diff --git a/src/website/package.json b/src/website/package.json
index c5f197810d..1f390d46c1 100644
--- a/src/website/package.json
+++ b/src/website/package.json
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     "@react-spring/types": "^9.7.3",
     "@typeform/embed": "^4.8.1",
     "@types/dom-mediacapture-record": "^1.0.19",
+    "axios": "^1.7.4",
     "framer-motion": "6.5.1",
     "local-storage": "^2.0.0",
     "moment": "^2.29.4",
diff --git a/src/website/packages/components/src/api/MakeMultipartRequest.ts b/src/website/packages/components/src/api/MakeMultipartRequest.ts
index cdf891c84e..1af49d7c67 100644
--- a/src/website/packages/components/src/api/MakeMultipartRequest.ts
+++ b/src/website/packages/components/src/api/MakeMultipartRequest.ts
@@ -1,33 +1,39 @@
 import GetApiHost from "./GetApiHost";
+import axios, { AxiosProgressEvent } from "axios";
 
-const { formatUrl, host = "" } = GetApiHost();
+const { formatUrl } = GetApiHost();
 
-const MakeMultipartRequest = (endpoint = "", body: any) => {
+export type OnUploadProgress = (progressEvent: AxiosProgressEvent) => void;
+
+const MakeMultipartRequest = (
+  endpoint = "",
+  body: any,
+  onUploadProgress?: OnUploadProgress
+) => {
   const formData = new FormData();
 
-  Object.keys(body).forEach((key) => formData.append(key, body[key]));
+  Object.keys(body).forEach(key => formData.append(key, body[key]));
 
-  formData.append('source', "file");
+  formData.append("source", "file");
 
-  return fetch(formatUrl(endpoint), {
-      method: 'POST',
-      credentials: 'include',
+  return axios
+    .post(formatUrl(endpoint), formData, {
+      withCredentials: true,
       headers: {
-        'Accept': 'application/json',
+        Accept: "application/json",
       },
-      body: formData,
-  })
-  .then(res => res.json())
-  .then(res => {
-    if (res && res.success) {
-      return res;
-    } else {
-      return { success : false };
-    }
-  })
-  .catch(e => {
-    return { success : false };
-  });
-}
+      ...(onUploadProgress ? { onUploadProgress } : {}),
+    })
+    .then(({ data }) => {
+      if (data && data.success) {
+        return data;
+      } else {
+        return { success: false };
+      }
+    })
+    .catch(e => {
+      return { success: false };
+    });
+};
 
-export default MakeMultipartRequest;
\ No newline at end of file
+export default MakeMultipartRequest;
diff --git a/src/website/packages/components/src/api/media_files/UploadVideoMedia.ts b/src/website/packages/components/src/api/media_files/UploadVideoMedia.ts
index d0192f975d..ea68f1667b 100644
--- a/src/website/packages/components/src/api/media_files/UploadVideoMedia.ts
+++ b/src/website/packages/components/src/api/media_files/UploadVideoMedia.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import MakeMultipartRequest from "../MakeMultipartRequest";
+import MakeMultipartRequest, {
+  OnUploadProgress,
+} from "../MakeMultipartRequest";
 
 export interface UploadVideoMediaRequest {
   file: any;
@@ -15,6 +17,13 @@ export interface UploadVideoMediaResponse {
   success: boolean;
 }
 
