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diff --git a/lib/python/.gitignore b/lib/python/.gitignore
index 1a92852ebd1ba1f7692ad8f3e2ad7b09ff304c71..46916e3e91c948d297fa8fda068bc1b123d9aced 100644
--- a/lib/python/.gitignore
+++ b/lib/python/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ dist/
 dbrepo.egg-info/
 build/
 
+# debug
+debug.py
+
 # secrets
 .pypirc
 
diff --git a/lib/python/dbrepo/RestClient.py b/lib/python/dbrepo/RestClient.py
index 25f20858a97ef379bdedfa9ccda41f8b566d9560..9e54be158c2bd3d6ae71a0e882a4daeb8573aa20 100644
--- a/lib/python/dbrepo/RestClient.py
+++ b/lib/python/dbrepo/RestClient.py
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ class RestClient:
         :raises NotExistsError: If the file was not found by the Analyse Service.
         """
         if upload:
-            client = UploadClient(endpoint=self.endpoint)
+            client = UploadClient(endpoint=f"{self.endpoint}/api/upload/files")
             filename = client.upload(file_path=file_path)
         else:
             filename = file_path
diff --git a/lib/python/pyproject.toml b/lib/python/pyproject.toml
index e8de41883d8bd20d26997934c3de288ec9b218e5..80c9525eabcadf91652553f95aa2e65aaf137d53 100644
--- a/lib/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dbrepo"
-version = "1.4.4"
+version = "1.4.4rc0"
 description = "DBRepo Python Library"
 keywords = [
     "DBRepo",
diff --git a/lib/python/setup.py b/lib/python/setup.py
index 4d5b26206dee68602d6b09fdaf3723956919e4ae..3008ed6f9f77a990227d34a50c87dbc31b4a9089 100644
--- a/lib/python/setup.py
+++ b/lib/python/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
 
 setup(name="dbrepo",
-      version="1.4.4",
+      version="1.4.4rc0",
       description="A library for communicating with DBRepo",
       url="https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.4.3/",
       author="Martin Weise",