diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/builds_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/builds_controller.rb
index c45e9809a83..286950d388e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/builds_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/builds_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class Projects::BuildsController < Projects::ApplicationController
   before_action :build, except: [:index, :cancel_all]
   before_action :authorize_read_build!, except: [:cancel, :cancel_all, :retry]
-  before_action :authorize_update_build!, except: [:index, :show, :status, :raw_trace]
+  before_action :authorize_update_build!, except: [:index, :show, :status, :raw]
   layout 'project'
 
   def index
@@ -63,11 +63,14 @@ class Projects::BuildsController < Projects::ApplicationController
   end
 
   def raw
+    response.headers['Content-Typei'] = 'text/plain'
     if @build.has_trace?
-      render json: { trace_file: @build.path_to_trace }
+      response.headers['X-Sendfile'] = @build.path_to_trace
     else
-      render json: {}, status: 404
+      response.status = 404
     end
+
+    render nothing: true
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index bc48728470f..79b62a0b1bb 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
             post :cancel
             post :retry
             post :erase
-            get :raw, format: false
+            get :raw
           end
 
           resource :artifacts, only: [] do