diff --git a/backend/package-lock.json b/backend/package-lock.json
index 8730dd5..5d66d88 100644
--- a/backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/backend/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ripster-backend",
-  "version": "0.10.2-4",
+  "version": "0.10.2-5",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ripster-backend",
-      "version": "0.10.2-4",
+      "version": "0.10.2-5",
       "dependencies": {
         "archiver": "^7.0.1",
         "cors": "^2.8.5",
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 3914de6..25c265e 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ripster-backend",
-  "version": "0.10.2-4",
+  "version": "0.10.2-5",
   "private": true,
   "type": "commonjs",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/frontend/package-lock.json b/frontend/package-lock.json
index 3e7ee29..d63a6a2 100644
--- a/frontend/package-lock.json
+++ b/frontend/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ripster-frontend",
-  "version": "0.10.2-4",
+  "version": "0.10.2-5",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ripster-frontend",
-      "version": "0.10.2-4",
+      "version": "0.10.2-5",
       "dependencies": {
         "primeicons": "^7.0.0",
         "primereact": "^10.9.2",
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index d31fe0a..8ffabba 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ripster-frontend",
-  "version": "0.10.2-4",
+  "version": "0.10.2-5",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.jsx b/frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.jsx
index 04cca14..81e5fe4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.jsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Button } from 'primereact/button';
 import { Tag } from 'primereact/tag';
 import { ProgressBar } from 'primereact/progressbar';
 import { Dialog } from 'primereact/dialog';
+import { FileUpload } from 'primereact/fileupload';
 import { InputNumber } from 'primereact/inputnumber';
 import { InputText } from 'primereact/inputtext';
 import { api } from '../api/client';
@@ -864,6 +865,7 @@ export default function DashboardPage({
   const [queueCatalog, setQueueCatalog] = useState({ scripts: [], chains: [] });
   const [insertWaitSeconds, setInsertWaitSeconds] = useState(30);
   const toastRef = useRef(null);
+  const audiobookFileUploadRef = useRef(null);
 
   const state = String(pipeline?.state || 'IDLE').trim().toUpperCase();
   const currentPipelineJobId = normalizeJobId(pipeline?.activeJobId || pipeline?.context?.jobId);
@@ -2060,13 +2062,8 @@ export default function DashboardPage({
 
       <div className="dashboard-3col-grid">
         <div className="dashboard-col dashboard-col-left">
-          <Card title="Hardware Monitoring" subTitle="CPU (inkl. Temperatur), RAM, GPU und freier Speicher in den konfigurierten Pfaden.">
+          <Card title="Hardware Monitoring">
         <div className="hardware-monitor-head">
-          <Tag
-            value={monitoringState.enabled ? 'Aktiv' : 'Deaktiviert'}
-            severity={monitoringState.enabled ? 'success' : 'secondary'}
-          />
-          <Tag value={`Intervall: ${monitoringState.intervalMs || 0} ms`} severity="info" />
           <Tag value={`Letztes Update: ${formatUpdatedAt(monitoringState.updatedAt)}`} severity="warning" />
         </div>
 
