diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/app.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/app.component.html
index d9b7dd09b..2b050ed3f 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/app.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/app.component.html
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
 <app-toasts></app-toasts>
 
-<router-outlet></router-outlet>
+<ngx-file-drop dropZoneClassName="main-dropzone" contentClassName="main-content" [disabled]="!dragDropEnabled"
+(onFileDrop)="dropped($event)" (onFileOver)="fileOver()" (onFileLeave)="fileLeave()">
+    <ng-template ngx-file-drop-content-tmp>
+        <div class="global-dropzone-overlay fade" [class.show]="fileIsOver" [class.hide]="hidden">
+            <h2 i18n>Drop files to begin upload</h2>
+        </div>
+        <div [class.inert]="fileIsOver">
+            <router-outlet></router-outlet>
+        </div>
+    </ng-template>
+</ngx-file-drop>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/app.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/app.component.ts
index b21c771ae..f8c98fbc7 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { Router } from '@angular/router'
 import { Subscription } from 'rxjs'
 import { ConsumerStatusService } from './services/consumer-status.service'
 import { ToastService } from './services/toast.service'
+import { NgxFileDropEntry } from 'ngx-file-drop'
+import { UploadDocumentsService } from './services/upload-documents.service'
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-root',
@@ -15,11 +17,16 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   successSubscription: Subscription
   failedSubscription: Subscription
 
+  private fileLeaveTimeoutID: any
+  fileIsOver: boolean = false
+  hidden: boolean = true
+
   constructor(
     private settings: SettingsService,
     private consumerStatusService: ConsumerStatusService,
     private toastService: ToastService,
-    private router: Router
+    private router: Router,
+    private uploadDocumentsService: UploadDocumentsService
   ) {
     let anyWindow = window as any
     anyWindow.pdfWorkerSrc = 'assets/js/pdf.worker.min.js'
@@ -100,4 +107,36 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         }
       })
   }
+
+  public get dragDropEnabled(): boolean {
+    return !this.router.url.includes('dashboard')
+  }
+
+  public fileOver() {
+    // allows transition
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      this.fileIsOver = true
+    }, 1)
+    this.hidden = false
+    // stop fileLeave timeout
+    clearTimeout(this.fileLeaveTimeoutID)
+  }
+
+  public fileLeave(immediate: boolean = false) {
+    const ms = immediate ? 0 : 500
+
+    this.fileLeaveTimeoutID = setTimeout(() => {
+      this.fileIsOver = false
+      // await transition completed
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        this.hidden = true
+      }, 150)
+    }, ms)
+  }
+
+  public dropped(files: NgxFileDropEntry[]) {
+    this.fileLeave(true)
+    this.uploadDocumentsService.uploadFiles(files)
+    this.toastService.showInfo($localize`Initiating upload...`, 3000)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/toasts/toasts.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/toasts/toasts.component.html
index 9d4ae6bb6..b79208ebf 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/toasts/toasts.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/toasts/toasts.component.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   *ngFor="let toast of toasts"
   [header]="toast.title" [autohide]="true" [delay]="toast.delay"
   [class]="toast.classname"
-  (hide)="toastService.closeToast(toast)">
+  (hidden)="toastService.closeToast(toast)">
   <p>{{toast.content}}</p>
   <p *ngIf="toast.action"><button class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary" (click)="toastService.closeToast(toast); toast.action()">{{toast.actionName}}</button></p>
 </ngb-toast>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/toasts/toasts.component.scss b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/toasts/toasts.component.scss
index 4d1c95fce..d2aaf20b0 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/toasts/toasts.component.scss
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/toasts/toasts.component.scss
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@
   margin: 0.5em;
   z-index: 1200;
 }
+
+.toast:not(.show) {
+  display: block; // this corrects an ng-bootstrap bug that prevented animations
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/upload-file-widget/upload-file-widget.component.scss b/src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/upload-file-widget/upload-file-widget.component.scss
index c13a7bd47..47dbff83e 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/upload-file-widget/upload-file-widget.component.scss
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/upload-file-widget/upload-file-widget.component.scss
@@ -33,3 +33,7 @@ form {
   mix-blend-mode: soft-light;
   pointer-events: none;
 }
+
+::ng-deep .ngx-file-drop__drop-zone--over {
+  background-color: var(--ngx-primary-faded) !important;
+}
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/upload-file-widget/upload-file-widget.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/upload-file-widget/upload-file-widget.component.ts
index 6ba6103d3..e2f59a0a4 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/upload-file-widget/upload-file-widget.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/upload-file-widget/upload-file-widget.component.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   FileStatus,
   FileStatusPhase,
 } from 'src/app/services/consumer-status.service'
-import { DocumentService } from 'src/app/services/rest/document.service'
+import { UploadDocumentsService } from 'src/app/services/upload-documents.service'
 
