                      | Policy to choose how a model gets loaded   | !always_device                                   |
+| `max_request_size`                | Maximum size a request can have            | 100 Megabytes                                    |
 
 ## Configuration Paths for DATA_DIR