diff --git a/nos/server/http/_service.py b/nos/server/http/_service.py
index a13df828..32394cbc 100644
--- a/nos/server/http/_service.py
+++ b/nos/server/http/_service.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import dataclasses
 import os
 import time
+import uuid
 from dataclasses import field
 from functools import lru_cache
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -14,10 +15,11 @@
 from PIL import Image
 from pydantic import ConfigDict
 from pydantic.dataclasses import dataclass
+from tqdm import tqdm
 
 from nos.client import Client
 from nos.common.tasks import TaskType
-from nos.constants import DEFAULT_GRPC_ADDRESS
+from nos.constants import DEFAULT_GRPC_ADDRESS, NOS_TMP_DIR
 from nos.logging import logger
 from nos.protoc import import_module
 from nos.version import __version__
@@ -136,6 +138,7 @@ def app_factory(version: str = HTTP_API_VERSION, address: str = DEFAULT_GRPC_ADD
 
     svc = InferenceService(address=address)
     logger.info(f"app_factory [env={env}]: Adding CORS middleware ...")
+
     app = FastAPI(
         title="NOS REST API",
         description=f"NOS REST API (version={__version__}, api_version={version})",
@@ -156,6 +159,9 @@ def app_factory(version: str = HTTP_API_VERSION, address: str = DEFAULT_GRPC_ADD
     app.middleware("http")(default_exception_middleware)
     app.add_exception_handler(Exception, default_exception_handler)
 
+    NOS_TMP_FILES_DIR = Path(NOS_TMP_DIR) / "uploaded_files"
+    NOS_TMP_FILES_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
     def get_client() -> Client:
         """Get the inference client."""
         return svc.client
@@ -221,6 +227,33 @@ def model_info(
         except KeyError:
             raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=f"Invalid model {model}")
 
+    # TODO (delete file after processing)
+    @app.post(f"/{version}/file/upload", status_code=201)
+    def upload_file(file: UploadFile = File(...), client: Client = Depends(get_client)) -> JSONResponse:
+        try:
+            uid = uuid.uuid4()
+            basename = f"{uid}-{Path(file.filename).name}"
+            path = NOS_TMP_FILES_DIR / basename
+            logger.debug(f"Uploading file: [local={file.filename}, path={path}]")
+            file.file.seek(0)
+            with path.open("wb") as f:
+                for chunk in tqdm(
+                    iter(lambda: file.file.read(1024), b""),
+                    desc="Uploading file",
+                    unit="KB",
+                    unit_scale=True,
+                    unit_divisor=1024,
+                ):
+                    f.write(chunk)
+            logger.info(f"Successfully uploaded file [path={path}]")
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.error(f"""Failed to upload file [file={file.filename}, exc={exc}]""")
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail="Failed to upload file.")
+        return {
+            "file_id": str(uid),
+            "filename": basename,
+        }
+
     @app.post(f"/{version}/chat/completions", status_code=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
     def chat(
         request: ChatCompletionsRequest,
diff --git a/nos/version.py b/nos/version.py
index 6a9beea8..3d26edf7 100644
--- a/nos/version.py
+++ b/nos/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.4.0"
+__version__ = "0.4.1"
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 7036cf30..9d2c7005 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pydantic>=2.5.0
 python-multipart
 pyyaml
 rich>=12.5.1
+setuptools>=70.0.0
 sentry-sdk[loguru]
 tqdm
 typer>=0.7.0