diff --git a/edivorce/apps/core/urls.py b/edivorce/apps/core/urls.py
index c3307f83..62284f2e 100644
--- a/edivorce/apps/core/urls.py
+++ b/edivorce/apps/core/urls.py
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ urlpatterns = [
     # url(r'^guide$', styleguide.guide),
     url(r'^api/response$', api.UserResponseHandler.as_view()),
     url(r'^api/documents/$', api.DocumentCreateView.as_view(), name='documents'),
-    # path('api/documents/<doc_type>/<int:party_code>/', api.DocumentMetaDataView.as_view(), name='documents-meta'),
-    path('api/documents/<doc_type>/<int:party_code>/<filename>x/<int:size>/', api.DocumentView.as_view(), name='document'),
     path('api/documents/<file_key>/', api.get_document_file_by_key, name='document_by_key'),
 
+    # we add an extra 'x' to the file extension so the siteminder proxy doesn't treat it as an image
+    path('api/documents/<doc_type>/<int:party_code>/<filename>x/<int:size>/', api.DocumentView.as_view(), name='document'),    
+
     # url(r'^login/headers$', system.headers),
 
     url(r'^login$', main.login, name="login"),
diff --git a/edivorce/apps/core/views/api.py b/edivorce/apps/core/views/api.py
index 4c46b077..cfc85f4f 100644
--- a/edivorce/apps/core/views/api.py
+++ b/edivorce/apps/core/views/api.py
@@ -60,16 +60,6 @@ class DocumentCreateView(CreateAPIView):
     queryset = Document.objects.all()
 
 
-#class DocumentMetaDataView(ListAPIView):
-#    serializer_class = DocumentMetadataSerializer
-#    permission_classes = [permissions.IsAuthenticated]
-#
-#    def get_queryset(self):
-#        doc_type = self.kwargs['doc_type']
-#        party_code = self.kwargs['party_code']
-#        return Document.objects.filter(doc_type=doc_type, party_code=party_code, bceid_user=self.request.user).order_by('sort_order')
-
-
 class DocumentView(RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
     serializer_class = DocumentMetadataSerializer
     permission_classes = [permissions.IsAuthenticated]
diff --git a/vue/src/components/Uploader/Uploader.vue b/vue/src/components/Uploader/Uploader.vue
index 1d0821db..b5ca1366 100644
--- a/vue/src/components/Uploader/Uploader.vue
+++ b/vue/src/components/Uploader/Uploader.vue
@@ -262,7 +262,8 @@ export default {
     remove(file) {
       const urlbase =  `${this.$parent.proxyRootPath}api/documents`;
       const encFilename = encodeURIComponent(file.name);
-      const url = `${urlbase}/${this.docType}/${this.party}/${file.size}/${encFilename}`;
+      // we add an extra 'x' to the file extension so the siteminder proxy doesn't treat it as an image
+      const url = `${urlbase}/${this.docType}/${this.party}/${encFilename}x/${file.size}/`;
       axios.delete(url)
           .then(response => {
               var pos = this.files.findIndex(f => f.docType === file.docType && f.size === file.size);
@@ -371,7 +372,8 @@ export default {
                 error: false,
                 success: true,
                 progress: '100.00',
-                objectURL: `${this.$parent.proxyRootPath}api/documents/${this.docType}/${this.party}/${doc.size}/${doc.filename}`
+                // we add an extra 'x' to the file extension so the siteminder proxy doesn't treat it as an image
+                objectURL: `${this.$parent.proxyRootPath}api/documents/${this.docType}/${this.party}/${doc.filename}x/${doc.size}/`
               });
             });
         })