diff --git a/app/controllers/maps_controller.rb b/app/controllers/maps_controller.rb
index a4027ca..6abece2 100755
--- a/app/controllers/maps_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/maps_controller.rb
@@ -28,4 +28,9 @@ class MapsController < ApplicationController
     
   end
   
+  def uploadFile
+    post = Map.save(params[:upload])
+    render :text => "File has been uploaded successfully"
+  end
+  
 end #EOF
diff --git a/app/models/map.rb b/app/models/map.rb
index fa74131..5efbfd0 100644
--- a/app/models/map.rb
+++ b/app/models/map.rb
@@ -22,4 +22,16 @@
 # if not a new bug issue will be generated.
 class Map < ActiveRecord::Base
   unloadable
+  
+  require 'digest/sha1'
+
+  def self.save(upload)
+    name =  upload['datafile'].original_filename
+    directory = "public/data"
+    sha1 = Digest::SHA1.hexdigest name
+    # create the file path
+    path = File.join(directory, sha1)
+    # write the file
+    File.open(path, "wb") { |f| f.write(upload['datafile'].read) }
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/maps/index.html.erb b/app/views/maps/index.html.erb
index 6a80a5f..891f533 100755
--- a/app/views/maps/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/maps/index.html.erb
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 <h1>Exception Handler Maps</h1>
 <br/>
 
-<!-- TODO uploader action -->
-<form action="XXX" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
+<%= form_tag ({:action => 'uploadFile'}, :multipart => true) %>
   <label for="package">Package:</label>
   <br/>
   <input name="package" id="package" type="text" maxlength="5555500"  size=50%/>
@@ -11,10 +10,9 @@
   <br/>
   <input name="build" id="build" type="text" maxlength="5555500"  size=50%/>
   <br/>
-  <label for="file">File:</label>
+  <%= form_tag ({:action => 'uploadFile'}, :multipart => true) %>
+  <p><label for="upload_file">Select File</label> : 
   <br/>
-  <input type="file" name="file" id="file" accept="text/plain" /> 
-  <br/>
-  <br/>
-  <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
-</form>
+  <%= file_field 'upload', 'datafile' %></p>
+  <%= submit_tag "Upload" %>
+<%= form_tag %>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 8b264a9..4a6fe68 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@
 ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
   map.connect '/exceptionhandler', :controller => 'exceptionhandler', :action => 'index'
   map.connect '/maps', :controller => 'maps', :action => 'index'
+  map.connect '/uploadFile', :controller => 'maps', :action => 'uploadFile'
 end