-export const UploadVideoMedia = (request: UploadVideoMediaRequest) => {
-  return MakeMultipartRequest("/v1/media_files/upload/new_video", request);
+export const UploadVideoMedia = (
+  request: UploadVideoMediaRequest,
+  onUploadProgress?: OnUploadProgress
+) => {
+  return MakeMultipartRequest(
+    "/v1/media_files/upload/new_video",
+    request,
+    onUploadProgress
+  );
 };
diff --git a/src/website/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/entities/EntityInput/EntityInput.scss b/src/website/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/entities/EntityInput/EntityInput.scss
index 7c39e7fda4..81894f5e18 100644
--- a/src/website/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/entities/EntityInput/EntityInput.scss
+++ b/src/website/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/entities/EntityInput/EntityInput.scss
@@ -81,6 +81,26 @@
     color: rgba(#fff, 0.5);
     pointer-events: none;
   }
+
+  .fy-entity-input-progress-indicator {
+    align-items: center;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    position: relative;
+
+    .fy-entity-input-progress-number {
+      position: absolute;
+      text-align: center;
+      font-size: 0.625rem;
+      line-height: 0.625rem;
+      height: 0.625rem;
+      top: 50%;
+      transform: translateY(-50%);
+      left: 0;
+      right: 0;
+      bottom: 0;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 .fy-entity-input-landscape {
@@ -135,6 +155,17 @@
   padding: 0.5rem;
 }
 
+.fy-entity-input-error {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  justify-content: center;
+  align-items: center;
+
+  button {
+    margin-top: 1rem;
+  }
+}
+
 .fy-entity-input-preview-controls {
   // background-color: green;
   display: grid;
diff --git a/src/website/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/entities/EntityInput/EntityInput.tsx b/src/website/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/entities/EntityInput/EntityInput.tsx
index f9212623f6..14e5ea5cb7 100644
--- a/src/website/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/entities/EntityInput/EntityInput.tsx
+++ b/src/website/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/entities/EntityInput/EntityInput.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ import useMeasure from "react-use-measure";
 import { MediaFile } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/media_files/GetMedia";
 import Iframe from "react-iframe";
 import { Area, Point } from "react-easy-crop";
-import { Label, Spinner, ZoomSliderOnChangeEvent } from "components/common";
+import {
+  Button,
+  Label,
+  Spinner,
+  ZoomSliderOnChangeEvent,
+} from "components/common";
 import {
   AcceptTypes,
   EntityModeProp,
@@ -13,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   MediaFilters,
   UploaderResponse,
 } from "components/entities/EntityTypes";
+import { WorkIndicator } from "components/svg";
 import { useMedia, useMediaUploader } from "hooks";
 import { BucketConfig } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/BucketConfig";
 import { Prompt } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/prompts/GetPrompts";
@@ -52,6 +58,9 @@ export interface SlideProps {
   cropProps?: CropProps;
   isNarrow: boolean;
   media?: MediaFile;
+  resetUploader: () => void;
+  uploaderBusy: boolean;
+  uploadProgress: number;
 }
 
 interface AniProps {
@@ -63,8 +72,47 @@ interface AniProps {
   style: any;
 }
 
-const MediaBusy = () => {
-  return <Spinner />;
+const MediaError = ({ resetUploader }: SlideProps) => {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <h4>There was a problem with your upload</h4>
+      <Button
+        {...{
+          label: "Try another upload",
+          onClick: resetUploader,
+          variant: "secondary",
+        }}
+      />
+    </>
+  );
+};
+
+const MediaBusy = ({ uploaderBusy, uploadProgress }: SlideProps) => {
+  return (
+    <div {...{ className: "fy-entity-input-loader" }}>
+      {uploaderBusy ? (
+        <>
+          Uploading
+          <div {...{ className: "fy-entity-input-progress-indicator" }}>
+            <div {...{ className: "fy-entity-input-progress-number" }}>
+              {uploadProgress}%
+            </div>
+            <WorkIndicator
+              {...{
+                failure: false,
+                max: 100,
+                progressPercentage: uploadProgress,
+                stage: 1,
+                success: false,
+              }}
+            />
+          </div>
+        </>
+      ) : (
+        <Spinner />
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
 };
 
 const EntityInputFull = ({ clear, cropProps, isNarrow, media }: SlideProps) => {
@@ -216,7 +264,13 @@ export default function EntityInput({
     onChange({ target: { name, value: token } });
   };
 
