diff --git a/apps/nutriphi/apps/backend/src/main.ts b/apps/nutriphi/apps/backend/src/main.ts
index 16553afd8..9834f09cd 100644
--- a/apps/nutriphi/apps/backend/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/nutriphi/apps/backend/src/main.ts
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ bootstrapApp(AppModule, {
 	serviceName: 'NutriPhi',
 	additionalCorsOrigins: ['http://localhost:5180', 'http://localhost:4323'],
 	excludeFromPrefix: [], // no exclusions
+	bodyLimit: '50mb', // Large limit for Base64 image uploads
 });
diff --git a/packages/shared-nestjs-setup/package.json b/packages/shared-nestjs-setup/package.json
index 0941bb579..faae82cc8 100644
--- a/packages/shared-nestjs-setup/package.json
+++ b/packages/shared-nestjs-setup/package.json
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
 		"@nestjs/common": "^10.0.0 || ^11.0.0",
-		"@nestjs/core": "^10.0.0 || ^11.0.0"
+		"@nestjs/core": "^10.0.0 || ^11.0.0",
+		"express": "^4.21.0"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@manacore/shared-tsconfig": "workspace:*",
+		"@types/express": "^4.17.21",
 		"@types/node": "^22.10.2",
 		"typescript": "^5.0.0"
 	},
diff --git a/packages/shared-nestjs-setup/src/index.ts b/packages/shared-nestjs-setup/src/index.ts
index 922329404..b346181fb 100644
--- a/packages/shared-nestjs-setup/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-nestjs-setup/src/index.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
  * across all backend applications.
  */
 
-import { INestApplication, ValidationPipe, Type } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { type INestApplication, ValidationPipe, type Type } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
+import { json, urlencoded } from 'express';
 
 /**
  * Default CORS origins for local development
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ export interface BootstrapOptions {
 	excludeFromPrefix?: string[];
 	/** HTTP methods for CORS (default: ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'PATCH', 'DELETE', 'OPTIONS']) */
 	corsMethods?: string[];
+	/** Body size limit for JSON/urlencoded payloads (default: '100kb'). Use '50mb' for image uploads. */
+	bodyLimit?: string;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -111,6 +114,11 @@ export async function bootstrapApp(
 ): Promise<INestApplication> {
 	const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);
 
+	// Configure body size limit (important for services handling image uploads)
+	const bodyLimit = options.bodyLimit ?? '100kb';
+	app.use(json({ limit: bodyLimit }));
+	app.use(urlencoded({ extended: true, limit: bodyLimit }));
+
 	// Configure CORS
 	configureCors(app, {
 		additionalOrigins: options.additionalCorsOrigins,