diff --git a/gracedb/api.py b/gracedb/api.py
index b3f5f9ec1b4a2283da88e1d1d53ea91cae930dcf..a083859707da330f1728bd9e880ff2ad647dbc77 100644
--- a/gracedb/api.py
+++ b/gracedb/api.py
@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ class Files(APIView):
     """Files Resource"""
 
     authentication_classes = (LigoAuthentication,)
+    parser_classes = (parsers.MultiPartParser,)
+
     def get(self, request, graceid, filename=""):
         # Do not filename to be None.  That messes up later os.path.join
         filename = filename or ""