diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25c8cca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+BODY_LIMIT=8388608 # edit this to change maximum request body size
diff --git a/crates/app/src/main.rs b/crates/app/src/main.rs
index c356e94..02b4f19 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/app/src/main.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ async fn main() {
         .merge(routes::routes(&config))
         .layer(Extension(Arc::new(RwLock::new((database, tera, client)))))
         .layer(axum::extract::DefaultBodyLimit::max(
-            var("MAX_BODY_LIMIT")
+            var("BODY_LIMIT")
                 .unwrap_or("8388608".to_string())
                 .parse::<usize>()
                 .unwrap(),
diff --git a/crates/app/src/public/html/macros.html b/crates/app/src/public/html/macros.html
index e3b5539..64ab4cd 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/public/html/macros.html
+++ b/crates/app/src/public/html/macros.html
@@ -38,12 +38,13 @@
 
         <div class="flex nav_side">
             {% if user %}
-            <button
-                onclick="document.getElementById('town_square_post_dialog').showModal()"
+            <a
+                href="javascript:document.getElementById('town_square_post_dialog').showModal()"
+                class="button"
                 title="Create post"
             >
                 {{ icon "square-pen" }}
-            </button>
+            </a>
 
             <a
                 href="/notifs"
diff --git a/crates/app/src/public/html/root.html b/crates/app/src/public/html/root.html
index 43f3044..42aac58 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/public/html/root.html
+++ b/crates/app/src/public/html/root.html
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ macros -%}
                     <div class="flex gap-2">
                         <button
                             class="bold red quaternary"
-                            onclick="document.getElementById('town_square_post_dialog').remove()"
+                            onclick="document.getElementById('town_square_post_dialog').close()"
                             type="button"
                         >
                             {{ icon "x" }} {{ text "dialog:action.close" }}