diff --git a/defaults/main/proxy_site_defs.yml b/defaults/main/proxy_site_defs.yml
index 574240a..ec8d2cd 100644
--- a/defaults/main/proxy_site_defs.yml
+++ b/defaults/main/proxy_site_defs.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
   proxy_site_conf_dir : /etc/nginx/conf.d
   proxy_site_file     : "{{ proxy_site_conf_dir }}/zen_proxy.conf"
-  proxy_site_version  : 1.4
-  proxy_site_revision : 20191029-101338
+  proxy_site_version  : 1.5
+  proxy_site_revision : 20191030-213756
 
 
   proxy_site_log_path   : /proxy_logs
@@ -19,3 +19,8 @@
   # many websites are run from our apache host
   # ...lets define it here to make things easier
   proxy_default_host : zg-lxwb04.thezengarden.net
+
+
+  # some of our sites require uploads, and those uploads
+  # can be rather large; lets set a default max upload size:
+  proxy_default_max_upload: 512M
diff --git a/defaults/main/proxy_sites.yml b/defaults/main/proxy_sites.yml
index 1c5b2bc..ccdbe71 100644
--- a/defaults/main/proxy_sites.yml
+++ b/defaults/main/proxy_sites.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ proxy_sites:
 
 
   git.thezengarden.net:
-    proto : https
-    dest  : gitlab.thezengarden.net
-    port  : 443
+    proto      : https
+    dest       : gitlab.thezengarden.net
+    port       : 443
+    max_upload : "{{ proxy_default_max_upload }}"
 
 
   hastebin.thezengarden.net:
@@ -55,10 +56,10 @@ proxy_sites:
     port  : 9090
 
 
-  hme-3.thezengarden.net:
-    proto : https
-    dest  : kaiju.thezengarden.net
-    port  : 8006
+#  hme-3.thezengarden.net:
+#    proto : https
+#    dest  : kaiju.thezengarden.net
+#    port  : 8006
 
 
   chat.thezengarden.net:
@@ -86,9 +87,10 @@ proxy_sites:
 
 
   seafile.thezengarden.net:
-    proto : http
-    dest  : sa.thezengarden.net
-    port  : 8000
+    proto      : http
+    dest       : sa.thezengarden.net
+    port       : 8000
+    max_upload : "{{ proxy_default_max_upload }}"
 
 
   awx.thezengarden.net:
@@ -104,24 +106,27 @@ proxy_sites:
 
 
   images.thezengarden.net:
-    proto : https
-    dest  : "{{ proxy_default_host }}"
-    port  : 443
+    proto      : https
+    dest       : "{{ proxy_default_host }}"
+    port       : 443
+    max_upload : "{{ proxy_default_max_upload }}"
 
 
   cloud.thezengarden.net:
-    proto : https
-    dest  : zg-lxoc01.thezengarden.net
-    port  : 443
+    proto      : https
+    dest       : zg-lxoc01.thezengarden.net
+    port       : 443
+    max_upload : "{{ proxy_default_max_upload }}"
 
 
   lakeshorebulldogs.com:
-    aliases : www.lakeshorebulldogs.com
-    proto   : http
-    dest    : "{{ proxy_default_host }}"
-    port    : 80
-    ssl_cert : "{{ proxy_site_ssl_directory }}/lakeshorebulldogs.com/fullchain1.pem"
-    ssl_key  : "{{ proxy_site_ssl_directory }}/lakeshorebulldogs.com/privkey1.pem"
+    aliases    : www.lakeshorebulldogs.com
+    proto      : http
+    dest       : "{{ proxy_default_host }}"
+    port       : 80
+    ssl_cert   : "{{ proxy_site_ssl_directory }}/lakeshorebulldogs.com/fullchain1.pem"
+    ssl_key    : "{{ proxy_site_ssl_directory }}/lakeshorebulldogs.com/privkey1.pem"
+    max_upload : "{{ proxy_default_max_upload }}"
 
 
   resources.thezengarden.net:
@@ -131,10 +136,11 @@ proxy_sites:
 
 
   thezengarden.net:
-    aliases : www.thezengarden.net
-    proto   : https
-    dest    : "{{ proxy_default_host }}"
-    port    : 443
+    aliases    : www.thezengarden.net
+    proto      : https
+    dest       : "{{ proxy_default_host }}"
+    port       : 443
+    max_upload : "{{ proxy_default_max_upload }}"
 
 
   devel.thezengarden.net:
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 5911f56..219bfde 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 ---
 # tasks file for zen_rev_proxy
 
-- name: install nginx/aptitude
+- name: install nginx/aptitude for debian nodes
   package:
     name  : ['nginx','aptitude']
     state : present
+  when  : ansible_distribution == "Debian"
+
+
+- name: install nginx for centos nodes
+  package:
+    name  : nginx
+    state : present
+  when: ansible_distribution == "CentOS"
 
 
 - name: enable nginx at boot time
diff --git a/templates/proxy_site.j2 b/templates/proxy_site.j2
index bbff1e4..711e7f7 100644
--- a/templates/proxy_site.j2
+++ b/templates/proxy_site.j2
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ server {
 
   access_log    {{ proxy_site_log_path }}/{{ item.key }}.log;
 
+  {% if proxy_sites[item.key]['max_upload'] is defined %}
+client_max_body_size {{ proxy_sites[item.key]['max_upload'] }};
+  {% endif %}
+
   location / {
     proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
     proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;