diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/BillController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/BillController.php
index dd20530567..38e8b553e9 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/BillController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/BillController.php
@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@ class BillController extends Controller
     {
         parent::__construct();
 
-        $maxFileSize = app('steam')->phpBytes(ini_get('upload_max_filesize'));
-        $maxPostSize = app('steam')->phpBytes(ini_get('post_max_size'));
-        $uploadSize  = min($maxFileSize, $maxPostSize);
-        app('view')->share('uploadSize', $uploadSize);
         app('view')->share('showBudget', true);
 
         $this->middleware(
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php
index cdbe66a9cd..47097552fb 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ class Controller extends BaseController
         app('view')->share('DEMO_PASSWORD', config('firefly.demo_password'));
         app('view')->share('FF_VERSION', config('firefly.version'));
 
+        // upload size
+        $maxFileSize = app('steam')->phpBytes(ini_get('upload_max_filesize'));
+        $maxPostSize = app('steam')->phpBytes(ini_get('post_max_size'));
+        $uploadSize  = min($maxFileSize, $maxPostSize);
+
+
+        app('view')->share('uploadSize', $uploadSize);
+
         // share is alpha, is beta
         $isAlpha = false;
         if (false !== strpos(config('firefly.version'), 'alpha')) {
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/CreateController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/CreateController.php
index 5617a4a6ae..94fcf387e9 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/CreateController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/CreateController.php
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ class CreateController extends Controller
     {
         parent::__construct();
 
-        $maxFileSize = app('steam')->phpBytes(ini_get('upload_max_filesize'));
-        $maxPostSize = app('steam')->phpBytes(ini_get('post_max_size'));
-        $uploadSize  = min($maxFileSize, $maxPostSize);
-        app('view')->share('uploadSize', $uploadSize);
         $this->middleware(
             static function ($request, $next) {
                 app('view')->share('title', (string) trans('firefly.transactions'));
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/EditController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/EditController.php
index eb749b8cd3..c1e776e658 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/EditController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/EditController.php
@@ -47,13 +47,6 @@ class EditController extends Controller
     {
         parent::__construct();
 
-        $maxFileSize = app('steam')->phpBytes(ini_get('upload_max_filesize'));
-        $maxPostSize = app('steam')->phpBytes(ini_get('post_max_size'));
-        $uploadSize  = min($maxFileSize, $maxPostSize);
-
-
-        app('view')->share('uploadSize', $uploadSize);
-
         // some useful repositories:
         $this->middleware(
             static function ($request, $next) {