diff --git a/src/wanijo/instance/files.clj b/src/wanijo/instance/files.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a6b180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wanijo/instance/files.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+(ns wanijo.instance.files
+  (:require [clojure.java.io :as io]
+            [wanijo.infra.sysconfig :refer [env]]
+            [wanijo.infra.neo4j :refer [uuid]])
+  (:import [java.io File]))
+
+(def files-home (str (env "WANIJO_HOME") "/files"))
+
+(comment
+  (def files-home "/tmp/wanijo"))
+
+(defn persist-files! [instance]
+  (doall
+    (for [file (->> (:properties instance)
+                    (filter #(= "file" (-> % :attribute :type)))
+                    (map (fn [prop] {:file (:value prop)
+                                     :uuid (:uuid prop)})))
+          :let [uploaded-file (:file file)
+                size (:size uploaded-file)
+                uuid (if (empty? (:uuid file)) (uuid) (:uuid file))
+                path (str files-home "/" uuid)]
+          :when (> size 0)]
+      (do
+        (.mkdirs (io/file  files-home))
+        (io/copy (io/file (:tempfile uploaded-file)) (io/file path))
+        {:path path
+         :uuid uuid
+         :filename (:filename uploaded-file)
+         :content-type (:content-type uploaded-file)}))))
+
+(comment
+  (let [instance {:name "Frank",
+                  :properties
+                  '({:attribute
+                     {:name "Dateidings",
+                      :created_at "20210929T154103.152Z",
+                      :type "file",
+                      :uuid "00847b4c-9961-47cd-a64f-18eaea0e362f",
+                      :required 0},
+                     :value
+                     {:filename "2020.pdf",
+                      :content-type "application/pdf",
+                      :tempfile nil,
+                      :size 127785},
+                     :uuid "f7d56f9c-e74a-4b12-95c1-f33961672072"}),
+                  :uuid "def4dacb-979f-4a0d-b1d6-535ac2a3f94b"}]
+    (->> (:properties instance)
+         (filter #(= "file" 1 #_(-> % :attribute :type))) #_(map (fn [prop] {:file (:value prop)
+                                                                             :uuid (:uuid prop)}))))
+  )
diff --git a/src/wanijo/instance/routes.clj b/src/wanijo/instance/routes.clj
index 77d7ff5..3827135 100644
--- a/src/wanijo/instance/routes.clj
+++ b/src/wanijo/instance/routes.clj
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
             [wanijo.instance
              [db :as db]
              [forms :as forms-inst]
-             [domain :as domain]]
+             [domain :as domain]
+             [files :as files]]
             [wanijo.schema.db :as domain-schema]
             [wanijo.schema.middleware :as middleware-schema]
             [wanijo.link.db :as domain-link]
@@ -77,9 +78,10 @@
         form-def (forms-inst/with-attributes attrs)]
     (if (form/valid? form-def req)
       (let [form-data (form/form-data form-def req)
-            _ (clojure.pprint/pprint req)
             form-instance (forms-inst/form-data->instance form-data attrs)
-            instance (assoc form-instance :uuid uuid)]
+            instance (assoc form-instance :uuid uuid)
+            _ (clojure.pprint/pprint instance)]
+        (clojure.pprint/pprint (files/persist-files! instance))
         (db/edit! instance (domain/to-revision instance))
         (resp/redirect (path :instance-show instance)))
       (route-show! uuid req))))