 const MAX_ALERTS = 5
 
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ export class UploadFileWidgetComponent implements OnInit {
   alertsExpanded = false
 
   constructor(
-    private documentService: DocumentService,
-    private consumerStatusService: ConsumerStatusService
+    private consumerStatusService: ConsumerStatusService,
+    private uploadDocumentsService: UploadDocumentsService
   ) {}
 
   getStatus() {
@@ -116,48 +116,6 @@ export class UploadFileWidgetComponent implements OnInit {
   public fileLeave(event) {}
 
   public dropped(files: NgxFileDropEntry[]) {
-    for (const droppedFile of files) {
-      if (droppedFile.fileEntry.isFile) {
-        const fileEntry = droppedFile.fileEntry as FileSystemFileEntry
-        fileEntry.file((file: File) => {
-          let formData = new FormData()
-          formData.append('document', file, file.name)
-          let status = this.consumerStatusService.newFileUpload(file.name)
-
-          status.message = $localize`Connecting...`
-
-          this.documentService.uploadDocument(formData).subscribe(
-            (event) => {
-              if (event.type == HttpEventType.UploadProgress) {
-                status.updateProgress(
-                  FileStatusPhase.UPLOADING,
-                  event.loaded,
-                  event.total
-                )
-                status.message = $localize`Uploading...`
-              } else if (event.type == HttpEventType.Response) {
-                status.taskId = event.body['task_id']
-                status.message = $localize`Upload complete, waiting...`
-              }
-            },
-            (error) => {
-              switch (error.status) {
-                case 400: {
-                  this.consumerStatusService.fail(status, error.error.document)
-                  break
-                }
-                default: {
-                  this.consumerStatusService.fail(
-                    status,
-                    $localize`HTTP error: ${error.status} ${error.statusText}`
-                  )
-                  break
-                }
-              }
-            }
-          )
-        })
-      }
-    }
+    this.uploadDocumentsService.uploadFiles(files)
   }
 }
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.html
index c7d53a848..1ce61f931 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.html
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
 </app-page-header>
 
-<div class="sticky-top py-2 mt-n2 mt-sm-n3 py-sm-4 bg-body mx-n3 px-3">
+<div class="row sticky-top pt-4 pb-2 pb-lg-4 bg-body">
   <app-filter-editor [hidden]="isBulkEditing" [(filterRules)]="list.filterRules" [unmodifiedFilterRules]="unmodifiedFilterRules" #filterEditor></app-filter-editor>
   <app-bulk-editor [hidden]="!isBulkEditing"></app-bulk-editor>
 </div>
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
     </tbody>
   </table>
 
-  <div class="m-n2 row row-cols-paperless-cards" *ngIf="displayMode == 'smallCards'">
+  <div class="row row-cols-paperless-cards" *ngIf="displayMode == 'smallCards'">
     <app-document-card-small class="p-0" [selected]="list.isSelected(d)" (toggleSelected)="toggleSelected(d, $event)" [document]="d" *ngFor="let d of list.documents; trackBy: trackByDocumentId" (clickTag)="clickTag($event)" (clickCorrespondent)="clickCorrespondent($event)" (clickDocumentType)="clickDocumentType($event)"></app-document-card-small>
   </div>
   <div *ngIf="list.documents?.length > 15" class="mt-3">
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.scss b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.scss
index 09bffc731..abac427da 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.scss
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 @import "/src/theme";
 
