diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_create_contract.js b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_create_contract.js
index 614480a7..23916c67 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_create_contract.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_create_contract.js
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ let CreateContractForm = React.createClass({
                         areAssetsEditable={true}
                         submitFile={this.submitFile}
                         setIsUploadReady={this.setIsUploadReady}
-                        isReadyForFormSubmission={formSubmissionValidation.atLeastOneUploadedFile} />
+                        isReadyForFormSubmission={formSubmissionValidation.atLeastOneUploadedFile}
+                        fileClassToUpload={{
+                            singular: 'contract',
+                            plural: 'contracts'
+                        }}/>
                 </Property>
                 <Property
                     name='name'
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_forms/input_fineuploader.js b/js/components/ascribe_forms/input_fineuploader.js
index d0c3410b..4fa89ef8 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_forms/input_fineuploader.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_forms/input_fineuploader.js
@@ -37,7 +37,14 @@ let InputFileUploader = React.createClass({
         enableLocalHashing: React.PropTypes.bool,
 
         // provided by Property
-        disabled: React.PropTypes.bool
+        disabled: React.PropTypes.bool,
+
+        // A class of a file the user has to upload
+        // Needs to be defined both in singular as well as in plural
+        fileClassToUpload: React.PropTypes.shape({
+            singular: React.PropTypes.string,
+            plural: React.PropTypes.string
+        })
     },
 
     getInitialState() {
@@ -96,7 +103,8 @@ let InputFileUploader = React.createClass({
                     }
                 }}
                 onInactive={this.props.onLoggedOut}
-                enableLocalHashing={this.props.enableLocalHashing} />
+                enableLocalHashing={this.props.enableLocalHashing} 
+                fileClassToUpload={this.props.fileClassToUpload}/>
         );
     }
 });
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_uploader/file_drag_and_drop.js b/js/components/ascribe_uploader/file_drag_and_drop.js
index 7d6c8a66..9de22d3d 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_uploader/file_drag_and_drop.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_uploader/file_drag_and_drop.js
@@ -37,7 +37,14 @@ let FileDragAndDrop = React.createClass({
         hashingProgress: React.PropTypes.number,
         // sets the value of this.state.hashingProgress in reactfineuploader
         // to -1 which is code for: aborted
-        handleCancelHashing: React.PropTypes.func
+        handleCancelHashing: React.PropTypes.func,
+
+        // A class of a file the user has to upload
+        // Needs to be defined both in singular as well as in plural
+        fileClassToUpload: React.PropTypes.shape({
+            singular: React.PropTypes.string,
+            plural: React.PropTypes.string
+        })
     },
 
     handleDragStart(event) {
@@ -192,7 +199,8 @@ let FileDragAndDrop = React.createClass({
                             multipleFiles={this.props.multiple}
                             hasFiles={hasFiles}
                             onClick={this.handleOnClick}
-                            enableLocalHashing={this.props.enableLocalHashing}/>
+                            enableLocalHashing={this.props.enableLocalHashing}
+                            fileClassToUpload={this.props.fileClassToUpload}/>
                         <FileDragAndDropPreviewIterator
                             files={this.props.filesToUpload}
                             handleDeleteFile={this.handleDeleteFile}
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_uploader/file_drag_and_drop_dialog.js b/js/components/ascribe_uploader/file_drag_and_drop_dialog.js
index f5399f9c..6313fac8 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_uploader/file_drag_and_drop_dialog.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_uploader/file_drag_and_drop_dialog.js
@@ -12,7 +12,14 @@ let FileDragAndDropDialog = React.createClass({
         hasFiles: React.PropTypes.bool,
         multipleFiles: React.PropTypes.bool,
         onClick: React.PropTypes.func,
-        enableLocalHashing: React.PropTypes.bool
+        enableLocalHashing: React.PropTypes.bool,
+
+        // A class of a file the user has to upload
+        // Needs to be defined both in singular as well as in plural
+        fileClassToUpload: React.PropTypes.shape({
+            singular: React.PropTypes.string,
+            plural: React.PropTypes.string
+        })
     },
 
     mixins: [Router.State],
@@ -57,21 +64,21 @@ let FileDragAndDropDialog = React.createClass({
                 if(this.props.multipleFiles) {
                     return (
                         <span className="file-drag-and-drop-dialog">
-                            <p>{getLangText('Drag files here')}</p>
+                            <p>{getLangText('Drag %s here', this.props.fileClassToUpload.plural)}</p>
                             <p>{getLangText('or')}</p>
                             <span
                                 className="btn btn-default"
                                 onClick={this.props.onClick}>
-                                    {getLangText('choose files to upload')}
+                                    {getLangText('choose %s to upload', this.props.fileClassToUpload.plural)}
                             </span>
                         </span>
                     );
                 } else {
-                    let dialog = queryParams.method === 'hash' ? getLangText('choose a file to hash') : getLangText('choose a file to upload');
+                    let dialog = queryParams.method === 'hash' ? getLangText('choose a %s to hash', this.props.fileClassToUpload.singular) : getLangText('choose a file to upload');
 
                     return (
                         <span className="file-drag-and-drop-dialog">
-                            <p>{getLangText('Drag a file here')}</p>
+                            <p>{getLangText('Drag a %s here', this.props.fileClassToUpload.singular)}</p>
                             <p>{getLangText('or')}</p>
                             <span
                                 className="btn btn-default"
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_uploader/react_s3_fine_uploader.js b/js/components/ascribe_uploader/react_s3_fine_uploader.js
index e5609c60..f422b509 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_uploader/react_s3_fine_uploader.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_uploader/react_s3_fine_uploader.js
@@ -111,7 +111,14 @@ var ReactS3FineUploader = React.createClass({
         enableLocalHashing: React.PropTypes.bool,
 
         // automatically injected by React-Router
-        query: React.PropTypes.object
+        query: React.PropTypes.object,
+
+        // A class of a file the user has to upload
+        // Needs to be defined both in singular as well as in plural
+        fileClassToUpload: React.PropTypes.shape({
+            singular: React.PropTypes.string,
+            plural: React.PropTypes.string
+        })
     },
 
     mixins: [Router.State],
@@ -163,7 +170,11 @@ var ReactS3FineUploader = React.createClass({
                 return name;
             },
             multiple: false,
-            defaultErrorMessage: getLangText('Unexpected error. Please contact us if this happens repeatedly.')
+            defaultErrorMessage: getLangText('Unexpected error. Please contact us if this happens repeatedly.'),
+            fileClassToUpload: {
+                singular: getLangText('file'),
+                plural: getLangText('files')
+            }
         };
     },
 
@@ -828,7 +839,8 @@ var ReactS3FineUploader = React.createClass({
                     onInactive={this.props.onInactive}
                     dropzoneInactive={this.isDropzoneInactive()}
                     hashingProgress={this.state.hashingProgress}
-                    enableLocalHashing={this.props.enableLocalHashing} />
+                    enableLocalHashing={this.props.enableLocalHashing}
+                    fileClassToUpload={this.props.fileClassToUpload}/>
             </div>
         );
     }