diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 970fb6b8c..ccf5efa8a 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   },
   "eslint.nodePath": "interface/.yarn/sdks",
   "eslint.workingDirectories": ["interface"],
-  "prettier.prettierPath": "interface/.yarn/sdks/prettier/index.js",
+  "prettier.prettierPath": "",
   "typescript.tsdk": "interface/.yarn/sdks/typescript/lib",
   "typescript.enablePromptUseWorkspaceTsdk": true,
   "files.associations": {
diff --git a/interface/package.json b/interface/package.json
index 3834df14e..3c5826ff2 100644
--- a/interface/package.json
+++ b/interface/package.json
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "alpha",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.32.2",
     "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^4.6.0",
-    "nodemon": "^2.0.22",
+    "nodemon": "^3.0.1",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
     "prettier": "^3.0.0",
     "rollup-plugin-visualizer": "^5.9.2",
diff --git a/interface/src/framework/system/SystemLog.tsx b/interface/src/framework/system/SystemLog.tsx
index 6f400efe9..d099872c6 100644
--- a/interface/src/framework/system/SystemLog.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/framework/system/SystemLog.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import DownloadIcon from '@mui/icons-material/GetApp';
 import WarningIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Warning';
 import { Box, styled, Button, Checkbox, MenuItem, Grid, TextField } from '@mui/material';
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/named
 import { useRequest } from 'alova';
-import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import { toast } from 'react-toastify';
 import type { FC } from 'react';
 
@@ -58,8 +57,7 @@ const SystemLog: FC = () => {
     });
 
   // called on page load to reset pointer and fetch all log entries
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-  const { send: fetchLog } = useRequest(SystemApi.fetchLog());
+  useRequest(SystemApi.fetchLog());
   const [logEntries, setLogEntries] = useState<LogEntry[]>([]);
   const [lastIndex, setLastIndex] = useState<number>(0);
 
@@ -108,13 +106,23 @@ const SystemLog: FC = () => {
     await saveData();
   };
 
+  const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (logEntries.length) {
+      ref.current?.scrollIntoView({
+        behavior: 'smooth',
+        block: 'end'
+      });
+    }
+  }, [logEntries.length]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     const es = new EventSource(addAccessTokenParameter(LOG_EVENTSOURCE_URL));
     es.onmessage = onMessage;
     es.onerror = () => {
       es.close();
       toast.error('EventSource failed');
-      // window.location.reload();
     };
 