-  const { busy: uploaderBusy, inputProps } = useMediaUploader({
+  const {
+    busy: uploaderBusy,
+    error: uploaderError,
+    inputProps,
+    uploadProgress,
+    reset: resetUploader,
+  } = useMediaUploader({
     autoUpload: true,
     onSuccess: (res: UploaderResponse) => {
       reload();
@@ -230,7 +284,7 @@ export default function EntityInput({
   };
 
   const busy = mediaBusy || uploaderBusy;
-  const index = busy ? 0 : media ? 1 : 2;
+  const index = uploaderError ? 3 : busy ? 0 : media ? 1 : 2;
   const [animating, animatingSet] = useState(false);
 
   if (debug)
@@ -284,6 +338,7 @@ export default function EntityInput({
             isLeaving,
             style,
             showFilters: showMediaBrowserFilters,
+            uploaderBusy,
           };
 
           return [
@@ -292,6 +347,7 @@ export default function EntityInput({
                 className:
                   "fy-entity-input-busy d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center",
                 render: MediaBusy,
+                uploadProgress,
                 ...sharedProps,
               }}
             />,
@@ -320,6 +376,14 @@ export default function EntityInput({
                 ...rest,
               }}
             />,
+            <AnimatedSlide
+              {...{
+                className: "fy-entity-input-error",
+                render: MediaError,
+                resetUploader,
+                ...sharedProps,
+              }}
+            />,
           ][i];
         })}
       </div>
diff --git a/src/website/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/svg/DashedCircle/DashedCircle.tsx b/src/website/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/svg/DashedCircle/DashedCircle.tsx
index 086a3261fb..4bc7a65ded 100644
--- a/src/website/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/svg/DashedCircle/DashedCircle.tsx
+++ b/src/website/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/svg/DashedCircle/DashedCircle.tsx
@@ -4,16 +4,17 @@ import { circle } from "../sharedSVGProps";
 
 interface Props {
   className?: string;
+  max?: number;
   progressPercentage: number;
   stage: number;
 }
 
 export default function DashedCircle({
   className = "",
+  max = 87,
   progressPercentage,
   stage = 0,
 }: Props) {
-  const max = 87;
   const progressBar = (max - 16) * (progressPercentage / 100);
   const progressSegment = progressBar / 3;
 
diff --git a/src/website/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/svg/WorkIndicator/WorkIndicator.tsx b/src/website/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/svg/WorkIndicator/WorkIndicator.tsx
index aad04f6952..38f7d09239 100644
--- a/src/website/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/svg/WorkIndicator/WorkIndicator.tsx
+++ b/src/website/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/svg/WorkIndicator/WorkIndicator.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import "./WorkIndicator.scss";
 
 interface Props {
   failure: boolean;
+  max?: number;
   progressPercentage: number;
   stage: number;
   success: boolean;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ interface Props {
 
 export default function WorkIndicator({
   failure = false,
+  max,
   progressPercentage,
   stage = 0,
   success = false,
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ export default function WorkIndicator({
       <DashedCircle
         {...{
           className: "work-indicator-circle-marker",
+          max,
           progressPercentage,
           stage,
         }}
diff --git a/src/website/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useMediaUploader/useMediaUploader.tsx b/src/website/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useMediaUploader/useMediaUploader.tsx
index 5a6979637a..82dfbf5ba1 100644
--- a/src/website/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useMediaUploader/useMediaUploader.tsx
+++ b/src/website/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useMediaUploader/useMediaUploader.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export default function useMediaUploader({ autoUpload, onSuccess = n }: Props) {
   const [engineSubtype, engineSubtypeSet] = useState<
     MediaFileSubtype | undefined
   >();
+  const [uploadProgress, uploadProgressSet] = useState(0);
 
   const { file, clear, inputProps } = useFile({
     ...(autoUpload
@@ -63,7 +64,12 @@ export default function useMediaUploader({ autoUpload, onSuccess = n }: Props) {
       if (isAudio) return UploadAudioMedia(mediaConfig);
       if (isEngineAsset) return UploadEngineAsset(engineConfig);
       if (isImage) return UploadImageMedia(mediaConfig);
-      else return UploadVideoMedia(mediaConfig);
+      else
+        return UploadVideoMedia(mediaConfig, uploadEvent =>
+          uploadProgressSet(
+            Math.round((uploadEvent.loaded * 100) / (uploadEvent?.total || 0))
+          )
+        );
     };
 
