diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/data/updates.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/data/updates.rs
index 6b29d46b1..4e38294e9 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/data/updates.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/data/updates.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-use actix_web::web::Payload;
 use milli::update::{IndexDocumentsMethod, UpdateFormat};
 
-use super::Data;
+use crate::extractors::payload::Payload;
 use crate::index::{Checked, Settings};
 use crate::index_controller::{error::Result, IndexMetadata, IndexSettings, UpdateStatus};
+use crate::Data;
 
 impl Data {
     pub async fn add_documents(
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/error.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/error.rs
index 7d56de738..0b7093e80 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/error.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/error.rs
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ impl ErrorCode for MilliError<'_> {
             milli::Error::UserError(ref error) => {
                 match error {
                     // TODO: wait for spec for new error codes.
-                    | UserError::Csv(_)
+                    UserError::Csv(_)
                     | UserError::SerdeJson(_)
                     | UserError::MaxDatabaseSizeReached
                     | UserError::InvalidCriterionName { .. }
@@ -148,9 +148,10 @@ impl ErrorCode for PayloadError {
             PayloadError::Json(err) => match err {
                 JsonPayloadError::Overflow => Code::PayloadTooLarge,
                 JsonPayloadError::ContentType => Code::UnsupportedMediaType,
-                JsonPayloadError::Payload(aweb::error::PayloadError::Overflow) => Code::PayloadTooLarge,
-                JsonPayloadError::Deserialize(_)
-                | JsonPayloadError::Payload(_) => Code::BadRequest,
+                JsonPayloadError::Payload(aweb::error::PayloadError::Overflow) => {
+                    Code::PayloadTooLarge
+                }
+                JsonPayloadError::Deserialize(_) | JsonPayloadError::Payload(_) => Code::BadRequest,
                 JsonPayloadError::Serialize(_) => Code::Internal,
                 _ => Code::Internal,
             },
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/extractors/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/extractors/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbb091fe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/extractors/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod payload;
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/extractors/payload.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/extractors/payload.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..260561e40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/extractors/payload.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::task::{Context, Poll};
+
+use actix_http::error::PayloadError;
+use actix_web::{dev, web, FromRequest, HttpRequest};
+use futures::future::{ready, Ready};
+use futures::Stream;
+
+pub struct Payload {
+    payload: dev::Payload,
+    limit: usize,
+}
+
+pub struct PayloadConfig {
+    limit: usize,
+}
+
+impl PayloadConfig {
+    pub fn new(limit: usize) -> Self {
+        Self { limit }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for PayloadConfig {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self { limit: 256 * 1024 }
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromRequest for Payload {
+    type Config = PayloadConfig;
+
+    type Error = PayloadError;
+
+    type Future = Ready<Result<Payload, Self::Error>>;
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn from_request(req: &HttpRequest, payload: &mut dev::Payload) -> Self::Future {
+        let limit = req
+            .app_data::<PayloadConfig>()
+            .map(|c| c.limit)
+            .unwrap_or(Self::Config::default().limit);
+        ready(Ok(Payload {
+            payload: payload.take(),
+            limit,
+        }))
+    }
+}
+
+impl Stream for Payload {
+    type Item = Result<web::Bytes, PayloadError>;
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn poll_next(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
+        match Pin::new(&mut self.payload).poll_next(cx) {
+            Poll::Ready(Some(result)) => match result {
+                Ok(bytes) => match self.limit.checked_sub(bytes.len()) {
+                    Some(new_limit) => {
+                        self.limit = new_limit;
+                        Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(bytes)))
+                    }
+                    None => Poll::Ready(Some(Err(PayloadError::Overflow))),
+                },
+                x => Poll::Ready(Some(x)),
+            },
+            otherwise => otherwise,
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index/dump.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index/dump.rs
index 52a5cabd9..263e3bd52 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index/dump.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index/dump.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Write};
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use anyhow::{Context, bail};
+use anyhow::{bail, Context};
 use heed::RoTxn;
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
 use milli::update::{IndexDocumentsMethod, UpdateFormat::JsonStream};
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index/mod.rs
index 5a005fdc0..7227f8d35 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index/mod.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use serde_json::{Map, Value};
 use crate::helpers::EnvSizer;
 use error::Result;
 
