diff --git a/webapp/src/components/App/Singlestudy/explore/Debug/Data/Json.tsx b/webapp/src/components/App/Singlestudy/explore/Debug/Data/Json.tsx
index 6f04cb26f1..5df699950b 100644
--- a/webapp/src/components/App/Singlestudy/explore/Debug/Data/Json.tsx
+++ b/webapp/src/components/App/Singlestudy/explore/Debug/Data/Json.tsx
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ function Json({ filePath, filename, studyId, canEdit }: DataCompProps) {
   ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
   const handleDownload = async () => {
-    const { data, filename } = await getRawFile({ studyId, path: filePath });
-    downloadFile(data, filename);
+    const file = await getRawFile({ studyId, path: filePath });
+    downloadFile(file, file.name);
   };
 
   const handleSave: JSONEditorProps["onSave"] = (json) => {
diff --git a/webapp/src/components/App/Singlestudy/explore/Debug/Data/Text.tsx b/webapp/src/components/App/Singlestudy/explore/Debug/Data/Text.tsx
index 3ea722e4d9..1ee8be74c0 100644
--- a/webapp/src/components/App/Singlestudy/explore/Debug/Data/Text.tsx
+++ b/webapp/src/components/App/Singlestudy/explore/Debug/Data/Text.tsx
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ function Text({
   ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
   const handleDownload = async () => {
-    const { data, filename } = await getRawFile({ studyId, path: filePath });
-    downloadFile(data, filename);
+    const file = await getRawFile({ studyId, path: filePath });
+    downloadFile(file, file.name);
   };
 
   const handleUploadSuccessful = () => {
diff --git a/webapp/src/components/App/Singlestudy/explore/Debug/Data/Unsupported.tsx b/webapp/src/components/App/Singlestudy/explore/Debug/Data/Unsupported.tsx
index c56c9f89d2..81307a4edf 100644
--- a/webapp/src/components/App/Singlestudy/explore/Debug/Data/Unsupported.tsx
+++ b/webapp/src/components/App/Singlestudy/explore/Debug/Data/Unsupported.tsx
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ function Unsupported({ studyId, filePath, filename, canEdit }: DataCompProps) {
   ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
   const handleDownload = async () => {
-    const { data, filename } = await getRawFile({ studyId, path: filePath });
-    downloadFile(data, filename);
+    const file = await getRawFile({ studyId, path: filePath });
+    downloadFile(file, file.name);
   };
 
   ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/webapp/src/components/common/buttons/DownloadMatrixButton.tsx b/webapp/src/components/common/buttons/DownloadMatrixButton.tsx
index 30e4db88b0..b50e3e81da 100644
--- a/webapp/src/components/common/buttons/DownloadMatrixButton.tsx
+++ b/webapp/src/components/common/buttons/DownloadMatrixButton.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import DownloadButton from "./DownloadButton";
 import type { TTableExportFormat } from "@/services/api/studies/raw/types";
 
+type ExportFormat = TTableExportFormat | "raw";
+
 export interface DownloadMatrixButtonProps {
   studyId: StudyMetadata["id"];
   path: string;
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ function DownloadMatrixButton(props: DownloadMatrixButtonProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const { studyId, path, disabled, label = t("global.export") } = props;
 
-  const options: Array<{ label: string; value: TTableExportFormat }> = [
+  const options: Array<{ label: string; value: ExportFormat }> = [
     { label: "CSV", value: "csv" },
     {
       label: `CSV (${t("global.semicolon").toLowerCase()})`,
@@ -45,14 +47,14 @@ function DownloadMatrixButton(props: DownloadMatrixButtonProps) {
   // Event Handlers
   ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-  const handleDownload = async (format: TTableExportFormat) => {
+  const handleDownload = async (format: ExportFormat) => {
     if (!path) {
       return;
     }
 
     if (format === "raw") {
-      const { data, filename } = await getRawFile({ studyId, path });
-      return downloadFile(data, filename);
+      const file = await getRawFile({ studyId, path });
+      return downloadFile(file, file.name);
     }
 
     const isXlsx = format === "xlsx";
diff --git a/webapp/src/services/api/studies/raw/constants.ts b/webapp/src/services/api/studies/raw/constants.ts
index d4a701d611..9481e0557c 100644
--- a/webapp/src/services/api/studies/raw/constants.ts
+++ b/webapp/src/services/api/studies/raw/constants.ts
@@ -18,5 +18,4 @@ export const TableExportFormat = {
   TSV: "tsv",
   CSV: "csv",
   CSV_SEMICOLON: "csv (semicolon)",
-  RAW: "raw",
 } as const;
diff --git a/webapp/src/services/api/studies/raw/index.ts b/webapp/src/services/api/studies/raw/index.ts
index 4e2938c4a6..663877aafc 100644
--- a/webapp/src/services/api/studies/raw/index.ts
+++ b/webapp/src/services/api/studies/raw/index.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import type {
   DeleteFileParams,
   GetMatrixFileParams,
   GetRawFileParams,
-  RawFile,
   UploadFileParams,
 } from "./types";
 
@@ -94,10 +93,10 @@ export async function deleteFile(params: DeleteFileParams) {
  * @param params.path - Path to the file within the study
  * @returns Promise containing the file data and metadata
  */
-export async function getRawFile(params: GetRawFileParams): Promise<RawFile> {
+export async function getRawFile(params: GetRawFileParams) {
   const { studyId, path } = params;
 
-  const { data, headers } = await client.get<RawFile["data"]>(
+  const { data, headers } = await client.get<File>(
     `/v1/studies/${studyId}/raw/original-file`,
     {
       params: {
@@ -119,8 +118,8 @@ export async function getRawFile(params: GetRawFileParams): Promise<RawFile> {
     }
   }
 
-  return {
-    data,
-    filename,
-  };
+  return new File([data], filename, {
+    type: data.type, // Preserve the MIME type from the Blob
+    lastModified: new Date().getTime(),
+  });
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/services/api/studies/raw/types.ts b/webapp/src/services/api/studies/raw/types.ts
index 13bece37f8..c74958c376 100644
--- a/webapp/src/services/api/studies/raw/types.ts
+++ b/webapp/src/services/api/studies/raw/types.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,3 @@ export interface GetRawFileParams {
   studyId: string;
   path: string;
 }
-export interface RawFile {
-  data: Blob;
-  filename: string;
-}