+::ng-deep app-document-list app-page-header > div.mb-3 {
+  margin-bottom: 0 !important;
+}
+
 tr {
   user-select: none;
 }
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.html
index 61214d085..6280cff10 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.html
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="w-100 d-xl-none"></div>
-   <div class="col col-xl-auto mb-2 mb-xl-0">
+   <div class="col col-xl-auto">
      <button class="btn btn-link btn-sm px-0 mx-0 ms-xl-n3" [disabled]="!rulesModified" (click)="resetSelected()">
        <svg width="1em" height="1em" viewBox="0 0 16 16" class="bi bi-x me-1" fill="currentColor" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
          <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4.646 4.646a.5.5 0 0 1 .708 0L8 7.293l2.646-2.647a.5.5 0 0 1 .708.708L8.707 8l2.647 2.646a.5.5 0 0 1-.708.708L8 8.707l-2.646 2.647a.5.5 0 0 1-.708-.708L7.293 8 4.646 5.354a.5.5 0 0 1 0-.708z"/>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/services/upload-documents.service.ts b/src-ui/src/app/services/upload-documents.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e7ef7fbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/services/upload-documents.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'
+import { HttpEventType } from '@angular/common/http'
+import { FileSystemFileEntry, NgxFileDropEntry } from 'ngx-file-drop'
+import {
+  ConsumerStatusService,
+  FileStatusPhase,
+} from './consumer-status.service'
+import { DocumentService } from './rest/document.service'
+import { Subscription } from 'rxjs'
+
+@Injectable({
+  providedIn: 'root',
+})
+export class UploadDocumentsService {
+  private uploadSubscriptions: Array<Subscription> = []
+
+  constructor(
+    private documentService: DocumentService,
+    private consumerStatusService: ConsumerStatusService
+  ) {}
+
+  uploadFiles(files: NgxFileDropEntry[]) {
+    for (const droppedFile of files) {
+      if (droppedFile.fileEntry.isFile) {
+        const fileEntry = droppedFile.fileEntry as FileSystemFileEntry
+        fileEntry.file((file: File) => {
+          let formData = new FormData()
+          formData.append('document', file, file.name)
+          let status = this.consumerStatusService.newFileUpload(file.name)
+
+          status.message = $localize`Connecting...`
+
+          this.uploadSubscriptions[file.name] = this.documentService
+            .uploadDocument(formData)
+            .subscribe({
+              next: (event) => {
+                if (event.type == HttpEventType.UploadProgress) {
+                  status.updateProgress(
+                    FileStatusPhase.UPLOADING,
+                    event.loaded,
+                    event.total
+                  )
+                  status.message = $localize`Uploading...`
+                } else if (event.type == HttpEventType.Response) {
+                  status.taskId = event.body['task_id']
+                  status.message = $localize`Upload complete, waiting...`
+                  this.uploadSubscriptions[file.name]?.complete()
+                }
+              },
+              error: (error) => {
+                switch (error.status) {
+                  case 400: {
+                    this.consumerStatusService.fail(
+                      status,
+                      error.error.document
+                    )
+                    break
+                  }
+                  default: {
+                    this.consumerStatusService.fail(
+                      status,
+                      $localize`HTTP error: ${error.status} ${error.statusText}`
+                    )
+                    break
+                  }
+                }
+                this.uploadSubscriptions[file.name]?.complete()
+              },
+            })
+        })
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src-ui/src/theme.scss b/src-ui/src/theme.scss
index cb6ee859a..667809059 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/theme.scss
+++ b/src-ui/src/theme.scss
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
   --ngx-focus-alpha: 0.3;
 }
 
+body {
+  height: 100vh;
+}
+
 svg.logo {
   .leaf {
     fill: var(--bs-primary) !important;
@@ -244,8 +248,44 @@ table.table {
   color: var(--bs-body-color);
 }
 
-.ngx-file-drop__drop-zone--over {
-  background-color: var(--ngx-primary-faded) !important;
+.main-dropzone {
+  height: 100%;
+  width: 100%;
+
+  &.ngx-file-drop__drop-zone--over {
+    background-color: transparent !important;
+  }
+}
+
+.global-dropzone-overlay {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  bottom: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  background-color: rgba(23, 84, 31, .8);
+  z-index: 1055; // $zindex-modal
+  pointer-events: none !important;
+  user-select: none !important;
+  text-align: center;
+  padding-top: 25%;
+
+  &.show {
+    opacity: 1 !important;
+  }
+
+  &.hide {
+    display: none;
+  }
+}
+
+.ngx-file-drop__drop-zone--over .global-dropzone-overlay {
+  opacity: 0;
+}
+
+.inert {
+  pointer-events: none !important;
+  user-select: none !important;
 }
 
 .alert-danger {
diff --git a/src-ui/src/theme_dark.scss b/src-ui/src/theme_dark.scss
index 9e4d64175..c43747b78 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/theme_dark.scss
+++ b/src-ui/src/theme_dark.scss
@@ -141,11 +141,11 @@ $border-color-dark-mode: #47494f;
     color: $text-color-dark-mode-accent;
   }
 
-  .close, .modal .btn-close {
+  .close, .modal .btn-close, .alert .btn-close {
     text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #666;
   }
 
-  .modal .btn-close {
+  .modal .btn-close, .alert .btn-close {
     filter: invert(1) grayscale(100%) brightness(200%);
   }