diff --git a/maternal-app/maternal-app-backend/src/main.ts b/maternal-app/maternal-app-backend/src/main.ts
index 1e74014..5f2925c 100644
--- a/maternal-app/maternal-app-backend/src/main.ts
+++ b/maternal-app/maternal-app-backend/src/main.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@ import helmet from 'helmet';
 import { WINSTON_MODULE_NEST_PROVIDER } from 'nest-winston';
 
 async function bootstrap() {
-  const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);
+  const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule, {
+    bodyParser: true,
+    rawBody: true,
+  });
+
+  // Increase body size limit for base64 image uploads (10MB)
+  app.use(require('express').json({ limit: '10mb' }));
+  app.use(require('express').urlencoded({ limit: '10mb', extended: true }));
 
   // Replace default logger with Winston
   app.useLogger(app.get(WINSTON_MODULE_NEST_PROVIDER));