diff --git a/packages/web-app-pdf-viewer/src/App.vue b/packages/web-app-pdf-viewer/src/App.vue
index 80c0d336260..1a72ccdbb72 100644
--- a/packages/web-app-pdf-viewer/src/App.vue
+++ b/packages/web-app-pdf-viewer/src/App.vue
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ export default defineComponent({
       try {
         this.loading = true
         this.resource = await this.getFileResource(fileContext.path)
-        this.url = await this.getUrlForResource(this.resource)
+        this.url = await this.getUrlForResource(this.resource, {
+          disposition: 'inline'
+        })
       } catch (e) {
         this.loadingError = true
         console.error('Error fetching pdf', e)
diff --git a/packages/web-pkg/src/composables/appDefaults/useAppFileHandling.ts b/packages/web-pkg/src/composables/appDefaults/useAppFileHandling.ts
index d70de1a3d3c..747123efc9f 100644
--- a/packages/web-pkg/src/composables/appDefaults/useAppFileHandling.ts
+++ b/packages/web-pkg/src/composables/appDefaults/useAppFileHandling.ts
@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@ export function useAppFileHandling({
 
   const getUrlForResource = async (
     { webDavPath, downloadURL }: Resource,
-    options: { signUrlTimeout?: number } = {}
+    options: { disposition?: 'inline' | 'attachment', signUrlTimeout?: number } = {}
   ) => {
     const signUrlTimeout = options.signUrlTimeout || 86400
+    const inlineDisposition = (options.disposition || 'attachment') === 'inline'
+
     let signed = true
-    if (!downloadURL) {
+    if (!downloadURL && !inlineDisposition) {
       // TODO: check whether we can fix the resource to always contain public-files in the webDavPath
       let urlPath
       if (unref(isPublicLinkContext)) {
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ export function useAppFileHandling({
     // const combinedQuery = [queryStr, signedQuery].filter(Boolean).join('&')
     // downloadURL = [url, combinedQuery].filter(Boolean).join('?')
 
-    if (!signed) {
+    if (!signed || inlineDisposition) {
       const response = await getFileContents(webDavPath, {
         responseType: 'blob'
       })