diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f468441..8258051 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.5.1 (2024-01-15)
+==================
+* Revised upload methods
+
 0.5.0 (2025-01-13)
 ==================
 * Refactored upload logic out of view code
diff --git a/s3sign/utils.py b/s3sign/utils.py
index fb3d8c1..72d726e 100644
--- a/s3sign/utils.py
+++ b/s3sign/utils.py
@@ -1,8 +1,22 @@
 import logging
+import os
+import uuid
 from botocore.config import Config
 from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
 
 
+DEFAULT_AWS_REGION = 'us-east-1'
+PATH_STRING = (
+    '{root}{now.year:04d}/{now.month:02d}/'
+    '{now.day:02d}/{basename}{extension}')
+
+
+def get_object_name(now, extension, root=''):
+    basename = str(uuid.uuid4())
+    return PATH_STRING.format(
+        now=now, basename=basename, extension=extension, root=root)
+
+
 s3_config = Config(
     signature_version='s3v4',
     s3={'addressing_style': 'path'},
@@ -103,10 +117,37 @@ def create_presigned_post(s3_client, bucket_name, object_name,
     return response
 
 
-def upload_file(
+def upload_file(s3_client, file_name, bucket, object_name=None) -> bool:
+    """Upload a file to an S3 bucket
+
+    :param file_name: File to upload
+    :param bucket: Bucket to upload to
+    :param object_name: S3 object name. If not specified then file_name is used
+    :return: True if file was uploaded, else False
+    """
+
+    # If S3 object_name was not specified, use file_name
+    if object_name is None:
+        object_name = os.path.basename(file_name)
+
+    # Upload the file
+    try:
+        s3_client.upload_file(file_name, bucket, object_name)
+    except ClientError as e:
+        logging.error(e)
+        return False
+
+    return True
+
+
+def prepare_presigned_post(
         s3_client, bucket, mime_type, object_name,
         max_file_size, acl, expiration_time, private
 ) -> dict:
+    """
+    Prepare data necessary to make a POST request to upload a file to
+    S3 from JavaScript.
+    """
     S3_BUCKET = bucket
 
     url = 'https://{}.s3.amazonaws.com/{}'.format(
diff --git a/s3sign/views.py b/s3sign/views.py
index f0f987c..238baf5 100644
--- a/s3sign/views.py
+++ b/s3sign/views.py
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@
 from django.views.generic import View
 from django.utils import timezone
 
-from s3sign.utils import s3_config, upload_file
-
-
-DEFAULT_AWS_REGION = 'us-east-1'
+from s3sign.utils import (
+    DEFAULT_AWS_REGION, s3_config, prepare_presigned_post
+)
 
 
 class SignS3View(View):
@@ -129,7 +128,7 @@ def get(self, request):
                 aws_secret_access_key=self.get_aws_secret_key()
             )
 
-        data = upload_file(
+        data = prepare_presigned_post(
             self.s3_client, self.get_bucket(), self.get_mimetype(request),
             self.get_object_name(request), self.max_file_size, self.acl,
             self.get_expiration_time(), self.private)