diff --git a/wfdm-file-index-initializer/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/nrs/wfdm/wfdm_file_index_initializer/GetFileFromWFDMAPI.java b/wfdm-file-index-initializer/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/nrs/wfdm/wfdm_file_index_initializer/GetFileFromWFDMAPI.java
index ecee0dd..eb99306 100644
--- a/wfdm-file-index-initializer/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/nrs/wfdm/wfdm_file_index_initializer/GetFileFromWFDMAPI.java
+++ b/wfdm-file-index-initializer/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/nrs/wfdm/wfdm_file_index_initializer/GetFileFromWFDMAPI.java
@@ -91,6 +91,34 @@ public static boolean setVirusScanMetadata(String accessToken, String fileId, St
     return metaUpdateResponse.getStatus() == 200;
   }
 
+public static void setImageConversionMetadata(String accessToken, String fileId, String versionNumber,
+  JSONObject fileDetails, String conversionStatus) throws UnirestException {
+JSONArray metaArray = fileDetails.getJSONArray("metadata");
+// Locate any existing scan meta and remove
+for (int i = 0; i < metaArray.length(); i++) {
+  String metadataName = metaArray.getJSONObject(i).getString("metadataName");
+  if (metadataName.equalsIgnoreCase("WFDMConversionStatus-" + versionNumber)) {
+    metaArray.remove(i);
+    break;
+  }
+}
+
+// inject scan meta
+JSONObject meta = new JSONObject();
+meta.put("@type", "http://resources.wfdm.nrs.gov.bc.ca/fileMetadataResource");
+meta.put("metadataName", "WFDMConversionStatus-" + versionNumber);
+meta.put("metadataValue", conversionStatus);
+metaArray.put(meta);
+
+// PUT the changes
+HttpResponse<String> metaUpdateResponse = Unirest.put(System.getenv("WFDM_DOCUMENT_API_URL").trim() + fileId)
+    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+    .header("Authorization", "Bearer " + accessToken)
+    .body(fileDetails.toString())
+    .asString();
+
+}
+
   /**
    * Fetch the bytes for a WFDM File resource. This will return a
    * BufferedInputStream
diff --git a/wfdm-file-index-initializer/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/nrs/wfdm/wfdm_file_index_initializer/ProcessSQSMessage.java b/wfdm-file-index-initializer/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/nrs/wfdm/wfdm_file_index_initializer/ProcessSQSMessage.java
index f10a983..e520b58 100644
--- a/wfdm-file-index-initializer/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/nrs/wfdm/wfdm_file_index_initializer/ProcessSQSMessage.java
+++ b/wfdm-file-index-initializer/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/nrs/wfdm/wfdm_file_index_initializer/ProcessSQSMessage.java
@@ -127,9 +127,22 @@ public SQSBatchResponse handleRequest(SQSEvent sqsEvent, Context context) {
           fileExtension = "";
         }
 
+          Integer fileSize;
+          boolean fileTooLargeToConvert = false;
+          if (fileDetailsJson.has("fileSize")) {
+            fileSize = Integer.parseInt(fileDetailsJson.get("fileSize").toString());
+            if (fileSize > 10000000) {
+              fileTooLargeToConvert = true;
+              GetFileFromWFDMAPI.setImageConversionMetadata(wfdmToken, fileId, versionNumber,
+                  fileDetailsJson, "Image Conversion aborted due to file size");
+            }
+          } 
+
         // if a file has a heic or heif mimetype it needs to be converted by the image
         // conversion lambda rather than processed
-        if (fileExtension.equals("HEIC") || fileExtension.equals("HEIF") ) {
+        if ((fileExtension.equals("HEIC") || fileExtension.equals("HEIF")) && !fileTooLargeToConvert) {
+          GetFileFromWFDMAPI.setImageConversionMetadata(wfdmToken, fileId, versionNumber,
+          fileDetailsJson, "Image Conversion attempted");
           logger.log("\nInfo: File with mimeType of " + mimeType + " calling image conversion lambda");
           AWSLambda client = AWSLambdaAsyncClient.builder().withRegion(region).build();
           InvokeRequest request = new InvokeRequest();