diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 0177216..12d75a5 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 %prod.quarkus.datasource.password=rivieradev
 %prod.quarkus.datasource.jdbc.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5435/rivieradev-2024
 
+# we have rather large talk abstracts, I've seen 8kb abstracts, this is for backoffice
+quarkus.http.limits.max-form-attribute-size=10M
+
 quarkus.locales=en,fr
 quarkus.default-locale=en