diff --git a/backend/src/routes/mod.rs b/backend/src/routes/mod.rs
index fc4dea4..e13bab0 100644
--- a/backend/src/routes/mod.rs
+++ b/backend/src/routes/mod.rs
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ pub fn create_router(state: AppState) -> Router<()> {
         .route("/api/health", get(health::health_check))
         .with_state(state)
         .layer(cors)
-        .layer(DefaultBodyLimit::max(1024 * 1024 * 512))
+        .layer(DefaultBodyLimit::max(128 * 1024 * 1024))
         .layer(
             TraceLayer::new_for_http()
                 .make_span_with(DefaultMakeSpan::new().level(tracing::Level::INFO))