     return () => {
@@ -217,6 +225,7 @@ const SystemLog: FC = () => {
               <span>{e.m}</span>
             </LogEntryLine>
           ))}
+          <div ref={ref} />
         </Box>
       </>
     );
diff --git a/interface/yarn.lock b/interface/yarn.lock
index 2e57c9ed4..e561bbba2 100644
--- a/interface/yarn.lock
+++ b/interface/yarn.lock
@@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ __metadata:
     jwt-decode: ^3.1.2
     lodash-es: ^4.17.21
     mime-types: ^2.1.35
-    nodemon: ^2.0.22
+    nodemon: ^3.0.1
     npm-run-all: ^4.1.5
     prettier: ^3.0.0
     react: latest
@@ -4374,23 +4374,23 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"nodemon@npm:^2.0.22":
-  version: 2.0.22
-  resolution: "nodemon@npm:2.0.22"
+"nodemon@npm:^3.0.1":
+  version: 3.0.1
+  resolution: "nodemon@npm:3.0.1"
   dependencies:
     chokidar: ^3.5.2
     debug: ^3.2.7
     ignore-by-default: ^1.0.1
     minimatch: ^3.1.2
     pstree.remy: ^1.1.8
-    semver: ^5.7.1
-    simple-update-notifier: ^1.0.7
+    semver: ^7.5.3
+    simple-update-notifier: ^2.0.0
     supports-color: ^5.5.0
     touch: ^3.1.0
     undefsafe: ^2.0.5
   bin:
     nodemon: bin/nodemon.js
-  checksum: 37e960b995b66e6d9e3b0e435ecc07a45200c4c566c4820a4deb6e7cc234b305e076a8ff0b4dc9c01ee690c663ae82a217d60c591dcbbcd4af1e3a7d0ad2b2c6
+  checksum: 471a218227949b38926de78237004c91e226b63ee06f433cf85c2f1c1f8b6bfbef9bceaa8d27786e7cfb539eb84da357d01741884d08a3ae172bebecd0f1de5b
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -5223,7 +5223,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"semver@npm:2 || 3 || 4 || 5, semver@npm:^5.5.0, semver@npm:^5.7.1":
+"semver@npm:2 || 3 || 4 || 5, semver@npm:^5.5.0":
   version: 5.7.1
   resolution: "semver@npm:5.7.1"
   bin:
@@ -5241,7 +5241,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"semver@npm:^7.3.5, semver@npm:^7.3.7":
+"semver@npm:^7.3.5, semver@npm:^7.3.7, semver@npm:^7.5.3":
   version: 7.5.4
   resolution: "semver@npm:7.5.4"
   dependencies:
@@ -5252,15 +5252,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"semver@npm:~7.0.0":
-  version: 7.0.0
-  resolution: "semver@npm:7.0.0"
-  bin:
-    semver: bin/semver.js
-  checksum: 7fd341680a967a0abfd66f3a7d36ba44e52ff5d3e799e9a6cdb01a68160b64ef09be82b4af05459effeecdd836f002c2462555d2821cd890dfdfe36a0d9f56a5
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "set-blocking@npm:^2.0.0":
   version: 2.0.0
   resolution: "set-blocking@npm:2.0.0"
@@ -5332,12 +5323,12 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"simple-update-notifier@npm:^1.0.7":
-  version: 1.1.0
-  resolution: "simple-update-notifier@npm:1.1.0"
+"simple-update-notifier@npm:^2.0.0":
+  version: 2.0.0
+  resolution: "simple-update-notifier@npm:2.0.0"
   dependencies:
-    semver: ~7.0.0
-  checksum: 3cbbbc71a5d9a2924f0e3f42fbf3cbe1854bfe142203456b00d5233bdbbdeb5091b8067cd34fb00f81dbfbc29fc30dbb6e026b3d58ea0551e3f26c0e64082092
+    semver: ^7.5.3
+  checksum: 2a00bd03bfbcbf8a737c47ab230d7920f8bfb92d1159d421bdd194479f6d01ebc995d13fbe13d45dace23066a78a3dc6642999b4e3b38b847e6664191575b20c
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
diff --git a/lib/framework/UploadFileService.cpp b/lib/framework/UploadFileService.cpp
index 8637d45be..a15821508 100644
--- a/lib/framework/UploadFileService.cpp
+++ b/lib/framework/UploadFileService.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ void UploadFileService::handleUpload(AsyncWebServerRequest * request, const Stri
         } else {
             md5[0] = '\0';
             handleError(request, 406); // Not Acceptable - unsupported file type
-            request->client()->abort();
             return;
         }
 
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ void UploadFileService::uploadComplete(AsyncWebServerRequest * request) {
         return;
     }
 
-    handleError(request, 406); // send the forbidden response
+    handleError(request, 500);
 }
 
 void UploadFileService::handleError(AsyncWebServerRequest * request, int code) {
@@ -146,7 +145,13 @@ void UploadFileService::handleError(AsyncWebServerRequest * request, int code) {
     // send the error code to the client and record the error code in the temp object
     AsyncWebServerResponse * response = request->beginResponse(code);
     request->send(response);
-    handleEarlyDisconnect();
+
+    // check for invalid extension and immediately kill the connection, which will through an error
+    // that is caught by the web code. Unfortunately the http error code is not sent to the client on fast network connections
+    if (code == 406) {
+        request->client()->close(true);
+        handleEarlyDisconnect();
+    }
 }
 