-pub use search::{SearchQuery, SearchResult, DEFAULT_SEARCH_LIMIT, default_crop_length};
+pub use search::{default_crop_length, SearchQuery, SearchResult, DEFAULT_SEARCH_LIMIT};
 pub use updates::{Checked, Facets, Settings, Unchecked};
 
 use self::error::IndexError;
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index/search.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index/search.rs
index a1dc2ee55..bc6d2ae74 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index/search.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index/search.rs
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ impl Index {
 fn compute_matches<A: AsRef<[u8]>>(
     matcher: &impl Matcher,
     document: &Document,
-    analyzer: &Analyzer<A>
-    ) -> MatchesInfo {
+    analyzer: &Analyzer<A>,
+) -> MatchesInfo {
     let mut matches = BTreeMap::new();
 
     for (key, value) in document {
@@ -1174,6 +1174,9 @@ mod test {
         let analyzer = Analyzer::new(config);
 
         let matches = compute_matches(&matcher, &value, &analyzer);
-        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", matches), r##"{"about": [MatchInfo { start: 0, length: 6 }, MatchInfo { start: 31, length: 7 }, MatchInfo { start: 191, length: 7 }, MatchInfo { start: 225, length: 7 }, MatchInfo { start: 233, length: 6 }], "color": [MatchInfo { start: 0, length: 3 }]}"##);
+        assert_eq!(
+            format!("{:?}", matches),
+            r##"{"about": [MatchInfo { start: 0, length: 6 }, MatchInfo { start: 31, length: 7 }, MatchInfo { start: 191, length: 7 }, MatchInfo { start: 225, length: 7 }, MatchInfo { start: 233, length: 6 }], "color": [MatchInfo { start: 0, length: 3 }]}"##
+        );
     }
 }
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/mod.rs
index c32c40345..c223ead76 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/mod.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use actix_web::web::{Bytes, Payload};
+use actix_web::web::Bytes;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use futures::stream::StreamExt;
 use log::error;
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ use update_actor::UpdateActorHandle;
 pub use updates::*;
 use uuid_resolver::{error::UuidResolverError, UuidResolverHandle};
 
+use crate::extractors::payload::Payload;
 use crate::index::{Checked, Document, SearchQuery, SearchResult, Settings};
 use crate::option::Opt;
 use error::Result;
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/actor.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/actor.rs
index 41995727a..5bc2c727e 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/actor.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/actor.rs
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ where
         &self,
         uuid: Uuid,
         meta: UpdateMeta,
-        mut payload: mpsc::Receiver<PayloadData<D>>,
+        payload: mpsc::Receiver<PayloadData<D>>,
     ) -> Result<UpdateStatus> {
         let file_path = match meta {
             UpdateMeta::DocumentsAddition { .. } => {
@@ -137,21 +137,41 @@ where
                     .open(&path)
                     .await?;
 
-                let mut file_len = 0;
-                while let Some(bytes) = payload.recv().await {
-                    let bytes = bytes?;
-                    file_len += bytes.as_ref().len();
-                    file.write_all(bytes.as_ref()).await?;
+                async fn write_to_file<D>(
+                    file: &mut fs::File,
+                    mut payload: mpsc::Receiver<PayloadData<D>>,
+                ) -> Result<usize>
+                where
+                    D: AsRef<[u8]> + Sized + 'static,
+                {
+                    let mut file_len = 0;
+
+                    while let Some(bytes) = payload.recv().await {
+                        let bytes = bytes?;
+                        file_len += bytes.as_ref().len();
+                        file.write_all(bytes.as_ref()).await?;
+                    }
+
+                    file.flush().await?;
+
+                    Ok(file_len)
                 }
 
-                if file_len != 0 {
-                    file.flush().await?;
-                    let file = file.into_std().await;
-                    Some((file, update_file_id))
-                } else {
-                    // empty update, delete the empty file.
-                    fs::remove_file(&path).await?;
-                    None
+                let file_len = write_to_file(&mut file, payload).await;
+
+                match file_len {
+                    Ok(len) if len > 0 => {
+                        let file = file.into_std().await;
+                        Some((file, update_file_id))
+                    }
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        fs::remove_file(&path).await?;
+                        return Err(e);
+                    }
+                    _ => {
+                        fs::remove_file(&path).await?;
+                        None
+                    }
                 }
             }
             _ => None,
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/error.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/error.rs
index a95f1eafa..6f0e848c3 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/error.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/error.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ pub enum UpdateActorError {
     FatalUpdateStoreError,
     #[error("invalid payload: {0}")]
     InvalidPayload(Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'static>),
+    #[error("payload error: {0}")]
+    PayloadError(#[from] actix_web::error::PayloadError),
 }
 
 impl<T> From<tokio::sync::mpsc::error::SendError<T>> for UpdateActorError {
@@ -39,7 +41,6 @@ internal_error!(
     UpdateActorError: heed::Error,
     std::io::Error,
     serde_json::Error,
-    actix_http::error::PayloadError,
     tokio::task::JoinError
 );
 
