diff --git a/gaseous-server/Classes/ImportGames.cs b/gaseous-server/Classes/ImportGames.cs
index 108951d..6379011 100644
--- a/gaseous-server/Classes/ImportGames.cs
+++ b/gaseous-server/Classes/ImportGames.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace gaseous_server.Classes
 
 				// import files first
 				foreach (string importContent in importContents_Files) {
-					ImportGame.ImportGameFile(importContent);
+					ImportGame.ImportGameFile(importContent, null, false);
 				}
             }
 			else
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace gaseous_server.Classes
 
 	public class ImportGame
 	{
-        public static void ImportGameFile(string GameFileImportPath, bool IsDirectory = false, bool ForceImport = false)
+        public static void ImportGameFile(string GameFileImportPath, IGDB.Models.Platform? OverridePlatform, bool IsDirectory = false)
 		{
             Database db = new gaseous_tools.Database(Database.databaseType.MySql, Config.DatabaseConfiguration.ConnectionString);
 			string sql = "";
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ namespace gaseous_server.Classes
             }
 			else
 			{
-				//Logging.Log(Logging.LogType.Information, "Import Game", "Processing item " + GameFileImportPath);
 				if (IsDirectory == false)
 				{
 					FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(GameFileImportPath);
@@ -80,10 +79,20 @@ namespace gaseous_server.Classes
                             Models.Signatures_Games discoveredSignature = GetFileSignature(hash, fi, GameFileImportPath);
 
                             // get discovered platform
-                            IGDB.Models.Platform determinedPlatform = Metadata.Platforms.GetPlatform(discoveredSignature.Flags.IGDBPlatformId);
-                            if (determinedPlatform == null)
+                            IGDB.Models.Platform? determinedPlatform = null;
+                            if (OverridePlatform == null)
                             {
-                                determinedPlatform = new IGDB.Models.Platform();
+                                determinedPlatform = Metadata.Platforms.GetPlatform(discoveredSignature.Flags.IGDBPlatformId);
+                                if (determinedPlatform == null)
+                                {
+                                    determinedPlatform = new IGDB.Models.Platform();
+                                }
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                determinedPlatform = OverridePlatform;
+                                discoveredSignature.Flags.IGDBPlatformId = (long)determinedPlatform.Id;
+                                discoveredSignature.Flags.IGDBPlatformName = determinedPlatform.Name;
                             }
 
                             IGDB.Models.Game determinedGame = SearchForGame(discoveredSignature.Game.Name, discoveredSignature.Flags.IGDBPlatformId);
diff --git a/gaseous-server/Controllers/RomsController.cs b/gaseous-server/Controllers/RomsController.cs
index 7a4ad6b..32b0668 100644
--- a/gaseous-server/Controllers/RomsController.cs
+++ b/gaseous-server/Controllers/RomsController.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace gaseous_server.Controllers
         [ProducesResponseType(typeof(List<IFormFile>), StatusCodes.Status200OK)]
         [RequestSizeLimit(long.MaxValue)]
         [DisableRequestSizeLimit, RequestFormLimits(MultipartBodyLengthLimit = long.MaxValue, ValueLengthLimit = int.MaxValue)]
-        public async Task<IActionResult> UploadRom(List<IFormFile> files)
+        public async Task<IActionResult> UploadRom(List<IFormFile> files, long? OverridePlatformId = null)
         {
             Guid sessionid = Guid.NewGuid();
 
@@ -61,12 +61,17 @@ namespace gaseous_server.Controllers
                 }
             }
 
-            // Process uploaded files
-            // Don't rely on or trust the FileName property without validation.
+            // get override platform if specified
+            IGDB.Models.Platform? OverridePlatform = null;
+            if (OverridePlatformId != null)
+            {
+                OverridePlatform = Platforms.GetPlatform((long)OverridePlatformId);
+            }
 
+            // Process uploaded files
             foreach (Dictionary<string, object> UploadedFile in UploadedFiles)
             {
-                Classes.ImportGame.ImportGameFile((string)UploadedFile["fullpath"]);
+                Classes.ImportGame.ImportGameFile((string)UploadedFile["fullpath"], OverridePlatform, false);
             }
 
             if (Directory.Exists(workPath))
diff --git a/gaseous-server/wwwroot/pages/dialogs/upload.html b/gaseous-server/wwwroot/pages/dialogs/upload.html
index a913b59..7d71bb3 100644
--- a/gaseous-server/wwwroot/pages/dialogs/upload.html
+++ b/gaseous-server/wwwroot/pages/dialogs/upload.html
@@ -12,9 +12,20 @@
 <div>
     <div id="upload_target" class="dropzone"></div>
 </div>
+<table style="width: 100%;">
+    <tr>
+        <th style="width: 40%;">
+            Override automatic platform detection:
+        </th>
+        <td style="width: 60%;">
+            <select id="upload_platformoverride" style="width: 100%;"></select>
+        </td>
+    </tr>
+</table>
 
 <script type="text/javascript">
     document.getElementById('modal-heading').innerHTML = "Upload";
+    document.getElementById('upload_platformoverride').innerHTML = "<option value='0' selected='selected'>Automatic Platform</option>";
 
     var myDropzone = new Dropzone("div#upload_target", {
         url: "/api/v1/Roms",
@@ -69,4 +80,51 @@
         subModalContent.innerHTML = "";
         subModalVariables = null;
     }
+
+    $('#upload_platformoverride').select2({
+        minimumInputLength: 3,
+        ajax: {
+            url: '/api/v1/Search/Platform',
+            data: function (params) {
+                var query = {
+                    SearchString: params.term
+                }
+
+                // Query parameters will be ?SearchString=[term]
+                return query;
+            },
+            processResults: function (data) {
+                var arr = [];
+
+                // insert automatic detection item
+                arr.push({
+                    id: 0,
+                    text: "Automatic Platform"
+                });
+
+                for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
+                    arr.push({
+                        id: data[i].id,
+                        text: data[i].name
+                    });
+                }
+
+                return {
+                    results: arr
+                };
+
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    $('#upload_platformoverride').on('select2:select', function (e) {
+        var platformOverride = $('#upload_platformoverride').select2('data');
+        var queryString = '';
+        if (Number(platformOverride[0].id) != 0) {
+            queryString = "?OverridePlatformId=" + platformOverride[0].id;
+        }
+        console.log(queryString);
+
+        myDropzone.options.url = "/api/v1/Roms" + queryString;
+    });
 </script>
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