diff --git a/frontend/src/main/java/de/thm/spring/controller/ApplicationController.java b/frontend/src/main/java/de/thm/spring/controller/ApplicationController.java
index 15e7b711c182a0720d7be40bdcb7181dbd154a56..f400a46c2ed9fa2d3a21da0a02b21b3900166050 100644
--- a/frontend/src/main/java/de/thm/spring/controller/ApplicationController.java
+++ b/frontend/src/main/java/de/thm/spring/controller/ApplicationController.java
@@ -121,11 +121,25 @@ public class ApplicationController implements ErrorController {
 
         @ExceptionHandler(MultipartException.class)
         String handleFileException(HttpServletRequest request, Throwable ex, Model model) {
-            model.addAttribute("errorMessage", "The file you tried to upload is too large. Please upload only files with a max. file size of 20 MB.");
-            return "error";
+
+            return "redirect:/filesizetoolarge";
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * File exceptions are redirected to this method to call 'error' with in a post request with the message
+     *
+     * @param model - same as always
+     * @return the error page
+     */
+    @RequestMapping("/filesizetoolarge")
+    public String filesizetoolarge(Model model){
+
+        model.addAttribute("errorMessage", "The file you tried to upload is too large. Please upload only files with a max. file size of 20 MB.");
+
+        return "error";
+    }
+
     @RequestMapping("/faq")
     public String faq(){
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/main/resources/templates/error.html b/frontend/src/main/resources/templates/error.html
index c2c84b4a7e1d6f0e5fb54f411cba61b347f54b6e..07bd2f505de72bb7c9c9075dbee14330384c14e1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/main/resources/templates/error.html
+++ b/frontend/src/main/resources/templates/error.html
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
                 <a href="/" class="btn btn-outline-info">back</a>
 
                 <div id="error" class="bg-danger">
-                    <h4>Something went wrong</h4>
+                    <h5>Something went wrong:</h5>
                     <p th:text="${errorCode}"></p>
                     <p th:text="${errorMessage}"></p>
                 </div>