diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index e980b6d7c..1e4723614 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ build
 .env
 .idea
 .env.example
-
+ENV
+.venv
+venv
diff --git a/deployment/compose/nginx.conf b/deployment/compose/nginx.conf
index 0be1bc301..0dd12a5c6 100644
--- a/deployment/compose/nginx.conf
+++ b/deployment/compose/nginx.conf
@@ -16,4 +16,9 @@ server {
         expires 1d;
         add_header Cache-Control "public";
     }
+
+    location /usercontent/ {
+        internal;
+        alias /var/ephios/data/private/media/;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/ephios/plugins/files/__init__.py b/ephios/plugins/files/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/ephios/plugins/files/admin.py b/ephios/plugins/files/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..568ace12f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ephios/plugins/files/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+from ephios.plugins.files.models import Document
+
+admin.site.register(Document)
diff --git a/ephios/plugins/files/apps.py b/ephios/plugins/files/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..acb17cf11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ephios/plugins/files/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
+
+from ephios.core.plugins import PluginConfig
+
+
+class PluginApp(PluginConfig):
+    name = "ephios.plugins.files"
+
+    class EphiosPluginMeta:
+        name = _("Files")
+        author = "Ephios Team"
+        description = _("This plugins allows you to upload files and link to them in events.")
+
+    def ready(self):
+        from . import signals  # pylint: disable=unused-import
diff --git a/ephios/plugins/files/migrations/0001_initial.py b/ephios/plugins/files/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cad424828
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ephios/plugins/files/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.0.8 on 2024-09-21 12:01
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = []
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="Document",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "id",
+                    models.BigAutoField(
+                        auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name="ID"
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("title", models.CharField(max_length=255)),
+                ("file", models.FileField(upload_to="documents/")),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/ephios/plugins/files/migrations/__init__.py b/ephios/plugins/files/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/ephios/plugins/files/models.py b/ephios/plugins/files/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e57f0aa0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ephios/plugins/files/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Document(models.Model):
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
+    file = models.FileField(upload_to="documents/")
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.title
diff --git a/ephios/plugins/files/signals.py b/ephios/plugins/files/signals.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/ephios/plugins/files/urls.py b/ephios/plugins/files/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1e4ba375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ephios/plugins/files/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from django.urls import path
+
+from ephios.plugins.files.views import DocumentView
+
+app_name = "files"
+urlpatterns = [
+    path("documents/<int:pk>/", DocumentView.as_view(), name="document"),
+]
diff --git a/ephios/plugins/files/views.py b/ephios/plugins/files/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2033c704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ephios/plugins/files/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import os
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+from django.views import View
+from guardian.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
+
+from ephios.plugins.files.models import Document
+
+
+class DocumentView(View, LoginRequiredMixin):
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        document = get_object_or_404(Document, id=kwargs["pk"])
+        response = HttpResponse()
+        response["Content-Disposition"] = (
+            "attachment; filename=" + os.path.split(document.file.name)[1]
+        )
+        response["X-Accel-Redirect"] = settings.MEDIA_URL + document.file.name
+        return response
diff --git a/ephios/settings.py b/ephios/settings.py
index 0a341d38b..51866eef2 100644
--- a/ephios/settings.py
+++ b/ephios/settings.py
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
     "ephios.plugins.eventautoqualification.apps.PluginApp",
     "ephios.plugins.simpleresource.apps.PluginApp",
     "ephios.plugins.federation.apps.PluginApp",
+    "ephios.plugins.files.apps.PluginApp",
 ]
 PLUGINS = copy.copy(CORE_PLUGINS)
 for ep in metadata.entry_points(group="ephios.plugins"):
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/static-files/
 
 STATIC_URL = env.str("STATIC_URL", default="/static/")
+MEDIA_URL = env.str("MEDIA_URL", default="/usercontent/")
 
 STATICFILES_DIRS = (os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "ephios/static"),)
 STATICFILES_FINDERS = (