diff --git a/bookwyrm/forms/books.py b/bookwyrm/forms/books.py
index 4885dc063..f73ce3f5a 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/forms/books.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/forms/books.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 """ using django model forms """
 from django import forms
 
+from file_resubmit.widgets import ResubmitImageWidget
+
 from bookwyrm import models
-from bookwyrm.models.fields import ClearableFileInputWithWarning
 from .custom_form import CustomForm
 from .widgets import ArrayWidget, SelectDateWidget, Select
 
@@ -70,9 +71,7 @@ class EditionForm(CustomForm):
             "published_date": SelectDateWidget(
                 attrs={"aria-describedby": "desc_published_date"}
             ),
-            "cover": ClearableFileInputWithWarning(
-                attrs={"aria-describedby": "desc_cover"}
-            ),
+            "cover": ResubmitImageWidget(attrs={"aria-describedby": "desc_cover"}),
             "physical_format": Select(
                 attrs={"aria-describedby": "desc_physical_format"}
             ),
diff --git a/bookwyrm/settings.py b/bookwyrm/settings.py
index 4cecc4df6..246db6d43 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/settings.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/settings.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "django.contrib.messages",
     "django.contrib.staticfiles",
     "django.contrib.humanize",
+    "file_resubmit",
     "sass_processor",
     "bookwyrm",
     "celery",
@@ -242,7 +243,11 @@ if env.bool("USE_DUMMY_CACHE", False):
     CACHES = {
         "default": {
             "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.dummy.DummyCache",
-        }
+        },
+        "file_resubmit": {
+            "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.dummy.DummyCache",
+            "LOCATION": "/tmp/file_resubmit_tests/",
+        },
     }
 else:
     CACHES = {
@@ -252,7 +257,11 @@ else:
             "OPTIONS": {
                 "CLIENT_CLASS": "django_redis.client.DefaultClient",
             },
-        }
+        },
+        "file_resubmit": {
+            "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.filebased.FileBasedCache",
+            "LOCATION": "/tmp/file_resubmit/",
+        },
     }
 
     SESSION_ENGINE = "django.contrib.sessions.backends.cache"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4ec939c0f..0b09f3c19 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ celery==5.2.7
 colorthief==0.2.1
 Django==3.2.23
 django-celery-beat==2.4.0
+bw-file-resubmit==0.6.0rc2
 django-compressor==4.3.1
 django-imagekit==4.1.0
 django-model-utils==4.3.1