diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 20ce8240b..b66b6c770 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ TWO_FACTOR_LOGIN_MAX_SECONDS=60
 # and AWS_S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN (if used) are added by default.
 # Value should be a comma-separated list of host names.
 CSP_ADDITIONAL_HOSTS=
-# The last number here means "megabytes"
+
 # Increase if users are having trouble uploading BookWyrm export files.
-DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE = (1024**2 * 100)
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+# Default value is 2.5MB, this value is 100MB
+DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE=104857600
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diff --git a/bookwyrm/settings.py b/bookwyrm/settings.py
index cc941da84..05f677010 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/settings.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/settings.py
@@ -443,4 +443,4 @@ if HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO:
 # user with the same username - in which case you should change it!
 INSTANCE_ACTOR_USERNAME = "bookwyrm.instance.actor"
 
-DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE = env.int("DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE", (1024**2 * 100))
+DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE = env.int("DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE", 104857600)
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/preferences/export-user.html b/bookwyrm/templates/preferences/export-user.html
index cd3119e3e..58b27f3c1 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/preferences/export-user.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/preferences/export-user.html
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@
     {% if not site.user_exports_enabled %}
     <p class="notification is-danger">
         {% trans "New user exports are currently disabled." %}
+        {% if perms.bookwyrm.edit_instance_settings %}
+        {% spaceless %}
+        {% blocktrans%}
+            <br/>User exports settings can be changed from <a href="/settings/imports">the Imports page</a> in the Admin dashboard.
+        {% endblocktrans %}
+        {% endspaceless %}
+    {% endif%}
     </p>
     {% elif next_available %}
     <p class="notification is-warning">
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templatetags/utilities.py b/bookwyrm/templatetags/utilities.py
index 230db366e..d1d849cb8 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templatetags/utilities.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/templatetags/utilities.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def id_to_username(user_id):
         value = f"{name}@{domain}"
 
         return value
-    return "a new user account"
+    return _("a new user account")
 
 
 @register.filter(name="get_file_size")
diff --git a/nginx/development b/nginx/development
index fdfd14e1d..2c3a1d02f 100644
--- a/nginx/development
+++ b/nginx/development
@@ -61,17 +61,25 @@ server {
         proxy_pass http://web;
     }
 
-    # directly serve images and static files from the
+    # directly serve static files from the
     # bookwyrm filesystem using sendfile.
     # make the logs quieter by not reporting these requests
-    location ~ \.(bmp|ico|jpg|jpeg|png|svg|tif|tiff|ttf|webp|css|js)$ {
+    location ~ ^/static/ {
         root /app;
         try_files $uri =404;
         add_header X-Cache-Status STATIC;
         access_log off;
     }
 
-    # block access to any non-image files from images or static
+    # same with image files not in static folder
+    location ~ \.(bmp|ico|jpg|jpeg|png|svg|tif|tiff|webp)$ {
+        root /app;
+        try_files $uri =404;
+        add_header X-Cache-Status STATIC;
+        access_log off;
+    }
+
+    # block access to any non-image files from images
     location ~ ^/images/ {
         return 403;
     }
diff --git a/nginx/production b/nginx/production
index 296ede70c..841ed8afa 100644
--- a/nginx/production
+++ b/nginx/production
@@ -93,19 +93,27 @@ server {
 #         proxy_pass http://web;
 #     }
 #
-#     # directly serve images and static files from the
+#     # directly serve static files from the
 #     # bookwyrm filesystem using sendfile.
 #     # make the logs quieter by not reporting these requests
-#     location ~ \.(bmp|ico|jpg|jpeg|png|svg|tif|tiff|ttf|webp|css|js)$ {
+#     location ~ ^/static/ {
 #         root /app;
 #         try_files $uri =404;
 #         add_header X-Cache-Status STATIC;
 #         access_log off;
 #     }
 
-#     # block access to any non-image files from images or static
+#     # same with image files not in static folder
+#     location ~ \.(bmp|ico|jpg|jpeg|png|svg|tif|tiff|webp)$ {
+#         root /app;
+#         try_files $uri =404;
+#         add_header X-Cache-Status STATIC;
+#         access_log off;
+#     }
+
+#     # block access to any non-image files from images
 #     location ~ ^/images/ {
-#          return 403;
+#         return 403;
 #     }
 #
 #     # monitor the celery queues with flower, no caching enabled