diff --git a/backend/apps/web/routers/utils.py b/backend/apps/web/routers/utils.py
index 588ef5a6..b2ca409a 100644
--- a/backend/apps/web/routers/utils.py
+++ b/backend/apps/web/routers/utils.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import json
 from utils.misc import calculate_sha256
 
 from config import OLLAMA_API_BASE_URL
+from constants import ERROR_MESSAGES
+
 
 router = APIRouter()
 
@@ -40,10 +42,7 @@ def parse_huggingface_url(hf_url):
         return None
 
 
-async def download_file_stream(url,
-                               file_path,
-                               file_name,
-                               chunk_size=1024 * 1024):
+async def download_file_stream(url, file_path, file_name, chunk_size=1024 * 1024):
     done = False
 
     if os.path.exists(file_path):
@@ -57,8 +56,7 @@ async def download_file_stream(url,
 
     async with aiohttp.ClientSession(timeout=timeout) as session:
         async with session.get(url, headers=headers) as response:
-            total_size = int(response.headers.get("content-length",
-                                                  0)) + current_size
+            total_size = int(response.headers.get("content-length", 0)) + current_size
 
             with open(file_path, "ab+") as file:
                 async for data in response.content.iter_chunked(chunk_size):
@@ -91,7 +89,9 @@ async def download_file_stream(url,
 
 
 @router.get("/download")
-async def download(url: str, ):
+async def download(
+    url: str,
+):
     # url = "https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/stablelm-zephyr-3b-GGUF/resolve/main/stablelm-zephyr-3b.Q2_K.gguf"
     file_name = parse_huggingface_url(url)
 
@@ -108,25 +108,30 @@ async def download(url: str, ):
 
 
 @router.post("/upload")
-async def upload(file: UploadFile = File(...)):
-    os.makedirs("./uploads", exist_ok=True)
-    file_path = os.path.join("./uploads", file.filename)
+def upload(file: UploadFile = File(...)):
+    os.makedirs("./data/uploads", exist_ok=True)
+    file_path = os.path.join("./data/uploads", file.filename)
 
-    async def file_write_stream():
-        total = 0
-        total_size = file.size
+    # Save file in chunks
+    with open(file_path, "wb+") as f:
+        for chunk in file.file:
+            f.write(chunk)
+
+    def file_process_stream():
+        total_size = os.path.getsize(file_path)
         chunk_size = 1024 * 1024
-
-        done = False
         try:
-            with open(file_path, "wb+") as f:
-                while True:
-                    chunk = file.file.read(chunk_size)
+            with open(file_path, "rb") as f:
+                total = 0
+                done = False
+
+                while not done:
+                    chunk = f.read(chunk_size)
                     if not chunk:
-                        break
-                    f.write(chunk)
+                        done = True
+                        continue
+
                     total += len(chunk)
-                    done = total_size == total
                     progress = round((total / total_size) * 100, 2)
 
                     res = {
@@ -134,7 +139,6 @@ async def upload(file: UploadFile = File(...)):
                         "total": total_size,
                         "completed": total,
                     }
-
                     yield f"data: {json.dumps(res)}\n\n"
 
                 if done:
@@ -152,14 +156,14 @@ async def upload(file: UploadFile = File(...)):
                             "name": file.filename,
                         }
                         os.remove(file_path)
-
                         yield f"data: {json.dumps(res)}\n\n"
                     else:
-                        raise "Ollama: Could not create blob, Please try again."
+                        raise Exception(
+                            "Ollama: Could not create blob, Please try again."
+                        )
 
         except Exception as e:
             res = {"error": str(e)}
             yield f"data: {json.dumps(res)}\n\n"
 
-    return StreamingResponse(file_write_stream(),
-                             media_type="text/event-stream")
+    return StreamingResponse(file_process_stream(), media_type="text/event-stream")
diff --git a/src/lib/components/chat/SettingsModal.svelte b/src/lib/components/chat/SettingsModal.svelte
index 03a02532..7f3bf0ca 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/chat/SettingsModal.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/chat/SettingsModal.svelte
@@ -363,7 +363,6 @@
 			fileResponse = await fetch(`${WEBUI_API_BASE_URL}/utils/upload`, {
 				method: 'POST',
 				headers: {
-					...($settings.authHeader && { Authorization: $settings.authHeader }),
 					...($user && { Authorization: `Bearer ${localStorage.token}` })
 				},
 				body: formData
@@ -375,7 +374,6 @@
 			fileResponse = await fetch(`${WEBUI_API_BASE_URL}/utils/download?url=${modelFileUrl}`, {
 				method: 'GET',
 				headers: {
-					...($settings.authHeader && { Authorization: $settings.authHeader }),
 					...($user && { Authorization: `Bearer ${localStorage.token}` })
 				}
 			}).catch((error) => {
@@ -1388,9 +1386,10 @@
 								{#if uploadProgress !== null}
 									<div class="mt-2">
 										<div class=" mb-2 text-xs">Upload Progress</div>
+
 										<div class="w-full rounded-full dark:bg-gray-800">
 											<div
-												class="dark:bg-gray-600 text-xs font-medium text-blue-100 text-center p-0.5 leading-none rounded-full"
+												class="dark:bg-gray-600 bg-gray-500 text-xs font-medium text-gray-100 text-center p-0.5 leading-none rounded-full"
 												style="width: {Math.max(15, uploadProgress ?? 0)}%"
 											>
 												{uploadProgress ?? 0}%