diff --git a/gns3server/handlers/upload_handler.py b/gns3server/handlers/upload_handler.py
index 9a431276..2ca39658 100644
--- a/gns3server/handlers/upload_handler.py
+++ b/gns3server/handlers/upload_handler.py
@@ -71,8 +71,11 @@ class UploadHandler:
         try:
             os.makedirs(destination_dir, exist_ok=True)
             with open(destination_path, "wb+") as f:
-                chunk = data["file"].file.read()
-                f.write(chunk)
+                while True:
+                    chunk = data["file"].file.read(512)
+                    if not chunk:
+                        break
+                    f.write(chunk)
             st = os.stat(destination_path)
             os.chmod(destination_path, st.st_mode | stat.S_IXUSR)
         except OSError as e:
diff --git a/tests/handlers/test_upload.py b/tests/handlers/test_upload.py
index 63d60ef8..0c1c2b1e 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/test_upload.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/test_upload.py
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ def test_index_upload(server):
 
 def test_upload(server, tmpdir):
 
+    content = ''.join(['a' for _ in range(0, 1025)])
+
     with open(str(tmpdir / "test"), "w+") as f:
-        f.write("TEST")
+        f.write(content)
     body = aiohttp.FormData()
     body.add_field("type", "QEMU")
     body.add_field("file", open(str(tmpdir / "test"), "rb"), content_type="application/iou", filename="test2")
@@ -41,6 +43,6 @@ def test_upload(server, tmpdir):
         response = server.post('/upload', api_version=None, body=body, raw=True)
 
     with open(str(tmpdir / "QEMU" / "test2")) as f:
-        assert f.read() == "TEST"
+        assert f.read() == content
 
     assert "test2" in response.body.decode("utf-8")