 void UploadFileService::handleEarlyDisconnect() {
diff --git a/mock-api/package.json b/mock-api/package.json
index c4f17293a..1bdb7584a 100644
--- a/mock-api/package.json
+++ b/mock-api/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "compression": "^1.7.4",
     "express": "^4.18.2",
     "multer": "^1.4.5-lts.1",
-    "nodemon": "^2.0.22"
+    "nodemon": "^3.0.1"
   },
   "packageManager": "yarn@3.4.1"
 }
diff --git a/mock-api/server.js b/mock-api/server.js
index 1b83be34b..9885dc7d0 100644
--- a/mock-api/server.js
+++ b/mock-api/server.js
@@ -2782,5 +2782,5 @@ rest_server.get(ES_LOG_ENDPOINT, function (req, res) {
       log_index = 0;
     }
     fetch_log.events.push(data); // append to buffer
-  }, 3000);
+  }, 300);
 });
diff --git a/mock-api/yarn.lock b/mock-api/yarn.lock
index 83c353e29..0c5dc99bb 100644
--- a/mock-api/yarn.lock
+++ b/mock-api/yarn.lock
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ __metadata:
     compression: ^1.7.4
     express: ^4.18.2
     multer: ^1.4.5-lts.1
-    nodemon: ^2.0.22
+    nodemon: ^3.0.1
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -1203,23 +1203,23 @@ __metadata:
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   linkType: hard
 
-"nodemon@npm:^2.0.22":
-  version: 2.0.22
-  resolution: "nodemon@npm:2.0.22"
+"nodemon@npm:^3.0.1":
+  version: 3.0.1
+  resolution: "nodemon@npm:3.0.1"
   dependencies:
     chokidar: ^3.5.2
     debug: ^3.2.7
     ignore-by-default: ^1.0.1
     minimatch: ^3.1.2
     pstree.remy: ^1.1.8
-    semver: ^5.7.1
-    simple-update-notifier: ^1.0.7
+    semver: ^7.5.3
+    simple-update-notifier: ^2.0.0
     supports-color: ^5.5.0
     touch: ^3.1.0
     undefsafe: ^2.0.5
   bin:
     nodemon: bin/nodemon.js
-  checksum: 9c987e139748f5b5c480c6c9080bdc97304ee7d29172b7b3da1a7db590b1323ad57b96346304e9b522b0e445c336dc393ccd3f9f45c73b20d476d2347890dcd0
+  checksum: 6a5d81855760d6617049eccce10ccf02bddb482dab13ceea5280ae595ec7004eee13e7b934368e3f46c37fe4d970342a8c38c99cae7e93e4d7a3ed1c1ecb6acf
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -1483,15 +1483,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"semver@npm:^5.7.1":
-  version: 5.7.1
-  resolution: "semver@npm:5.7.1"
-  bin:
-    semver: ./bin/semver
-  checksum: 57fd0acfd0bac382ee87cd52cd0aaa5af086a7dc8d60379dfe65fea491fb2489b6016400813930ecd61fd0952dae75c115287a1b16c234b1550887117744dfaf
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "semver@npm:^7.3.5":
   version: 7.3.8
   resolution: "semver@npm:7.3.8"
@@ -1503,12 +1494,14 @@ __metadata:
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   linkType: hard
 
-"semver@npm:~7.0.0":
-  version: 7.0.0
-  resolution: "semver@npm:7.0.0"
+"semver@npm:^7.5.3":
+  version: 7.5.4
+  resolution: "semver@npm:7.5.4"
+  dependencies:
+    lru-cache: ^6.0.0
   bin:
     semver: bin/semver.js
-  checksum: 272c11bf8d083274ef79fe40a81c55c184dff84dd58e3c325299d0927ba48cece1f020793d138382b85f89bab5002a35a5ba59a3a68a7eebbb597eb733838778
+  checksum: 12d8ad952fa353b0995bf180cdac205a4068b759a140e5d3c608317098b3575ac2f1e09182206bf2eb26120e1c0ed8fb92c48c592f6099680de56bb071423ca3
   languageName: node
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@@ -1577,12 +1570,12 @@ __metadata:
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-"simple-update-notifier@npm:^1.0.7":
-  version: 1.1.0
-  resolution: "simple-update-notifier@npm:1.1.0"
+"simple-update-notifier@npm:^2.0.0":
+  version: 2.0.0
+  resolution: "simple-update-notifier@npm:2.0.0"
   dependencies:
-    semver: ~7.0.0
-  checksum: 1012e9b6c504e559a948078177b3eedbb9d7e4d15878e2bda56314d08db609ca5da485be4ac9f838759faae8057935ee0246fcdf63f1233c86bd9fecb2a5544b
+    semver: ^7.5.3
+  checksum: 9ba00d38ce6a29682f64a46213834e4eb01634c2f52c813a9a7b8873ca49cdbb703696f3290f3b27dc067de6d9418b0b84bef22c3eb074acf352529b2d6c27fd
   languageName: node
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