diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e4a655b..087b49a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
   sender has gone offline
 - Easy to send multiple files at once - they're bundled into a zip
   file for receivers, with zero compression so extraction is quick
-- Sanitises filenames, using sensible non-obnoxious defaults that
-  should be safe across platforms
+- Sanitizes filenames
 - Fires a laser beam that turns you trans
 
 ## configuration
@@ -29,7 +28,9 @@ transbeam is configured with the following environment variables:
 
 ## todo
 
-- uploader auth
-- downloader auth
-- delete uploads after a while
-- configurable maximum file size
+- [ ] file downloading
+- [ ] upload progress bar
+- [ ] uploader auth
+- [ ] downloader auth
+- [ ] delete uploads after a while
+- [ ] configurable maximum file size
diff --git a/src/upload.rs b/src/upload.rs
index 90c95ec..a87d5d5 100644
--- a/src/upload.rs
+++ b/src/upload.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use time::OffsetDateTime;
 
 use crate::{file::LiveWriter, DownloadableFile, UploadedFile};
 
-const MAX_FILES: usize = 256;
 const FILENAME_DATE_FORMAT: &[time::format_description::FormatItem] =
     time::macros::format_description!("[year]-[month]-[day]-[hour][minute][second]");
 
@@ -29,12 +28,10 @@ enum Error {
     UnexpectedMessageType,
     #[error("Metadata contained an empty list of files")]
     NoFiles,
-    #[error("Number of files submitted by client exceeded the maximum limit")]
-    TooManyFiles,
     #[error("Websocket was closed by client before completing transfer")]
     ClosedEarly(Option<CloseReason>),
     #[error("Client sent more data than they were supposed to")]
-    UnexpectedExtraData,
+    TooMuchData,
 }
 
 impl Error {
@@ -46,9 +43,8 @@ impl Error {
             Self::DuplicateFilename => CloseCode::Policy,
             Self::UnexpectedMessageType => CloseCode::Invalid,
             Self::NoFiles => CloseCode::Policy,
-            Self::TooManyFiles => CloseCode::Policy,
             Self::ClosedEarly(_) => CloseCode::Invalid,
-            Self::UnexpectedExtraData => CloseCode::Invalid,
+            Self::TooMuchData => CloseCode::Invalid,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -109,7 +105,7 @@ impl StreamHandler<Result<ws::Message, ws::ProtocolError>> for Uploader {
         let msg = match msg {
             Ok(m) => m,
             Err(e) => {
-                error!("Websocket error: {}", e);
+                error!("Websocket error: {:?}", e);
                 ctx.stop();
                 return;
             }
@@ -117,7 +113,7 @@ impl StreamHandler<Result<ws::Message, ws::ProtocolError>> for Uploader {
 
         match self.handle_message(msg, ctx) {
             Err(e) => {
-                error!("{}", e);
+                error!("{:?}", e);
                 ctx.close(Some(ws::CloseReason {
                     code: e.close_code(),
                     description: Some(e.to_string()),
@@ -164,9 +160,6 @@ impl Uploader {
                 let raw_files: Vec<RawUploadedFile> = serde_json::from_slice(text.as_bytes())?;
                 info!("Received file list: {} files", raw_files.len());
                 debug!("{:?}", raw_files);
-                if raw_files.len() > MAX_FILES {
-                    return Err(Error::TooManyFiles);
-                }
                 let mut filenames: HashSet<String> = HashSet::new();
                 let mut files = Vec::new();
                 for raw_file in raw_files.iter() {
@@ -258,7 +251,7 @@ impl Uploader {
     fn handle_data(&mut self, data: Bytes) -> Result<bool, Error> {
         if let Some(ref mut writer) = self.writer {
             if (data.len() as u64) > self.bytes_remaining {
-                return Err(Error::UnexpectedExtraData);
+                return Err(Error::TooMuchData);
             }
             self.bytes_remaining -= data.len() as u64;
             writer.write_all(&data)?;
diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
index 5728d64..da4dfbb 100644
--- a/static/index.html
+++ b/static/index.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"/>
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="transbeam.css"/>
     <script src="util.js"></script>
-    <title>transbeam</title>
+    <title>Upload Test</title>
   </head>
   <body>
       <div id="header">
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@
         <h5>(c) 2022 xenofem, MIT licensed</h5>
         <h5><a target="_blank" href="https://git.xeno.science/xenofem/transbeam">source</a></h5>
       </div>
-      <script src="transbeam.js"></script>
+      <script src="upload.js"></script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/static/transbeam.js b/static/upload.js
similarity index 97%
rename from static/transbeam.js
rename to static/upload.js
index 340d529..d1b570e 100644
--- a/static/transbeam.js
+++ b/static/upload.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const FILE_CHUNK_SIZE = 16384;
-const MAX_FILES = 256;
 
 const fileInputContainer = document.getElementById('file_input_container');
 const fileInput = document.getElementById('file_input');
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ function updateFiles() {
         uploadButton.textContent = `Upload ${files.length} file${files.length > 1 ? 's' : ''} (${displaySize(totalBytes)})`;
         uploadButton.style.display = '';
     }
-    fileInput.disabled = (files.length >= MAX_FILES);
 }
 
 updateFiles();
@@ -95,7 +93,6 @@ downloadLinkContainer.style.display = 'none';
 progressContainer.style.display = 'none';
 
 function addFile(newFile) {
-    if (files.length >= MAX_FILES) { return; }
     if (files.some((oldFile) => newFile.name === oldFile.name)) { return; }
 
     files.push(newFile);