diff --git a/api-gateway-config/api-gateway.conf b/api-gateway-config/api-gateway.conf
index 6fa29a9..5a71b4d 100644
--- a/api-gateway-config/api-gateway.conf
+++ b/api-gateway-config/api-gateway.conf
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
 
 http {
     default_type  text/plain;
+
+    # Set in-memory buffer size
+    client_body_buffer_size 1M;
+    client_max_body_size 1M;
+
     # include all APIs being proxied
     include /etc/api-gateway/conf.d/*.conf;
     include /etc/api-gateway/generated-conf.d/*.conf;