diff --git a/dashboard/src/translation/en.json b/dashboard/src/translation/en.json
index 7f1c685be..7dcb56c8d 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/translation/en.json
+++ b/dashboard/src/translation/en.json
@@ -1143,7 +1143,8 @@
             "copy": "Copy",
             "clear": "Clear",
             "pasteInfo": "For Paste use Ctrl+v"
-        }
+        },
+        "uploadTo": "Upload to {{ path }}"
     },
     "filemanager": {
         "title": "File Manager",
@@ -1592,7 +1593,7 @@
                 "packageVersion": "Package Version",
                 "lastUpdated": "Last Updated",
                 "checkForUpdatesAction": "Check for Updates",
-                "customAppUpdateInfo": "Auto-update is not available for custom apps",
+                "customAppUpdateInfo": "Auto-update is not available for custom apps.",
                 "updateAvailableAction": "Update Available",
                 "repository": "Package Repository",
                 "installedAt": "Installed At"
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Terminal.vue b/frontend/src/components/Terminal.vue
index e0410a20f..91acd5c33 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Terminal.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Terminal.vue
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
           <Button success @click="terminalInject('redis')" v-show="usesAddon('redis')" :disabled="!connected">Redis</Button>
 
           <!-- upload/download actions -->
-          <Button style="margin-left: 20px;" :disabled="!connected" @click="onUpload" icon="fa-solid fa-upload">{{ $t('terminal.uploadToTmp') }}</Button>
+          <Button style="margin-left: 20px;" :disabled="!connected" @click="onUpload" icon="fa-solid fa-upload">{{ $t('terminal.uploadTo', { path: '/app/data/' }) }}</Button>
           <Button :disabled="!connected" @click="onDownload" icon="fa-solid fa-download">{{ $t('terminal.downloadAction') }}</Button>
 
           <Button style="margin-left: 20px;" :title="$t('filemanager.toolbar.restartApp')" secondary :loading="busyRestart" icon="fa-solid fa-arrows-rotate" @click="onRestartApp"/>
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import { AttachAddon } from '@xterm/addon-attach';
 import { FitAddon } from '@xterm/addon-fit';
 
 import { create } from '../models/AppModel.js';
+import { createDirectoryModel } from '../models/DirectoryModel.js';
 
 const API_ORIGIN = import.meta.env.VITE_API_ORIGIN ? 'https://' + import.meta.env.VITE_API_ORIGIN : window.location.origin;
 
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ export default {
       accessToken: localStorage.token,
       apiOrigin: API_ORIGIN || '',
       appModel: null,
+      directoryModel: null,
       fatalError: false,
       busyRestart: false,
       connected: false,
@@ -135,13 +137,10 @@ export default {
       });
     },
     onUpload() {
-      this.$refs.fileUploader.onUploadFile('/tmp');
+      this.$refs.fileUploader.onUploadFile('/');
     },
     async uploadHandler(targetDir, file, progressHandler) {
-      await superagent.post(`${this.apiOrigin}/api/v1/apps/${this.id}/upload`)
-        .query({ access_token: this.accessToken, file: `${targetDir}/${file.name}` })
-        .attach('file', file)
-        .on('progress', progressHandler);
+      await this.directoryModel.upload(targetDir, file, progressHandler);
     },
     usesAddon(addon) {
       return !!Object.keys(this.addons).find(function (a) { return a === addon; });
@@ -265,6 +264,7 @@ export default {
     this.name = id;
 
     this.appModel = create(this.apiOrigin, this.accessToken, this.id);
+    this.directoryModel = createDirectoryModel(this.apiOrigin, this.accessToken, `apps/${id}`);
 
     try {
       const app = await this.appModel.get();
diff --git a/frontend/src/filemanager.js b/frontend/src/filemanager.js
index a0ce00a0e..485d52bde 100644
--- a/frontend/src/filemanager.js
+++ b/frontend/src/filemanager.js
@@ -27,9 +27,18 @@ const router = createRouter({
 
 const translations = {};
 const i18n = createI18n({
-    locale: 'en', // set locale
-    fallbackLocale: 'en', // set fallback locale
-    messages: translations
+  locale: 'en', // set locale
+  fallbackLocale: 'en', // set fallback locale
+  messages: translations,
+  // will replace our double {{}} to vue-i18n single brackets
+  messageResolver: (keys, key) => {
+    let message = key.split('.').reduce((o, k) => o && o[k] || null, keys);
+
+    // fallback tr key
+    if (message === null) message = key;
+
+    return message.replaceAll('{{', '{').replaceAll('}}', '}');
+  }
 });
 
 // https://vue-i18n.intlify.dev/guide/advanced/lazy.html
diff --git a/frontend/src/logs.js b/frontend/src/logs.js
index 2dc830d12..56e59958a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/logs.js
+++ b/frontend/src/logs.js
@@ -11,9 +11,18 @@ import LogsViewer from './components/LogsViewer.vue';
 
 const translations = {};
 const i18n = createI18n({
-    locale: 'en', // set locale
-    fallbackLocale: 'en', // set fallback locale
-    messages: translations
+  locale: 'en', // set locale
+  fallbackLocale: 'en', // set fallback locale
+  messages: translations,
+  // will replace our double {{}} to vue-i18n single brackets
+  messageResolver: (keys, key) => {
+    let message = key.split('.').reduce((o, k) => o && o[k] || null, keys);
+
+    // fallback tr key
+    if (message === null) message = key;
+
+    return message.replaceAll('{{', '{').replaceAll('}}', '}');
+  }
 });
 
