diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 03b9993..86f739f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ ARG BUILD_DATE
 ARG VERSION
 LABEL build_version="Linuxserver.io version:- ${VERSION} Build-date:- ${BUILD_DATE}"
 
-# environment settings
-ENV PHP_MEMORY_LIMIT 512M
-ENV MAX_UPLOAD 50M
-ENV PHP_MAX_FILE_UPLOAD 200
-ENV PHP_MAX_POST 100M
-
 # install packages
 RUN \
  apk add --no-cache \
@@ -53,15 +47,6 @@ RUN \
 	tar \
 	wget && \
 
-# configure php
- sed -i \
-	-e "s|;*memory_limit =.*|memory_limit = ${PHP_MEMORY_LIMIT}|i" \
- 	-e "s|;*upload_max_filesize =.*|upload_max_filesize = ${MAX_UPLOAD}|i" \
-	-e "s|;*max_file_uploads =.*|max_file_uploads = ${PHP_MAX_FILE_UPLOAD}|i" \
-	-e "s|;*post_max_size =.*|post_max_size = ${PHP_MAX_POST}|i" /etc/php5/php.ini \
-	-e "s|;*cgi.fix_pathinfo=.*|cgi.fix_pathinfo= 0|i" \
-		/etc/php5/php.ini && \
-
 # configure apache2
  sed -i \
 	-e 's#User apache#User abc#g' \
diff --git a/READMETEMPLATE.md b/READMETEMPLATE.md
index 07c0a83..4cb7841 100644
--- a/READMETEMPLATE.md
+++ b/READMETEMPLATE.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ docker create \
   -v <path to data>:/config \
   -v <path to data>:/data \
   -e PGID=<gid> -e PUID=<uid>  \
+  -e MAX_UPLOAD=<250M> \
   -p 80:80 \
   linuxserver/projectsend
 ```
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ http://192.168.x.x:8080 would show you what's running INSIDE the container on po
 * `-v /data` - where to store files to share.
 * `-e PGID` for GroupID - see below for explanation
 * `-e PUID` for UserID - see below for explanation
+* `-e MAX_UPLOAD` to set maximum upload size , default if unset is 250M.
 
 It is based on alpine linux with s6 overlay, for shell access whilst the container is running do `docker exec -it projectsend /bin/bash`.
 
diff --git a/root/etc/cont-init.d/30-config b/root/etc/cont-init.d/30-config
index 797a695..efe6f1a 100644
--- a/root/etc/cont-init.d/30-config
+++ b/root/etc/cont-init.d/30-config
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 #!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
 
+PHP_MEMORY_LIMIT=${PHP_MEMORY_LIMIT:-512M}
+MAX_UPLOAD=${MAX_UPLOAD:-250M}
+PHP_MAX_FILE_UPLOAD=${PHP_MAX_FILE_UPLOAD:-200}
+
+# configure php
+sed -i \
+	-e "s|;*memory_limit =.*|memory_limit = ${PHP_MEMORY_LIMIT}|i" \
+ 	-e "s|;*upload_max_filesize =.*|upload_max_filesize = ${MAX_UPLOAD}|i" \
+	-e "s|;*max_file_uploads =.*|max_file_uploads = ${PHP_MAX_FILE_UPLOAD}|i" \
+	-e "s|;*post_max_size =.*|post_max_size = ${MAX_UPLOAD}|i" \
+	-e "s|;*cgi.fix_pathinfo=.*|cgi.fix_pathinfo= 0|i" \
+		/etc/php5/php.ini
+
 # create our folders
 mkdir -p \
 	/config/projectsend/images \