diff --git a/components/elements/index.js b/components/elements/index.js
index 68d7b3bb..04eddc8a 100644
--- a/components/elements/index.js
+++ b/components/elements/index.js
@@ -2000,7 +2000,7 @@ const RenderFileUpload = (field) => {
         <>
             <Dropzone
                 key={field.input.name + "_key"}
-                maxSize={210 * 1024 * 1024}
+                maxSize={500 * 1024 * 1024}
                 accept={{
                     "application/pdf": [".pdf"],
                     "application/msword": [".doc"],
@@ -2100,12 +2100,13 @@ const RenderFileUpload = (field) => {
                             <div {...getRootProps({ style })}>
                                 {" "}
                                 <input id={field.id} {...getInputProps()} />
-                                <div>
+                                <div className="govuk-!-font-size-14">
                                     {t(
                                         "newappeal:new-appeal-fileupload-drop-label"
-                                    )}
+                                    )}{" "}
+                                    (Max 500MB)
                                 </div>
-                                <em>
+                                <em className="govuk-!-font-size-14">
                                     (
                                     {t(
                                         "newappeal:new-appeal-fileupload-file-list-label"
diff --git a/pages/api/file/generateappealpdf.js b/pages/api/file/generateappealpdf.js
index 0bd61f42..82038f3a 100644
--- a/pages/api/file/generateappealpdf.js
+++ b/pages/api/file/generateappealpdf.js
@@ -158,19 +158,13 @@ export default async function handler(req, res) {
         }
     );
 
-    let newFileListArr = [];
-    appealBodyObj.filesList.hasOwnProperty("value")
-        ? (newFileListArr = blobProgress.filesList.concat(
-              appealBodyObj.filesList.value[0]
-          ))
-        : (newFileListArr = blobProgress.filesList);
-
-    newFileListArr = newFileListArr.filter(
-        (value) => Object.keys(value).length !== 0
-    );
+    const uniqueArray = appealBodyObj.filesList.filter((obj, index, self) => {
+        // Check if the name has already been encountered
+        return index === self.findIndex((t) => t.name === obj.name);
+    });
 
     Object.assign(blobProgress, {
-        "filesList": newFileListArr,
+        "filesList": uniqueArray,
         "caseObj": tempCaseBlob,
     });