 // https://vue-i18n.intlify.dev/guide/advanced/lazy.html
diff --git a/frontend/src/terminal.js b/frontend/src/terminal.js
index 3416b0d3c..c32c1ef25 100644
--- a/frontend/src/terminal.js
+++ b/frontend/src/terminal.js
@@ -11,9 +11,18 @@ import Terminal from './components/Terminal.vue';
 
 const translations = {};
 const i18n = createI18n({
-    locale: 'en', // set locale
-    fallbackLocale: 'en', // set fallback locale
-    messages: translations
+  locale: 'en', // set locale
+  fallbackLocale: 'en', // set fallback locale
+  messages: translations,
+  // will replace our double {{}} to vue-i18n single brackets
+  messageResolver: (keys, key) => {
+    let message = key.split('.').reduce((o, k) => o && o[k] || null, keys);
+
+    // fallback tr key
+    if (message === null) message = key;
+
+    return message.replaceAll('{{', '{').replaceAll('}}', '}');
+  }
 });
 
 // https://vue-i18n.intlify.dev/guide/advanced/lazy.html
diff --git a/src/apps.js b/src/apps.js
index bca61124e..b1272bcd8 100644
--- a/src/apps.js
+++ b/src/apps.js
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     listEventlog,
 
     downloadFile,
-    uploadFile,
 
     writeConfig,
     loadConfig,
@@ -2888,32 +2887,6 @@ async function downloadFile(app, filePath) {
     return { stream: stdoutStream, filename, size };
 }
 
-async function uploadFile(app, sourceFilePath, destFilePath) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof app, 'object');
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof sourceFilePath, 'string');
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof destFilePath, 'string');
-
-    // the built-in bash printf understands "%q" but not /usr/bin/printf.
-    // ' gets replaced with '\'' . the first closes the quote and last one starts a new one
-    const escapedDestFilePath = await shell.exec('uploadFile', `printf %q '${destFilePath.replace(/'/g, '\'\\\'\'')}'`, { shell: '/bin/bash' });
-    debug(`uploadFile: ${sourceFilePath} -> ${escapedDestFilePath}`);
-
-    const execId = await createExec(app, { cmd: [ 'bash', '-c', `cat - > ${escapedDestFilePath}` ], tty: false });
-    const destStream = await startExec(app, execId, { tty: false });
-
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        const done = once(error => reject(new BoxError(BoxError.FS_ERROR, error.message)));
-
-        const sourceStream = fs.createReadStream(sourceFilePath);
-        sourceStream.on('error', done);
-        destStream.on('error', done);
-
-        destStream.on('finish', resolve);
-
-        sourceStream.pipe(destStream);
-    });
-}
-
 async function writeConfig(app) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof app, 'object');
 
diff --git a/src/routes/apps.js b/src/routes/apps.js
index 9b07b2de9..2c5430a4f 100644
--- a/src/routes/apps.js
+++ b/src/routes/apps.js
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ exports = module.exports = {
 
     clone,
 
-    uploadFile,
     downloadFile,
 
     updateBackup,
@@ -930,21 +929,6 @@ async function downloadBackup(req, res, next) {
     result.stream.pipe(res);
 }
 
-async function uploadFile(req, res, next) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof req.app, 'object');
-
-    if (typeof req.query.file !== 'string' || !req.query.file) return next(new HttpError(400, 'file query argument must be provided'));
-    if (!req.files.file) return next(new HttpError(400, 'file must be provided as multipart'));
-
-    req.clearTimeout();
-
-    const [error] = await safe(apps.uploadFile(req.app, req.files.file.path, req.query.file));
-    safe.fs.unlinkSync(req.files.file.path);
-
-    if (error) return next(BoxError.toHttpError(error));
-    next(new HttpSuccess(202, {}));
-}
-
 async function downloadFile(req, res, next) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof req.app, 'object');
 
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index a85093188..ba2befece 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@ async function initializeExpressSync() {
     router.get ('/api/v1/apps/:id/graphs',                             token, routes.apps.load, authorizeOperator, routes.apps.getGraphs);
     router.post('/api/v1/apps/:id/clone',                        json, token, routes.apps.load, authorizeAdmin, routes.apps.clone);
     router.get ('/api/v1/apps/:id/download',                           token, routes.apps.load, authorizeOperator, routes.apps.downloadFile);
-    router.post('/api/v1/apps/:id/upload',                       json, token, multipart, routes.apps.load, authorizeOperator, routes.apps.uploadFile);
     router.use ('/api/v1/apps/:id/files/*',                            token, routes.apps.load, authorizeOperator, routes.filemanager.proxy('app'));
     router.post('/api/v1/apps/:id/exec',                         json, token, routes.apps.load, authorizeOperator, routes.apps.createExec);
     router.get ('/api/v1/apps/:id/exec/:execId/start',                 token, routes.apps.load, authorizeOperator, routes.apps.startExec);