From 6d698d1a7b9cfbe91fa856a08f9cc39f400a539a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rijk van Zanten <rijkvanzanten@me.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:02:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed issue that would cause uploads to the root folder of
 the file library to fail (#6348)

fixes #6310
---
 api/src/controllers/files.ts | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/api/src/controllers/files.ts b/api/src/controllers/files.ts
index dc6cc256a3..3c1a93b530 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/files.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/files.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ const multipartHandler = asyncHandler(async (req, res, next) => {
 	let fileCount = 0;
 
 	busboy.on('field', (fieldname: keyof File, val) => {
+		if (val === 'null') val = null;
+		if (val === 'false') val = false;
+		if (val === 'true') val = true;
+
 		if (fieldname === 'storage') {
 			disk = val;
 		}