diff --git a/docker/default b/docker/default
index 13848e6..e0198ee 100644
--- a/docker/default
+++ b/docker/default
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ server {
 
     location /api {
         proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
+        client_max_body_size 16M;
     }
 
     #error_page 404 /404.html;
diff --git a/imghost/api.py b/imghost/api.py
index 9050daf..a6f75e8 100644
--- a/imghost/api.py
+++ b/imghost/api.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import os
 import cgi
 import tempfile
 import subprocess
-
+from shutil import copyfile
 
 class Mountable(object):
     """
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class ImgHostApiV1(Mountable):
         sha = subprocess.check_output(["sha512sum", theFile.file.name])
         sha = sha.decode("UTF-8").split(" ")[0]
         imgpath = os.path.join("i", "{}.{}".format(sha[0:8], ext))
-        os.link(theFile.file.name, os.path.join("ui", imgpath))
+        copyfile(theFile.file.name, os.path.join("ui", imgpath))
         cherrypy.response.headers['Location'] = "/" + imgpath
         cherrypy.response.status = 302