diff --git a/app/helpers/upload_form_helper.rb b/app/helpers/upload_form_helper.rb
index fc46645388..d3eeda947c 100644
--- a/app/helpers/upload_form_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/upload_form_helper.rb
@@ -39,4 +39,12 @@ def upload_form_data
       {}
     end
   end
+
+  # def multipart_upload_data
+  #   if direct_upload?
+  #     bucket = Aws::S3::Bucket.new(name: Settings.encoding.masterfile_bucket)
+  #     multipart_upload = Aws::S3::Client.new.create_multipart_upload(bucket: bucket.name, key: 'lo')
+  #     { 'upload_id' => multipart_upload[:upload_id] }
+  #   end
+  # end
 end
diff --git a/app/javascript/components/FileUploadUppy.jsx b/app/javascript/components/FileUploadUppy.jsx
index 0128dd69e5..759c640f78 100755
--- a/app/javascript/components/FileUploadUppy.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/components/FileUploadUppy.jsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Dashboard } from '@uppy/react';
 import ActiveStorageUpload from '@excid3/uppy-activestorage-upload';
 import GoogleDrive from '@uppy/google-drive';
 import AwsS3 from '@uppy/aws-s3';
+import AwsS3Multipart from '@uppy/aws-s3-multipart';
 
 require('@uppy/core/dist/style.css')
 require('@uppy/dashboard/dist/style.css')
@@ -33,7 +34,14 @@ class FileUploadUppy extends React.Component {
       .use(GoogleDrive, {
         companionUrl: 'http://localhost:3020'
       })
+      // .use(AwsS3Multipart, {
+      //   limit: 5,
+      //   timeout: 60*1000, // set to 1min
+      //   companionUrl: '/',
+      // })
       .use(AwsS3, {
+        limit: 5,
+        timeout: 60*1000, // set to 1min
         companionUrl: 'http://localhost:3020',
         getUploadParameters() {
           return Promise.resolve({
@@ -69,9 +77,11 @@ class FileUploadUppy extends React.Component {
             headers: { 'X-CSRF-TOKEN': $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content') },
             body: formData
           })
-            .then(res => { })
+            .then(res => { 
+              location.reload();
+            })
             .catch(error => {
-              console.error('MasterFile create failed, ', error);
+              console.error('MasterFile creation failed, ', error);
           });
         }
       });
diff --git a/app/models/master_file.rb b/app/models/master_file.rb
index 3d1e3e4621..565f6d1260 100644
--- a/app/models/master_file.rb
+++ b/app/models/master_file.rb
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def error
   # be set up in a configuration file somewhere
   #
   # 250 MB is the file limit for now
-  MAXIMUM_UPLOAD_SIZE = Settings.max_upload_size || 2.gigabytes
+  MAXIMUM_UPLOAD_SIZE = Settings.max_upload_size || 5.gigabytes
 
   WORKFLOWS = ['fullaudio', 'avalon', 'pass_through', 'avalon-skip-transcoding', 'avalon-skip-transcoding-audio'].freeze
   AUDIO_TYPES = ["audio/vnd.wave", "audio/mpeg", "audio/mp3", "audio/mp4", "audio/wav", "audio/x-wav"]
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f505269546..4509c55358 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "@rails/webpacker": "^5.2.2",
     "@samvera/iiif-react-media-player": "1.2.1",
     "@uppy/aws-s3": "^3.0.4",
+    "@uppy/aws-s3-multipart": "^3.1.1",
     "@uppy/companion": "^4.0.5",
     "@uppy/core": "^3.0.4",
     "@uppy/dashboard": "^3.1.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b055006f15..fc877e2211 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1507,6 +1507,14 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@uppy/aws-s3-multipart@^3.1.1":
+  version "3.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@uppy/aws-s3-multipart/-/aws-s3-multipart-3.1.1.tgz#996184d7c73122d9a33b166e2960215e482e57ab"
+  integrity sha512-vL4QtbI5T4cGJLHm2GzKIGeaiy2zbgNW0nn/3LxYQ+wrBHLJoVZ/6uzMiFdNUBNa28rRQ/qxWTmy/kD6co95cg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@uppy/companion-client" "^3.1.1"
+    "@uppy/utils" "^5.1.1"
+
 "@uppy/aws-s3@^3.0.4":
   version "3.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@uppy/aws-s3/-/aws-s3-3.0.4.tgz#a2422a2091c57570ff99a77108296f09ba9e46a5"
@@ -1525,6 +1533,14 @@
     "@uppy/utils" "^5.0.2"
     namespace-emitter "^2.0.1"
 
+"@uppy/companion-client@^3.1.1":
+  version "3.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@uppy/companion-client/-/companion-client-3.1.1.tgz#8c9974f70b899a40771da9a90113941356f9842e"
+  integrity sha512-S1M37vjWu8gdOgdI3Hh/1fVZ9GaLdyPQjVyUujZDTsr79b4VG7v/zjdqJ0FiOTjfGbpnj8s9kr1uyYi0Zf5VFw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@uppy/utils" "^5.1.1"
+    namespace-emitter "^2.0.1"
+
 "@uppy/companion@^4.0.5":
   version "4.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@uppy/companion/-/companion-4.0.5.tgz#ee448848fdd38d28747f6aec41eb365cb4143e3e"
@@ -1690,6 +1706,13 @@
   dependencies:
     lodash.throttle "^4.1.1"
 
+"@uppy/utils@^5.1.1":
+  version "5.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@uppy/utils/-/utils-5.1.1.tgz#9597e8696e17d71413672bd56eb082c7410514a3"
+  integrity sha512-uoI+PcIVQboky0ZbN4PQeK1seZnnJocomzeK7blId9HKJ6QNgZLf2ibk2CQuQxrOuNsWhgrhs5uLO5Si0oM0Yw==
+  dependencies:
+    lodash.throttle "^4.1.1"
+
 "@uppy/xhr-upload@^3.0.4":
   version "3.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@uppy/xhr-upload/-/xhr-upload-3.0.4.tgz#219a92c832bee1f089992958d27ec71dbe9d9d7d"