diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index a8cb6ef0d..61787b129 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ function initializeExpressSync() {
     router.get ('/api/v1/backups', settingsScope, routes.user.requireAdmin, routes.backups.get);
     router.post('/api/v1/backups', settingsScope, routes.user.requireAdmin, routes.backups.create);
     router.post('/api/v1/backups/:backupId/download_url', appsScope, routes.user.requireAdmin, routes.backups.createDownloadUrl);
-    router.post('/api/v1/backups/:backupId/download', appsScope, routes.user.requireAdmin, routes.backups.download);
+    router.get ('/api/v1/backups/:backupId/download', appsScope, routes.user.requireAdmin, routes.backups.download);
 
     // disable server socket "idle" timeout. we use the timeout middleware to handle timeouts on a route level
     // we rely on nginx for timeouts on the TCP level (see client_header_timeout)