@@ -2494,27 +2491,57 @@ export default function DashboardPage({
 
         <div className="dashboard-col dashboard-col-right">
           <Card title="Audiobook Upload" subTitle="AAX-Datei hochladen, analysieren und danach Format/Qualität vor dem Start auswählen.">
-        <div className="actions-row">
-          <input
-            key={audiobookUploadFile ? `${audiobookUploadFile.name}-${audiobookUploadFile.size}` : 'audiobook-upload-input'}
-            type="file"
-            accept=".aax"
-            onChange={(event) => {
-              const nextFile = event.target?.files?.[0] || null;
-              setAudiobookUploadFile(nextFile);
-            }}
-            disabled={audiobookUploadBusy}
-          />
-          <Button
-            label="Audiobook hochladen"
-            icon="pi pi-upload"
-            onClick={() => {
-              void handleAudiobookUpload();
-            }}
-            loading={audiobookUploadBusy}
-            disabled={!audiobookUploadFile}
-          />
-        </div>
+        <FileUpload
+          ref={audiobookFileUploadRef}
+          accept=".aax"
+          maxFileSize={10737418240}
+          disabled={audiobookUploadBusy}
+          onSelect={(e) => setAudiobookUploadFile(e.files[0] || null)}
+          onClear={() => setAudiobookUploadFile(null)}
+          onRemove={() => setAudiobookUploadFile(null)}
+          chooseLabel="Auswählen"
+          chooseOptions={{ icon: 'pi pi-folder-open' }}
+          cancelOptions={{ icon: 'pi pi-times', className: 'p-button-outlined p-button-secondary' }}
+          headerTemplate={(options) => (
+            <div className="aax-upload-header">
+              {options.chooseButton}
+              {options.cancelButton}
+            </div>
+          )}
+          itemTemplate={(file, options) => (
+            <div className="aax-file-item">
+              <i className="pi pi-headphones aax-file-icon" />
+              <div className="aax-file-info">
+                <span className="aax-file-name" title={file.name}>{file.name}</span>
+                <small>{options.formatSize}</small>
+              </div>
+              <Button
+                label="Hochladen"
+                icon="pi pi-upload"
+                size="small"
+                onClick={() => void handleAudiobookUpload()}
+                loading={audiobookUploadBusy}
+                disabled={audiobookUploadBusy}
+              />
+              <Button
+                icon="pi pi-times"
+                text
+                rounded
+                severity="danger"
+                size="small"
+                onClick={options.onRemove}
+                disabled={audiobookUploadBusy}
+              />
+            </div>
+          )}
+          emptyTemplate={() => (
+            <div className="aax-drop-zone">
+              <i className="pi pi-headphones aax-drop-icon" />
+              <p>AAX-Datei hier ablegen</p>
+              <small>oder oben „Auswählen" klicken</small>
+            </div>
+          )}
+        />
         {audiobookUploadPhase !== 'idle' ? (
           <div className={`audiobook-upload-status tone-${audiobookUploadStatusTone}`}>
             <div className="audiobook-upload-status-head">
@@ -2542,11 +2569,6 @@ export default function DashboardPage({
             </div>
           </div>
         ) : null}
-        <small>
-          {audiobookUploadFileName && audiobookUploadPhase === 'idle'
-            ? `Ausgewählt: ${audiobookUploadFileName}`
-            : 'Unterstützt im MVP: AAX-Upload. Danach erscheint ein eigener Audiobook-Startschritt mit Format- und Qualitätswahl.'}
-        </small>
       </Card>
 
           <Card title="Job Queue" subTitle="Starts werden nach Typ- und Gesamtlimit abgearbeitet. Queue-Elemente können per Drag-and-Drop umsortiert werden.">
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles/app.css b/frontend/src/styles/app.css
index 719f4bd..c7190ed 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles/app.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles/app.css
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ body {
 
 .pipeline-queue-grid {
   display: grid;
-  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
+  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
   gap: 0.75rem;
 }
 
@@ -1112,6 +1112,70 @@ body {
   white-space: normal;
 }
 
+.aax-upload-header {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  padding: 0.5rem 0.75rem;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rip-border);
+  background: var(--rip-panel-soft);
+  border-radius: 0.5rem 0.5rem 0 0;
+}
+
+.aax-drop-zone {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  gap: 0.35rem;
+  padding: 2rem 1rem;
+  text-align: center;
+  color: var(--rip-muted);
+}
+
+.aax-drop-zone p {
+  margin: 0;
+  font-size: 0.95rem;
+}
+
+.aax-drop-zone small {
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+}
+
+.aax-drop-icon {
+  font-size: 2.2rem;
+  color: var(--rip-gold-400);
+}
+
+.aax-file-item {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.65rem;
+  padding: 0.6rem 0.75rem;
+  border-top: 1px solid var(--rip-border);
+}
+
+.aax-file-icon {
+  font-size: 1.4rem;
+  color: var(--rip-brown-600);
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+
+.aax-file-info {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.1rem;
+  min-width: 0;
+  flex: 1;
+}
+
+.aax-file-name {
+  font-size: 0.875rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+}
+
 .audiobook-upload-status {
   margin-top: 0.8rem;
   padding: 0.7rem 0.8rem;
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b2f605c..b788389 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ripster",
-  "version": "0.10.2-4",
+  "version": "0.10.2-5",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ripster",
-      "version": "0.10.2-4",
+      "version": "0.10.2-5",
       "devDependencies": {
         "concurrently": "^9.1.2"
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b0751e0..c99f797 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ripster",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.10.2-4",
+  "version": "0.10.2-5",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "concurrently \"npm run dev --prefix backend\" \"npm run dev --prefix frontend\"",
     "dev:backend": "npm run dev --prefix backend",