diff --git a/fasthtml/core.py b/fasthtml/core.py
index 780f4862..6291d46e 100644
--- a/fasthtml/core.py
+++ b/fasthtml/core.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def _fix_anno(t):
     origin = get_origin(t)
     if origin is Union or origin is UnionType or origin in (list,List):
         t = first(o for o in get_args(t) if o!=type(None))
-    d = {bool: str2bool, int: str2int, date: str2date}
+    d = {bool: str2bool, int: str2int, date: str2date, UploadFile: noop}
     res = d.get(t, t)
     if origin in (list,List): return partial(_mk_list, res)
     return lambda o: res(o[-1]) if isinstance(o,(list,tuple)) else res(o)
diff --git a/nbs/api/00_core.ipynb b/nbs/api/00_core.ipynb
index 715bec84..bd3ad2c0 100644
--- a/nbs/api/00_core.ipynb
+++ b/nbs/api/00_core.ipynb
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
     {
      "data": {
       "text/plain": [
-       "datetime.datetime(2024, 9, 24, 14, 0)"
+       "datetime.datetime(2024, 10, 10, 14, 0)"
       ]
      },
      "execution_count": null,
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
     "    origin = get_origin(t)\n",
     "    if origin is Union or origin is UnionType or origin in (list,List):\n",
     "        t = first(o for o in get_args(t) if o!=type(None))\n",
-    "    d = {bool: str2bool, int: str2int, date: str2date}\n",
+    "    d = {bool: str2bool, int: str2int, date: str2date, UploadFile: noop}\n",
     "    res = d.get(t, t)\n",
     "    if origin in (list,List): return partial(_mk_list, res)\n",
     "    return lambda o: res(o[-1]) if isinstance(o,(list,tuple)) else res(o)"
@@ -1441,6 +1441,16 @@
     "    return f(path) if callable(path) else f"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "a82b103f",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "%ai reset"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
@@ -2196,6 +2206,42 @@
     "test_eq(response, '{\"b\": \"Lorem\", \"a\": 15}')"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "4034ee37",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "files = [ ('files', ('file1.txt', b'content1')),\n",
+    "         ('files', ('file2.txt', b'content2')) ]"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "04881594",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "200\n",
+      "content1,content2\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "@rt(\"/uploads\")\n",
+    "async def post(files:list[UploadFile]):\n",
+    "    return ','.join([(await file.read()).decode() for file in files])\n",
+    "\n",
+    "res = cli.post('/uploads', files=files) \n",
+    "print(res.status_code)\n",
+    "print(res.text)"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
@@ -2206,13 +2252,13 @@
      "name": "stdout",
      "output_type": "stream",
      "text": [
-      "Set to 2024-09-24 15:25:23.127900\n"
+      "Set to 2024-10-10 04:51:50.335203\n"
      ]
     },
     {
      "data": {
       "text/plain": [
-       "'Session time: 2024-09-24 15:25:23.127900'"
+       "'Session time: 2024-10-10 04:51:50.335203'"
       ]
      },
      "execution_count": null,