diff --git a/src/core/js/form_elements.js b/src/core/js/form_elements.js
index d0f960be226245ea5527da946cd682d9a0591aff..a4690932d8257b416992d7f2c4fa0c24903d139a 100644
--- a/src/core/js/form_elements.js
+++ b/src/core/js/form_elements.js
@@ -1375,14 +1375,14 @@ var form_elements = new function () {
     this.make_file_input = function (config) {
         const ret = this._make_input(config);
         $(ret)
-            .find("input:file")
+            .find(":input")
             .prop("multiple", !!config.multiple)
             .css({
                 "display": "block"
             });
         if (config.accept) {
             $(ret)
-                .find("input:file")
+                .find(":input")
                 .attr("accept", config.accept);
         }
 
@@ -1596,4 +1596,4 @@ var form_elements = new function () {
 
 $(document).ready(function () {
     caosdb_modules.register(form_elements);
-});
+});
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diff --git a/test/core/js/modules/form_elements.js.js b/test/core/js/modules/form_elements.js.js
index d8e46fd27e4087d82b97ead49c6d3eee6d447ff4..aa2e281c7d25f03ce8ed109fb5728919635abec6 100644
--- a/test/core/js/modules/form_elements.js.js
+++ b/test/core/js/modules/form_elements.js.js
@@ -772,4 +772,17 @@ QUnit.test("select_input caching", async function (assert) {
     form_elements.load_cached(cache, form[0]);
     await sleep(200);
     assert.equal(form_elements.get_cache_value(field[0]), "f", "value back to value from cache");
+});
+
+QUnit.test("make_file_input", function (assert) {
+    const config = {
+        name: "some_file",
+        multiple: true,
+        accept: ".tsv, .csv",
+    }
+    const file_input = $(form_elements.make_file_input(config));
+    assert.equal(file_input.find(":input").length, 1, "file input there");
+    assert.equal(file_input.find(":input").attr("name"), "some_file", "has file input with correct name");
+    assert.ok(file_input.find(":input").prop("multiple"), "is multiple");
+    assert.equal(file_input.find(":input").attr("accept"), ".tsv, .csv", "accept there");
 });
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