diff --git a/app/controllers/avo/actions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/avo/actions_controller.rb
index 7ae03803fb..2510ce3fd3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/avo/actions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/avo/actions_controller.rb
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def respond
           when :download
             # Trigger download, removes modal and flash the messages
             render turbo_stream: [
-              turbo_stream.download(content: @response[:path], filename: @response[:filename]),
+              turbo_stream.download(content: Base64.encode64(@response[:path]), filename: @response[:filename]),
               turbo_stream.close_action_modal,
               turbo_stream.flash_alerts
             ]
diff --git a/app/javascript/js/custom-stream-actions.js b/app/javascript/js/custom-stream-actions.js
index 2f10383310..03d346ddd4 100644
--- a/app/javascript/js/custom-stream-actions.js
+++ b/app/javascript/js/custom-stream-actions.js
@@ -16,10 +16,18 @@ StreamActions.open_filter = function () {
 }
 // END TODO: move these to the avo_filters gem
 
+// https://stackoverflow.com/a/77850750/9067704
 StreamActions.download = function () {
+  var byteCharacters = atob(this.getAttribute('content'););
+  var byteNumbers = new Array(byteCharacters.length);
+  for (var i = 0; i < byteCharacters.length; i++) {
+    byteNumbers[i] = byteCharacters.charCodeAt(i);
+  }
+  var byteArray = new Uint8Array(byteNumbers);
+
   saveAs(
     new Blob(
-      [this.getAttribute('content')],
+      [byteArray],
     ),
     this.getAttribute('filename'),
   )
diff --git a/spec/dummy/app/avo/actions/download_file.rb b/spec/dummy/app/avo/actions/download_file.rb
index e6946ea233..501ce98ffc 100644
--- a/spec/dummy/app/avo/actions/download_file.rb
+++ b/spec/dummy/app/avo/actions/download_file.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class Avo::Actions::DownloadFile < Avo::BaseAction
   # TODO: fix fields for actions
   def fields
     field :read_from_file, as: :boolean, name: "Read from file", default: false
+    field :read_from_pdf_file, as: :boolean, name: "Read from PDF file", default: false
   end
 
   def handle(**args)
@@ -15,6 +16,10 @@ def handle(**args)
       file = File.open(Avo::Engine.root.join("spec", "dummy", "dummy-file.txt"))
 
       download file.read, "dummy-file.txt"
+    elsif fields["read_from_pdf_file"]
+      file = File.open(Avo::Engine.root.join("spec", "dummy", "dummy-file.pdf"))
+
+      download file.read, "dummy-file.pdf"
     else
       download "On the fly dummy content.", "dummy-content.txt"
     end
diff --git a/spec/dummy/dummy-file.pdf b/spec/dummy/dummy-file.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..774c2ea70c
Binary files /dev/null and b/spec/dummy/dummy-file.pdf differ
diff --git a/spec/system/avo/actions_spec.rb b/spec/system/avo/actions_spec.rb
index b7f3d52c3e..c2216d24c6 100644
--- a/spec/system/avo/actions_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/avo/actions_spec.rb
@@ -120,6 +120,25 @@
         expect(download.split("/").last).to eq file_name
       end
     end
+
+    context "with File.open().read on pdf" do
+      let(:file_name) { "dummy-file.pdf" }
+
+      it "downloads the file and closes the modal" do
+        visit "/admin/resources/users"
+
+        click_on "Actions"
+        click_on "Download file"
+        check "fields[read_from_pdf_file]"
+        click_on "Run"
+
+        wait_for_download
+
+        expect(downloaded?).to be true
+        expect(download_content).to eq File.read(Rails.root.join(file_name))
+        expect(download.split("/").last).to eq file_name
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe "default values" do