<p>You need to increase the max file upload size of your node using the nxt.maxUploadFileSize property in nxt.properties.</p>

<p>For example, set:</p>

<pre><code>nxt.maxUploadFileSize=10000000
</code></pre>

<p>To set the limit to 10MB</p>

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2018-09-19T17:12:48.710Z
2018-09-19T17:12:48.710Z
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<p>I want to sign a file (a picture of 1.4 Mb) with my Ardor Account, in order to have a timestamped proof of ownership.
I tried the generateFileToken API, but it seems to work just with smaller files (no more than 40 kb).
How could I do it?</p>

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Signing a large file with Ardor Account
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# Signing a large file with Ardor Account

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-09-17)

I want to sign a file (a picture of 1.4 Mb) with my Ardor Account, in order to have a timestamped proof of ownership.
I tried the generateFileToken API, but it seems to work just with smaller files (no more than 40 kb).
How could I do it?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-09-19. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

You need to increase the max file upload size of your node using the nxt.maxUploadFileSize property in nxt.properties.

For example, set:

```
nxt.maxUploadFileSize=10000000

```

To set the limit to 10MB


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