diff --git a/api/src/app.ts b/api/src/app.ts
index 2f538a7a..b79eb909 100644
--- a/api/src/app.ts
+++ b/api/src/app.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
 } from 'graphql-playground-html'
 import * as Sentry from "@sentry/node";
 import { nodeProfilingIntegration } from "@sentry/profiling-node";
+import bodyParser from 'body-parser';
 
 
 const logger = getChildLogger({ msgPrefix: 'APP' });
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ export const createApp = (): { app: Express, router: express.Router } => {
   const app = express();
   const router = express.Router();
 
+  // fixes request entity too large
+  app.use(bodyParser.json({ limit: "50mb" }));
+  app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ limit: "50mb", extended: true, parameterLimit: 50000 }));
+
+
   if (process.env.SENTRY_DSN) {
     Sentry.init({
       dsn: process.env.SENTRY_DSN,
diff --git a/api/src/graphql/server/index.ts b/api/src/graphql/server/index.ts
index 9b07aa67..539621ee 100644
--- a/api/src/graphql/server/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/graphql/server/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import type express from 'express';
 import { ApolloServerPlugin, ApolloServer } from '@apollo/server';
 import { expressMiddleware } from '@apollo/server/express4';
-import bodyParser from 'body-parser';
 import cookierParser from 'cookie-parser';
 import cors from 'cors';
 import { schemaWithMiddleware as indexSchema } from './index/schema';
@@ -45,11 +44,6 @@ export const addGraphqlRoutes = async (
   await apolloIndex.start();
   await apolloDrive.start();
 
-  // fixes request entity too large
-  router.use(bodyParser.json({ limit: "50mb" }));
-  router.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ limit: "50mb", extended: true, parameterLimit: 50000 }));
-
-
   router.use(
     '/drives',
     cors<cors.CorsRequest>(),