     if (inputFile) {
@@ -72,6 +78,8 @@ export default function useMediaUploader({ autoUpload, onSuccess = n }: Props) {
           statusSet(FetchStatus.success);
           onSuccess(res);
           todo();
+        } else {
+          statusSet(FetchStatus.error);
         }
       });
     }
@@ -92,6 +100,7 @@ export default function useMediaUploader({ autoUpload, onSuccess = n }: Props) {
     clear,
     engineSubtype,
     engineSubtypeChange,
+    error: status === FetchStatus.error,
     mediaClass,
     mediaClassChange,
     file,
@@ -103,6 +112,12 @@ export default function useMediaUploader({ autoUpload, onSuccess = n }: Props) {
     ),
     isImage: isSelectedType(MediaFilters.image, extension(file?.name || "")),
     isVideo: isSelectedType(MediaFilters.video, extension(file?.name || "")),
+    reset: () => {
+      clear();
+      statusSet(FetchStatus.ready);
+    },
+    status,
     upload,
+    uploadProgress,
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/website/yarn.lock b/src/website/yarn.lock
index 36c1199a57..df2f50aa2a 100644
--- a/src/website/yarn.lock
+++ b/src/website/yarn.lock
@@ -4488,6 +4488,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@react-spring/types": ^9.7.3
     "@typeform/embed": ^4.8.1
     "@types/dom-mediacapture-record": ^1.0.19
+    axios: ^1.7.4
     craco: ^0.0.3
     cross-env: ^7.0.3
     framer-motion: 6.5.1
@@ -6972,6 +6973,17 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"axios@npm:^1.7.4":
+  version: 1.7.4
+  resolution: "axios@npm:1.7.4"
+  dependencies:
+    follow-redirects: ^1.15.6
+    form-data: ^4.0.0
+    proxy-from-env: ^1.1.0
+  checksum: 0c17039a9acfe6a566fca8431ba5c1b455c83d30ea6157fec68a6722878fcd30f3bd32d172f6bee0c51fe75ca98e6414ddcd968a87b5606b573731629440bfaf
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "axobject-query@npm:^2.2.0":
   version: 2.2.0
   resolution: "axobject-query@npm:2.2.0"
@@ -11022,6 +11034,16 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"follow-redirects@npm:^1.15.6":
+  version: 1.15.6
+  resolution: "follow-redirects@npm:1.15.6"
+  peerDependenciesMeta:
+    debug:
+      optional: true
+  checksum: a62c378dfc8c00f60b9c80cab158ba54e99ba0239a5dd7c81245e5a5b39d10f0c35e249c3379eae719ff0285fff88c365dd446fab19dee771f1d76252df1bbf5
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "for-each@npm:^0.3.3":
   version: 0.3.3
   resolution: "for-each@npm:0.3.3"
@@ -11087,6 +11109,17 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"form-data@npm:^4.0.0":
+  version: 4.0.0
+  resolution: "form-data@npm:4.0.0"
+  dependencies:
+    asynckit: ^0.4.0
+    combined-stream: ^1.0.8
+    mime-types: ^2.1.12
+  checksum: 01135bf8675f9d5c61ff18e2e2932f719ca4de964e3be90ef4c36aacfc7b9cb2fceb5eca0b7e0190e3383fe51c5b37f4cb80b62ca06a99aaabfcfd6ac7c9328c
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "form-data@npm:~2.3.2":
   version: 2.3.3
   resolution: "form-data@npm:2.3.3"
@@ -17489,6 +17522,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"proxy-from-env@npm:^1.1.0":
+  version: 1.1.0
+  resolution: "proxy-from-env@npm:1.1.0"
+  checksum: ed7fcc2ba0a33404958e34d95d18638249a68c430e30fcb6c478497d72739ba64ce9810a24f53a7d921d0c065e5b78e3822759800698167256b04659366ca4d4
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "prr@npm:~1.0.1":
   version: 1.0.1
   resolution: "prr@npm:1.0.1"