diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 81502b31..571204d2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>com.kingsrook.qqq</groupId>
          <artifactId>qqq-backend-core</artifactId>
-         <version>0.2.0-20220721.162748-8</version>
+         <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>com.kingsrook.qqq</groupId>
          <artifactId>qqq-backend-module-rdbms</artifactId>
-         <version>0.2.0-20220721.162748-8</version>
+         <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinProcessHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinProcessHandler.java
index 1c0775e9..6eb021a0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinProcessHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinProcessHandler.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QModuleDispatchException;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QUserFacingException;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.ProcessState;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.QUploadedFile;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunProcessInput;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunProcessOutput;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.tables.query.QCriteriaOperator;
@@ -53,12 +54,16 @@ import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QInstance;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.fields.QFieldMetaData;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.processes.QProcessMetaData;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.tables.QTableMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.state.StateType;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.state.TempFileStateProvider;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.state.UUIDAndTypeStateKey;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.CollectionUtils;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.ExceptionUtils;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.JsonUtils;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.StringUtils;
 import io.javalin.apibuilder.EndpointGroup;
 import io.javalin.http.Context;
+import io.javalin.http.UploadedFile;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.NotImplementedException;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
@@ -216,7 +221,7 @@ public class QJavalinProcessHandler
       {
          Throwable rootException = ExceptionUtils.getRootException(exception);
          LOG.warn("Uncaught Exception in process", exception);
-         resultForCaller.put("error", "Original error message: " + rootException.getMessage());
+         resultForCaller.put("error", "Error message: " + rootException.getMessage());
       }
    }
 
@@ -224,11 +229,14 @@ public class QJavalinProcessHandler
 
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** take values from query-string params, and put them into the run process request
-    ** todo - better from POST body, or with a "field-" type of prefix??
+    ** todo - make query params have a "field-" type of prefix??
     **
     *******************************************************************************/
    private static void populateRunProcessRequestWithValuesFromContext(Context context, RunProcessInput runProcessInput) throws IOException
    {
+      //////////////////////////
+      // process query string //
+      //////////////////////////
       for(Map.Entry<String, List<String>> queryParam : context.queryParamMap().entrySet())
       {
          String       fieldName = queryParam.getKey();
@@ -239,6 +247,37 @@ public class QJavalinProcessHandler
          }
       }
 
+      ////////////////////////////
+      // process form/post body //
+      ////////////////////////////
+      for(Map.Entry<String, List<String>> formParam : context.formParamMap().entrySet())
+      {
+         String       fieldName = formParam.getKey();
+         List<String> values    = formParam.getValue();
+         if(CollectionUtils.nullSafeHasContents(values))
+         {
+            runProcessInput.addValue(fieldName, values.get(0));
+         }
+      }
+
+      ////////////////////////////
+      // process uploaded files //
+      ////////////////////////////
+      for(UploadedFile uploadedFile : context.uploadedFiles())
+      {
+         QUploadedFile qUploadedFile = new QUploadedFile();
+         qUploadedFile.setBytes(uploadedFile.getContent().readAllBytes());
+         qUploadedFile.setFilename(uploadedFile.getFilename());
+
+         UUIDAndTypeStateKey key = new UUIDAndTypeStateKey(StateType.UPLOADED_FILE);
+         TempFileStateProvider.getInstance().put(key, qUploadedFile);
+         LOG.info("Stored uploaded file in TempFileStateProvider under key: " + key);
+         runProcessInput.addValue("uploadedFileKey", key);
+      }
+
+      /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // deal with params that specify an initial-records filter //
+      /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
       QQueryFilter initialRecordsFilter = buildProcessInitRecordsFilter(context, runProcessInput);
       if(initialRecordsFilter != null)
       {
@@ -331,11 +370,12 @@ public class QJavalinProcessHandler
     *******************************************************************************/
    public static void processStatus(Context context)
    {
-      Map<String, Object> resultForCaller = new HashMap<>();
-
       String processUUID = context.pathParam("processUUID");
       String jobUUID     = context.pathParam("jobUUID");
 
+      Map<String, Object> resultForCaller = new HashMap<>();
+      resultForCaller.put("processUUID", processUUID);
+
       LOG.info("Request for status of process " + processUUID + ", job " + jobUUID);
       Optional<AsyncJobStatus> optionalJobStatus = new AsyncJobManager().getJobStatus(jobUUID);
       if(optionalJobStatus.isEmpty())
@@ -412,6 +452,7 @@ public class QJavalinProcessHandler
          Map<String, Object> resultForCaller = new HashMap<>();
          List<QRecord>       recordPage      = CollectionUtils.safelyGetPage(records, skip, limit);
          resultForCaller.put("records", recordPage);
+         resultForCaller.put("totalRecords", records.size());
          context.result(JsonUtils.toJson(resultForCaller));
       }
       catch(Exception e)
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinImplementationTest.java b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinImplementationTest.java
index 26604c8c..a7351f52 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinImplementationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinImplementationTest.java
@@ -373,8 +373,7 @@ class QJavalinImplementationTest extends QJavalinTestBase
 
       JSONObject jsonObject = JsonUtils.toJSONObject(response.getBody());
       assertNotNull(jsonObject);
-      assertEquals(1, jsonObject.getJSONArray("records").length());
-      assertEquals(3, jsonObject.getJSONArray("records").getJSONObject(0).getJSONObject("values").getInt("id"));
+      assertEquals(1, jsonObject.getInt("deletedRecordCount"));
       TestUtils.runTestSql("SELECT id FROM person", (rs -> {
          int rowsFound = 0;
          while(rs.next())