diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/projects/code_checks_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/projects/code_checks_controller.rb
index bec94bef8..58d7d3d2e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/projects/code_checks_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/projects/code_checks_controller.rb
@@ -98,20 +98,20 @@ class Api::V1::Projects::CodeChecksController < Api::V1::BaseController
   end
 
   def query_generate_pdf
-    result = @client.query_generate_pdf(params[:async_job_id])
-    send_data(
-      result[:data],
-      filename: result[:filename],
-      type: result[:content_type],
-      disposition: "attachment"
-    )
+    @result = @client.query_generate_pdf(params[:async_job_id])
+    render :index
   end
 
   def download_pdf
     allowed_query = %w[job_file]
     query_params, _ = filter_params(allowed_query_keys: allowed_query)
     @result = @client.download_pdf(query_params)
-    render :index
+    send_data(
+      @result[:data],
+      filename: @result[:filename],
+      type: @result[:content_type],
+      disposition: "attachment"
+    )
   end
 
   private