diff --git a/basyx.submodelrepository/basyx.submodelrepository-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelrepository/http/SubmodelRepositoryApiHTTPController.java b/basyx.submodelrepository/basyx.submodelrepository-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelrepository/http/SubmodelRepositoryApiHTTPController.java
index c6039bdb5..2fb171111 100644
--- a/basyx.submodelrepository/basyx.submodelrepository-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelrepository/http/SubmodelRepositoryApiHTTPController.java
+++ b/basyx.submodelrepository/basyx.submodelrepository-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelrepository/http/SubmodelRepositoryApiHTTPController.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
@@ -214,7 +215,11 @@ public ResponseEntity<Submodel> getSubmodelByIdMetadata(Base64UrlEncodedIdentifi
 	public ResponseEntity<Resource> getFileByPath(Base64UrlEncodedIdentifier submodelIdentifier, String idShortPath) {
 		Resource resource = new FileSystemResource(repository.getFileByPathSubmodel(submodelIdentifier.getIdentifier(), idShortPath));
 
-		return new ResponseEntity<Resource>(resource, HttpStatus.OK);
+	    String fileName = resource.getFilename();
+		
+	    return ResponseEntity.ok()
+	            .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_DISPOSITION, "attachment; filename=\"" + fileName + "\"")
+	            .body(resource);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/basyx.submodelrepository/basyx.submodelrepository-http/src/test/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelrepository/http/SubmodelRepositorySubmodelHTTPTestSuite.java b/basyx.submodelrepository/basyx.submodelrepository-http/src/test/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelrepository/http/SubmodelRepositorySubmodelHTTPTestSuite.java
index 4bc035603..019f099a8 100644
--- a/basyx.submodelrepository/basyx.submodelrepository-http/src/test/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelrepository/http/SubmodelRepositorySubmodelHTTPTestSuite.java
+++ b/basyx.submodelrepository/basyx.submodelrepository-http/src/test/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelrepository/http/SubmodelRepositorySubmodelHTTPTestSuite.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.HttpClients;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.ContentType;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.Header;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.ParseException;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.ProtocolException;
@@ -355,6 +357,7 @@ public void deleteFileFromNotExistElement() throws FileNotFoundException, Unsupp
 	@Test
 	public void getFile() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, ParseException {
 		String fileName = DummySubmodelFactory.FILE_NAME;
+		String expectedFileName = Base64UrlEncodedIdentifier.encodeIdentifier(DummySubmodelFactory.SUBMODEL_FOR_FILE_TEST) + "-" + DummySubmodelFactory.SUBMODEL_ELEMENT_FILE_ID_SHORT + "-" + fileName;
 		
 		byte[] expectedFile = readBytesFromClasspath(fileName);
 		
@@ -363,6 +366,14 @@ public void getFile() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, ParseException
 		CloseableHttpResponse response = BaSyxHttpTestUtils.executeGetOnURL(createSMEFileGetURL(DummySubmodelFactory.SUBMODEL_FOR_FILE_TEST, DummySubmodelFactory.SUBMODEL_ELEMENT_FILE_ID_SHORT));
 		assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK.value(), response.getCode());
 
+	    Header contentDispositionHeader = response.getFirstHeader("Content-Disposition");
+	    assertNotNull(contentDispositionHeader);
+
+	    String contentDisposition = contentDispositionHeader.getValue();
+	    String actualFileName = extractFileNameFromContentDisposition(contentDisposition);
+
+	    assertEquals(expectedFileName, actualFileName);
+
         byte[] actualFile = EntityUtils.toByteArray(response.getEntity());
         
         response.close();
@@ -384,6 +395,16 @@ public void getFileFromNotExistElement() throws FileNotFoundException, Unsupport
 		assertEquals(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND.value(), response.getCode());
 	}
 	
+	private String extractFileNameFromContentDisposition(String contentDisposition) {
+	    for (String part : contentDisposition.split(";")) {
+	        part = part.trim();
+	        if (part.startsWith("filename")) {
+	            return part.split("=")[1].replace("\"", "").trim();
+	        }
+	    }
+	    return null;
+	}
+	
 	private String getJSONWithoutCursorInfo(String response) throws JsonMappingException, JsonProcessingException {
 		return BaSyxHttpTestUtils.removeCursorFromJSON(response);
 	}