diff --git a/orcid-api-common/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/common/writer/rdf/RDFMessageBodyWriter.java b/orcid-api-common/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/common/writer/rdf/RDFMessageBodyWriter.java
index b238f6498a1..dffa7c41ebf 100644
--- a/orcid-api-common/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/common/writer/rdf/RDFMessageBodyWriter.java
+++ b/orcid-api-common/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/common/writer/rdf/RDFMessageBodyWriter.java
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ public void writeTo(OrcidMessage xml, Class<?> type, Type genericType, Annotatio
                     person.addProperty(familyName, personalDetails.getFamilyName().getContent());
                 }
                 
-                if (mediaType.toString().contains(APPLICATION_RDFXML)) {
+                MediaType rdfXml = new MediaType("application", "rdf+xml");
+                if (mediaType.isCompatible(rdfXml)) {
                     m.write(entityStream); 
                 } else {
                     // Must be Turtle or N3 then?