diff --git a/src/app/frontend/deploy/upload.html b/src/app/frontend/deploy/upload.html
index 52c366aaa9c2b26f110e525a2d2b02c54091d4c0..0a723447089e300563835237e9aa975ffe1ec3ec 100644
--- a/src/app/frontend/deploy/upload.html
+++ b/src/app/frontend/deploy/upload.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     <md-input-container class="md-block">
       <label>YAML or JSON file</label>
       <!--TODO: Browse file on focus doesn't work in Firefox. It is to be investigated.-->
-      <input ng-model="ctrl.file.name" ng-focus="ctrl.browseFile()" />
+      <input ng-model="ctrl.file.name" ng-focus="ctrl.browseFile()" ng-readonly="true"/>
       </md-input-container>
   </div>
     <md-button type="button" class="md-raised kd-upload-button" ng-click="ctrl.browseFile()">