diff --git a/modules/uploads/public.ts b/modules/uploads/public.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aeb6c4a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/uploads/public.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export const __CANONICAL_MODULE_NAME = "uploads";
+
+export type { UploadSize } from "./utils/data_size.ts";
+export { getBytes } from "./utils/data_size.ts";
diff --git a/modules/users/config.ts b/modules/users/config.ts
index 4a007119..de8205ff 100644
--- a/modules/users/config.ts
+++ b/modules/users/config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import { Public } from "./_gen/mod.ts";
+
 export interface Config {
-    maxProfilePictureBytes: number;
+    maxProfilePictureSize: Public.Uploads.UploadSize;
     allowedMimes?: string[];
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/users/scripts/prepare_profile_picture_upload.ts b/modules/users/scripts/prepare_profile_picture_upload.ts
index 2729db79..e3604444 100644
--- a/modules/users/scripts/prepare_profile_picture_upload.ts
+++ b/modules/users/scripts/prepare_profile_picture_upload.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ScriptContext, RuntimeError } from "../_gen/scripts/prepare_profile_picture_upload.ts";
+import { ScriptContext, RuntimeError, Public } from "../_gen/scripts/prepare_profile_picture_upload.ts";
 import { DEFAULT_MIME_TYPES } from "../config.ts";
 
 export interface Request {
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ export async function run(
 	}
 
 	// Ensure the file is within the maximum configured size for a PFP
-	if (BigInt(req.contentLength) > ctx.userConfig.maxProfilePictureBytes) { 
+	const maxBytes = Public.Uploads.getBytes(ctx.userConfig.maxProfilePictureSize);
+	if (BigInt(req.contentLength) > maxBytes) { 
 		throw new RuntimeError(
 			"file_too_large",
 			{ cause: `File is too large (${req.contentLength} bytes)` },
diff --git a/tests/basic/backend.yaml b/tests/basic/backend.yaml
index da96a7b3..a2a2ef6c 100644
--- a/tests/basic/backend.yaml
+++ b/tests/basic/backend.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ modules:
   users:
     registry: local
     config:
-      maxProfilePictureBytes: 1048576 # 1 MiB
+      maxProfilePictureSize: 1mib
   uploads:
     registry: local
     config: