diff --git a/api/api.yaml b/api/api.yaml
index 18b9013..e754a77 100644
--- a/api/api.yaml
+++ b/api/api.yaml
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ paths:
             schema:
               type: object
               properties:
+                name:
+                  type: string
                 chart:
                   type: string
                   format: binary
diff --git a/internal/api/api.gen.go b/internal/api/api.gen.go
index 2a18ae5..538a50e 100644
--- a/internal/api/api.gen.go
+++ b/internal/api/api.gen.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type Error struct {
 type AddChartMultipartBody struct {
 	// Chart The packaged chart file (.tgz)
 	Chart *openapi_types.File `json:"chart,omitempty"`
+	Name  *string             `json:"name,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // AddChartMultipartRequestBody defines body for AddChart for multipart/form-data ContentType.
diff --git a/internal/api/impl.go b/internal/api/impl.go
index f16fe38..b7d243e 100644
--- a/internal/api/impl.go
+++ b/internal/api/impl.go
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ package api
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
-	//"path"
+	openapi_types "github.com/oapi-codegen/runtime/types"
 
 	"artifact-store/internal/storage"
 	"artifact-store/internal/storage/storage_error"
@@ -75,8 +76,79 @@ func (Server) GetChartVersions(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, name stri
 	_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(res)
 }
 
-func (Server) AddChart(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	// TODO: interface to storage backend for creating
-	res := fmt.Sprintf("%v", r)
-	_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(res)
+func (s Server) AddChart(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")  // TODO: set globally, or default?
+
+	// Set max header size (50MB)
+	r.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, 50<<20) // TODO: set globally, or default?
+
+	// Limit parsed form size (32MB)
+	if err := r.ParseMultipartForm(32 << 20); err != nil {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+		_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(Error{
+			Code: new(int(http.StatusBadRequest)),
+			Message: new(string("Invalid form data")),
+		})
+		return
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		if r.MultipartForm != nil {
+			// Clean up temp files
+			r.MultipartForm.RemoveAll()
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// Extract chart name from form data
+	name := r.FormValue("name")
+
+	// Extract chart bytes from form data
+	f, fh, err := r.FormFile("chart")
+	if err != nil {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+		_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(Error{
+			Code: new(int(http.StatusBadRequest)),
+			Message: new(string("Missing chart")),
+		})
+		return
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	// TODO: validate file type is .tgz
+
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+		_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(Error{
+			Code: new(int(http.StatusBadRequest)),
+			Message: new(string("Malformed file contents")),
+		})
+	}
+
+	// Construct runtime type for compatibility with generated types
+	file := &openapi_types.File{}
+	file.InitFromBytes(data, fh.Filename)
+
+	bytes, err := file.Bytes()
+	if err != nil {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+		_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(Error{
+			Code: new(int(http.StatusBadRequest)),
+			Message: new(string("Malformed file upload")),
+		})
+	}
+
+	if err := s.storageHandler.Write(name, bytes); err != nil {  // TODO: return created version
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(Error{
+			Code: new(int(http.StatusInternalServerError)),
+			Message: new(string("Error occurred during file IO")),
+		})
+		return
+	}
+
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
+	_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(Error{
+		Code: new(int(http.StatusCreated)),
+		Message: new(string(fmt.Sprintf("Chart '%v' created", name))),
+	})
 }
diff --git a/internal/storage/backend/fs.go b/internal/storage/backend/fs.go
index 34c0d06..8644626 100644
--- a/internal/storage/backend/fs.go
+++ b/internal/storage/backend/fs.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package backend
 
 import (
 	"io/fs"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type FileSystem struct {
+	root string
 	Path fs.FS
 }
 
@@ -18,14 +20,32 @@ func NewFSBackend(path string) (*FileSystem, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &FileSystem{
+		root: path,
 		Path: os.DirFS(path),
 	}, nil
 }
 
 // Implementation of the `Writer` interface
-func (f *FileSystem) Write(bytes []byte) error { // TODO: define type `artifact` or similar instead
-	// TODO: create path if not exists (requires more parameters)
-	return nil
+func (f *FileSystem) Write(name string, bytes []byte) error { // TODO: define type `artifact` or similar instead
+	path := filepath.Join(f.root, name)
+
+	// TODO: to be implemented when we decide to add repositories
+	// if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(<f.root + repo>), 0o744); err != nil {
+	// 	return err
+	// }
+
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+		return err
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	_, err = file.Write(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return err
 }
 
 // Implementation of the `Reader` interface
diff --git a/internal/storage/storage.go b/internal/storage/storage.go
index 1156ef8..8628daf 100644
--- a/internal/storage/storage.go
+++ b/internal/storage/storage.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 type Storage interface {
 	Read(location string, version string) ([]byte, error)
-	Write(bytes []byte) error
+	Write(name string, bytes []byte) error
 }
 
 func New(config config.StorageConfig) (Storage, error) {