@@ -51,6 +52,10 @@ impl ErrorCode for UpdateActorError {
             UpdateActorError::IndexActor(e) => e.error_code(),
             UpdateActorError::FatalUpdateStoreError => Code::Internal,
             UpdateActorError::InvalidPayload(_) => Code::BadRequest,
+            UpdateActorError::PayloadError(error) => match error {
+                actix_http::error::PayloadError::Overflow => Code::PayloadTooLarge,
+                _ => Code::Internal,
+            },
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/store/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/store/mod.rs
index 1ee30c99d..21a320b26 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/store/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/store/mod.rs
@@ -572,7 +572,10 @@ fn update_uuid_to_file_path(root: impl AsRef<Path>, uuid: Uuid) -> PathBuf {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::*;
-    use crate::index_controller::{UpdateResult, index_actor::{MockIndexActorHandle, error::IndexActorError}};
+    use crate::index_controller::{
+        index_actor::{error::IndexActorError, MockIndexActorHandle},
+        UpdateResult,
+    };
 
     use futures::future::ok;
 
@@ -651,7 +654,9 @@ mod test {
                 if processing.id() == 0 {
                     Box::pin(ok(Ok(processing.process(UpdateResult::Other))))
                 } else {
-                    Box::pin(ok(Err(processing.fail(IndexActorError::ExistingPrimaryKey.into()))))
+                    Box::pin(ok(Err(
+                        processing.fail(IndexActorError::ExistingPrimaryKey.into())
+                    )))
                 }
             });
 
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/updates.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/updates.rs
index 13ad9f7e5..d02438d3c 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/updates.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/updates.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ use milli::update::{DocumentAdditionResult, IndexDocumentsMethod, UpdateFormat};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
-use crate::{error::ResponseError, index::{Settings, Unchecked}};
+use crate::{
+    error::ResponseError,
+    index::{Settings, Unchecked},
+};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum UpdateResult {
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs
index 6f4ce7e43..46fea718c 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 pub mod data;
 #[macro_use]
 pub mod error;
+pub mod extractors;
 pub mod helpers;
 mod index;
 mod index_controller;
@@ -13,85 +14,97 @@ pub mod analytics;
 pub use self::data::Data;
 pub use option::Opt;
 
+use actix_web::web;
+
+use extractors::payload::PayloadConfig;
+
+pub fn configure_data(config: &mut web::ServiceConfig, data: Data) {
+    let http_payload_size_limit = data.http_payload_size_limit();
+    config
+        .data(data)
+        .app_data(
+            web::JsonConfig::default()
+                .limit(http_payload_size_limit)
+                .content_type(|_mime| true) // Accept all mime types
+                .error_handler(|err, _req| error::payload_error_handler(err).into()),
+        )
+        .app_data(PayloadConfig::new(http_payload_size_limit))
+        .app_data(
+            web::QueryConfig::default()
+                .error_handler(|err, _req| error::payload_error_handler(err).into()),
+        );
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "mini-dashboard")]
+pub fn dashboard(config: &mut web::ServiceConfig, enable_frontend: bool) {
+    use actix_web_static_files::Resource;
+    use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+
+    mod generated {
+        include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/generated.rs"));
+    }
+
+    if enable_frontend {
+        let generated = generated::generate();
+            let mut scope = web::scope("/");
+            // Generate routes for mini-dashboard assets
+            for (path, resource) in generated.into_iter() {
+                let Resource {mime_type, data, ..} = resource;
+                // Redirect index.html to /
+                if path == "index.html" {
+                    config.service(web::resource("/").route(web::get().to(move || {
+                        HttpResponse::Ok().content_type(mime_type).body(data)
+                    })));
+                } else {
+                    scope = scope.service(web::resource(path).route(web::get().to(move || {
+                        HttpResponse::Ok().content_type(mime_type).body(data)
+                    })));
+                }
+            }
+            config.service(scope);
+    } else {
+        config.service(routes::running);
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "mini-dashboard"))]
+pub fn dashboard(config: &mut web::ServiceConfig, _enable_frontend: bool) {
+    config.service(routes::running);
+}
+
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! create_app {
-    ($data:expr, $enable_frontend:expr) => {
-        {
-            use actix_cors::Cors;
-            use actix_web::middleware::TrailingSlash;
-            use actix_web::{App, HttpResponse};
-            use actix_web::{middleware, web};
-            use meilisearch_http::error::payload_error_handler;
-            use meilisearch_http::routes::*;
+    ($data:expr, $enable_frontend:expr) => {{
+        use actix_cors::Cors;
+        use actix_web::middleware::TrailingSlash;
+        use actix_web::App;
+        use actix_web::{middleware, web};
+        use meilisearch_http::routes::*;
+        use meilisearch_http::{configure_data, dashboard};
 
