diff --git a/src/routes/backups.js b/src/routes/backups.js
index 54550b537..f87934367 100644
--- a/src/routes/backups.js
+++ b/src/routes/backups.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 exports = module.exports = {
     get: get,
     create: create,
-    download: download
+    createDownloadUrl: createDownloadUrl
 };
 
 var assert = require('assert'),
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function create(req, res, next) {
     });
 }
 
-function download(req, res, next) {
+function createDownloadUrl(req, res, next) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof req.params.backupId, 'string');
 
     backups.getRestoreUrl(req.params.backupId, function (error, result) {
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index f746747d4..22479c49e 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ function initializeExpressSync() {
     // backup routes
     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.get ('/api/v1/backups/:backupId', appsScope, routes.user.requireAdmin, routes.backups.download);
+    router.post('/api/v1/backups/:backupId/download_url', appsScope, routes.user.requireAdmin, routes.backups.createDownloadUrl);
 
     // 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)