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 a95d5f4db..1003f31db 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
@@ -16,26 +16,31 @@ export class UploadFileWidgetComponent implements OnInit {
   }
 
   public fileOver(event){
-    console.log(event);
   }
- 
+
   public fileLeave(event){
-    console.log(event);
   }
- 
+
   public dropped(files: NgxFileDropEntry[]) {
     for (const droppedFile of files) {
       if (droppedFile.fileEntry.isFile) {
         const fileEntry = droppedFile.fileEntry as FileSystemFileEntry;
-        console.log(fileEntry)
         fileEntry.file((file: File) => {
-          console.log(file)
           const formData = new FormData()
           formData.append('document', file, file.name)
           this.documentService.uploadDocument(formData).subscribe(result => {
             this.toastService.showToast(Toast.make("Information", "The document has been uploaded and will be processed by the consumer shortly."))
           }, error => {
-            this.toastService.showToast(Toast.makeError("An error has occured while uploading the document. Sorry!"))
+            switch (error.status) {
+              case 400: {
+                this.toastService.showToast(Toast.makeError(`There was an error while uploading the document: ${error.error.document}`))
+                break;
+              }
+              default: {
+                this.toastService.showToast(Toast.makeError("An error has occured while uploading the document. Sorry!"))
+                break;
+              }
+            }
           })
         });
       }
diff --git a/src/documents/serialisers.py b/src/documents/serialisers.py
index c988b2137..95f32094f 100644
--- a/src/documents/serialisers.py
+++ b/src/documents/serialisers.py
@@ -150,8 +150,7 @@ class PostDocumentSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
         required=False,
     )
 
-    def validate(self, attrs):
-        document = attrs.get('document')
+    def validate_document(self, document):
 
         try:
             validate_filename(document.name)
@@ -163,32 +162,31 @@ class PostDocumentSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
 
         if not is_mime_type_supported(mime_type):
             raise serializers.ValidationError(
-                "This mime type is not supported.")
+                "This file type is not supported.")
 
-        attrs['document_data'] = document_data
+        return document.name, document_data
 
-        title = attrs.get('title')
+    def validate_title(self, title):
+        if title:
+            return title
+        else:
+            # do not return empty strings.
+            return None
 
-        if not title:
-            attrs['title'] = None
-
-        correspondent = attrs.get('correspondent')
+    def validate_correspondent(self, correspondent):
         if correspondent:
-            attrs['correspondent_id'] = correspondent.id
+            return correspondent.id
         else:
-            attrs['correspondent_id'] = None
+            return None
 
-        document_type = attrs.get('document_type')
+    def validate_document_type(self, document_type):
         if document_type:
-            attrs['document_type_id'] = document_type.id
+            return document_type.id
         else:
-            attrs['document_type_id'] = None
+            return None
 
-        tags = attrs.get('tags')
+    def validate_tags(self, tags):
         if tags:
-            tag_ids = [tag.id for tag in tags]
-            attrs['tag_ids'] = tag_ids
+            return [tag.id for tag in tags]
         else:
-            attrs['tag_ids'] = None
-
-        return attrs
+            return None
diff --git a/src/documents/views.py b/src/documents/views.py
index c6b4d4b35..7d587ed3f 100755
--- a/src/documents/views.py
+++ b/src/documents/views.py
@@ -235,12 +235,11 @@ class PostDocumentView(APIView):
         serializer = self.get_serializer(data=request.data)
         serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
 
-        document = serializer.validated_data['document']
-        document_data = serializer.validated_data['document_data']
-        correspondent_id = serializer.validated_data['correspondent_id']
-        document_type_id = serializer.validated_data['document_type_id']
-        tag_ids = serializer.validated_data['tag_ids']
-        title = serializer.validated_data['title']
+        doc_name, doc_data = serializer.validated_data.get('document')
+        correspondent_id = serializer.validated_data.get('correspondent')
+        document_type_id = serializer.validated_data.get('document_type')
+        tag_ids = serializer.validated_data.get('tags')
+        title = serializer.validated_data.get('title')
 
         t = int(mktime(datetime.now().timetuple()))
 
@@ -249,17 +248,17 @@ class PostDocumentView(APIView):
         with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(prefix="paperless-upload-",
                                          dir=settings.SCRATCH_DIR,
                                          delete=False) as f:
-            f.write(document_data)
+            f.write(doc_data)
             os.utime(f.name, times=(t, t))
 
             async_task("documents.tasks.consume_file",
                        f.name,
-                       override_filename=document.name,
+                       override_filename=doc_name,
                        override_title=title,
                        override_correspondent_id=correspondent_id,
                        override_document_type_id=document_type_id,
                        override_tag_ids=tag_ids,
-                       task_name=os.path.basename(document.name)[:100])
+                       task_name=os.path.basename(doc_name)[:100])
         return Response("OK")