diff --git a/backend-deployment.yaml b/backend-deployment.yaml
index 0a2aee2832fc5cabed207085b58708c0e184a78a..9e5e680d910c4723e5d05146c231977c008a5f0e 100644
--- a/backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ spec:
         - name: exports
           emptyDir:
             sizeLimit: "2Gi"
+        - name: uploads
+          emptyDir:
+            sizeLimit: "2Gi"
 
 
 
diff --git a/config-maps.yaml b/config-maps.yaml
index a16c13fd577b63721f213754f26ac44ad03996bd..12cd25e7a93135f52d7179deefe80a795c07775f 100644
--- a/config-maps.yaml
+++ b/config-maps.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ data:
   API_PORT: "8080"
   API_PREFIX: "/api"
   EXPORT_DIR: "/exports/"
+  UPLOAD_DIR: "/uploads/"
   CORS_ORIGIN: "maed-exporter-frontend-svc.mdata.svc.cluster.local:8090"
 ---
 apiVersion: v1