-            #[cfg(feature = "mini-dashboard")]
-            use actix_web_static_files::Resource;
-
-            #[cfg(feature = "mini-dashboard")]
-            mod dashboard {
-                include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/generated.rs"));
-            }
-
-            let app = App::new()
-                .data($data.clone())
-                .app_data(
-                    web::JsonConfig::default()
-                    .limit($data.http_payload_size_limit())
-                    .content_type(|_mime| true) // Accept all mime types
-                    .error_handler(|err, _req| payload_error_handler(err).into()),
-                )
-                .app_data(
-                    web::QueryConfig::default()
-                    .error_handler(|err, _req| payload_error_handler(err).into()),
-                )
-                .configure(document::services)
-                .configure(index::services)
-                .configure(search::services)
-                .configure(settings::services)
-                .configure(health::services)
-                .configure(stats::services)
-                .configure(key::services)
-                .configure(dump::services);
-            #[cfg(feature = "mini-dashboard")]
-            let app = if $enable_frontend {
-                let mut app = app;
-                let generated = dashboard::generate();
-                let mut scope = web::scope("/");
-                // Generate routes for mini-dashboard assets
-                for (path, resource) in generated.into_iter() {
-                    let Resource {mime_type, data, ..} = resource;
-                    // Redirect index.html to /
-                    if path == "index.html" {
-                        app = app.service(web::resource("/").route(web::get().to(move || {
-                            HttpResponse::Ok().content_type(mime_type).body(data)
-                        })));
-                    } else {
-                        scope = scope.service(web::resource(path).route(web::get().to(move || {
-                            HttpResponse::Ok().content_type(mime_type).body(data)
-                        })));
-                    }
-                }
-                app.service(scope)
-            } else {
-                app.service(running)
-            };
-
-            #[cfg(not(feature = "mini-dashboard"))]
-            let app = app.service(running);
-
-            app.wrap(
+        App::new()
+            .configure(|s| configure_data(s, $data.clone()))
+            .configure(document::services)
+            .configure(index::services)
+            .configure(search::services)
+            .configure(settings::services)
+            .configure(health::services)
+            .configure(stats::services)
+            .configure(key::services)
+            .configure(dump::services)
+            .configure(|s| dashboard(s, $enable_frontend))
+            .wrap(
                 Cors::default()
-                .send_wildcard()
-                .allowed_headers(vec!["content-type", "x-meili-api-key"])
-                .allow_any_origin()
-                .allow_any_method()
-                .max_age(86_400), // 24h
+                    .send_wildcard()
+                    .allowed_headers(vec!["content-type", "x-meili-api-key"])
+                    .allow_any_origin()
+                    .allow_any_method()
+                    .max_age(86_400), // 24h
             )
-                .wrap(middleware::Logger::default())
-                .wrap(middleware::Compress::default())
-                .wrap(middleware::NormalizePath::new(TrailingSlash::Trim))
-                .default_service(
-                    web::route().to(|| HttpResponse::NotFound()))
-        }
-    };
+            .wrap(middleware::Logger::default())
+            .wrap(middleware::Compress::default())
+            .wrap(middleware::NormalizePath::new(
+                middleware::TrailingSlash::Trim,
+            ))
+    }};
 }
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/main.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/main.rs
index 9f3e62356..50201d912 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/main.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/main.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), MainError> {
 
 async fn run_http(data: Data, opt: Opt) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let _enable_dashboard = &opt.env == "development";
-    let http_server = HttpServer::new(move || create_app!(&data, _enable_dashboard))
+    let http_server = HttpServer::new(move || create_app!(data, _enable_dashboard))
         // Disable signals allows the server to terminate immediately when a user enter CTRL-C
         .disable_signals();
 
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/routes/document.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/routes/document.rs
index 9019bdb7c..a9d6c0db8 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/routes/document.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/routes/document.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use actix_web::web::Payload;
 use actix_web::{delete, get, post, put};
 use actix_web::{web, HttpResponse};
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
@@ -8,6 +7,7 @@ use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde_json::Value;
 
 use crate::error::ResponseError;
+use crate::extractors::payload::Payload;
 use crate::helpers::Authentication;
 use crate::routes::IndexParam;
 use crate::Data;
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ async fn update_documents(
     data: web::Data<Data>,
     path: web::Path<IndexParam>,
     params: web::Query<UpdateDocumentsQuery>,
-    body: web::Payload,
+    body: Payload,
 ) -> Result<HttpResponse, ResponseError> {
     let update = data
         .add_documents(
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/routes/search.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/routes/search.rs
index ab5a2f407..f596f7e4c 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/routes/search.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/routes/search.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use serde_json::Value;
 
 use crate::error::ResponseError;
 use crate::helpers::Authentication;
-use crate::index::{SearchQuery, default_crop_length, DEFAULT_SEARCH_LIMIT};
+use crate::index::{default_crop_length, SearchQuery, DEFAULT_SEARCH_LIMIT};
 use crate::routes::IndexParam;
 use crate::Data;