diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 419f53fb..58cf1f0f 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+.github
 .DS_Store
+docs
+kubernetes
 node_modules
 /.svelte-kit
 /package
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fbfc9ae2..4a23e914 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -26,7 +26,21 @@ ENV OPENAI_API_KEY ""
 
 ENV WEBUI_JWT_SECRET_KEY "SECRET_KEY"
 
-WORKDIR /app
+WORKDIR /app/backend
+
+# install python dependencies
+COPY ./backend/requirements.txt ./requirements.txt
+
+RUN pip3 install torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu --no-cache-dir
+RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt --no-cache-dir
+
+# Install pandoc
+# RUN python -c "import pypandoc; pypandoc.download_pandoc()"
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y pandoc \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# RUN python -c "from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer; model = SentenceTransformer('all-MiniLM-L6-v2')"
 
 # copy embedding weight from build
 RUN mkdir -p /root/.cache/chroma/onnx_models/all-MiniLM-L6-v2
@@ -38,15 +52,7 @@ RUN cd /root/.cache/chroma/onnx_models/all-MiniLM-L6-v2 &&\
 # copy built frontend files
 COPY --from=build /app/build /app/build
 
-WORKDIR /app/backend
-
-COPY ./backend/requirements.txt ./requirements.txt
-
-RUN pip3 install torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu --no-cache-dir
-RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt --no-cache-dir
-
-# RUN python -c "from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer; model = SentenceTransformer('all-MiniLM-L6-v2')"
-
+# copy backend files
 COPY ./backend .
 
 CMD [ "sh", "start.sh"]
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diff --git a/backend/apps/rag/main.py b/backend/apps/rag/main.py
index e6bb02a4..ffa73d00 100644
--- a/backend/apps/rag/main.py
+++ b/backend/apps/rag/main.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from langchain_community.document_loaders import (
     PyPDFLoader,
     CSVLoader,
     Docx2txtLoader,
+    UnstructuredEPubLoader,
     UnstructuredWordDocumentLoader,
     UnstructuredMarkdownLoader,
     UnstructuredXMLLoader,
@@ -193,6 +194,8 @@ def store_doc(
             loader = TextLoader(file_path)
         elif file_ext in octet_markdown:
             loader = UnstructuredMarkdownLoader(file_path)
+        elif file.content_type == "application/epub+zip":
+            loader = UnstructuredEPubLoader(file_path)
         else:
             loader = TextLoader(file_path)
             known_type=False
@@ -215,10 +218,16 @@ def store_doc(
             )
     except Exception as e:
         print(e)
-        raise HTTPException(
-            status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
-            detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.DEFAULT(e),
-        )
+        if "No pandoc was found" in str(e):
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
+                detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.PANDOC_NOT_INSTALLED,
+            )
+        else:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
+                detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.DEFAULT(e),
+            )
 
 
 @app.get("/reset/db")
diff --git a/backend/constants.py b/backend/constants.py
index c9bfaec5..580db9c5 100644
--- a/backend/constants.py
+++ b/backend/constants.py
@@ -42,3 +42,5 @@ class ERROR_MESSAGES(str, Enum):
     USER_NOT_FOUND = "We could not find what you're looking for :/"
     API_KEY_NOT_FOUND = "Oops! It looks like there's a hiccup. The API key is missing. Please make sure to provide a valid API key to access this feature."
     MALICIOUS = "Unusual activities detected, please try again in a few minutes."
+
+    PANDOC_NOT_INSTALLED = "Pandoc is not installed on the server. Please contact your administrator for assistance."
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 07ea0ea3..68cba254 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ pypdf
 docx2txt
 unstructured
 markdown
+pypandoc
+pandas
+openpyxl
+pyxlsb
+xlrd
 
 PyJWT
 pyjwt[crypto]
 
 black
-
-pandas
-openpyxl
-pyxlsb
-xlrd
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diff --git a/src/lib/components/chat/MessageInput.svelte b/src/lib/components/chat/MessageInput.svelte
index 72452b3b..604a5689 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/chat/MessageInput.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/chat/MessageInput.svelte
@@ -121,13 +121,19 @@
 			error: ''
 		};
 
-		files = [...files, doc];
-		const res = await uploadDocToVectorDB(localStorage.token, '', file);
+		try {
+			files = [...files, doc];
+			const res = await uploadDocToVectorDB(localStorage.token, '', file);
 
-		if (res) {
-			doc.upload_status = true;
-			doc.collection_name = res.collection_name;
-			files = files;
+			if (res) {
+				doc.upload_status = true;
+				doc.collection_name = res.collection_name;
+				files = files;
+			}
+		} catch (e) {
+			// Remove the failed doc from the files array
+			files = files.filter((f) => f.name !== file.name);
+			toast.error(e);
 		}
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar.svelte b/src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar.svelte
index afd4b0e5..7eaf4f61 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar.svelte
@@ -321,8 +321,9 @@
 						return true;
 					} else {
 						let title = chat.title.toLowerCase();
+						const query = search.toLowerCase();
 
-						if (title.includes(search)) {
+						if (title.includes(query)) {
 							return true;
 						} else {
 							return false;
diff --git a/src/lib/constants.ts b/src/lib/constants.ts
index b00d6280..a85a6ccc 100644
--- a/src/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/src/lib/constants.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export const WEB_UI_VERSION = 'v1.0.0-alpha-static';
 export const REQUIRED_OLLAMA_VERSION = '0.1.16';
 
 export const SUPPORTED_FILE_TYPE = [
+	'application/epub+zip',
 	'application/pdf',
 	'text/plain',
 	'text/csv',