diff --git a/src/frontend/src/backend.js b/src/frontend/src/backend.js
index 5f77966..f1d1007 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/backend.js
+++ b/src/frontend/src/backend.js
@@ -29,13 +29,24 @@ const performDownload = async (url, expectResponse = true, expectedException = n
         method: 'GET',
     };
 
-    const request = {url: url, params: params, expectResponse: expectResponse, expectedException: expectedException};
+    const request = {url: url, params: params, expectResponse: expectResponse, expectedException: expectedException, type: 'blob'};
     logger.info("Request:", request);
 
-    const processId = await executeRequest(null, request);
+    const blob = await executeRequest(null, request);
 
-    logger.info("Response:", processId);
-    return processId;
+
+    const downloadUrl = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+
+    // Create temporary link element and trigger download
+    const link = document.createElement('a');
+    link.href = downloadUrl;
+    link.download = `export.xlsx`; // or get filename from response headers
+    document.body.appendChild(link);
+    link.click();
+
+    // Clean up
+    document.body.removeChild(link);
+    window.URL.revokeObjectURL(downloadUrl);
 }
 
 const performUpload = async (url, file, expectResponse = true, expectedException = null) => {
@@ -95,7 +106,14 @@ const executeRequest = async (requestingStore, request) => {
 
     let data = null;
     if (request.expectResponse) {
-        data = await response.json().catch(e => {
+        try {
+            if (request.type === 'blob' && response.ok) {
+                data = await response.blob();
+            } else {
+                data = await response.json();
+            }
+
+        } catch (e) {
             const error = {
                 code: 'Malformed response',
                 message: "Malformed server response. Please contact support.",
@@ -106,7 +124,7 @@ const executeRequest = async (requestingStore, request) => {
             const errorStore = useErrorStore();
             void errorStore.addError(error, {store: requestingStore, request: request});
             throw e;
-        });
+        }
 
         if (!response.ok) {
             handleErrorResponse(data, requestingStore, request);
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/components/layout/config/BulkOperations.vue b/src/frontend/src/components/layout/config/BulkOperations.vue
index 5fa2fc8..d274548 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/components/layout/config/BulkOperations.vue
+++ b/src/frontend/src/components/layout/config/BulkOperations.vue
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
             <div class="bulk-operation-header">Export</div>
             <div class="bulk-operation-caption">type</div>
             <div class="bulk-operation-data">
-              <radio-option name="export-type" value="empty" v-model="exportType">empty template</radio-option>
-              <radio-option name="export-type" value="full" v-model="exportType">full data export</radio-option>
+              <radio-option name="export-type" value="templates" v-model="exportType">empty template</radio-option>
+              <radio-option name="export-type" value="download" v-model="exportType">full data export</radio-option>
             </div>
             <div class="bulk-operation-caption">dataset</div>
             <div class="bulk-operation-data">
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export default {
   components: {RadioOption, BasicButton, Box},
   data() {
     return {
-      exportType: "empty",
+      exportType: "templates",
       exportDataset: "NODE",
       importDataset: "NODE",
       importType: "APPEND",
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ export default {
   },
   methods: {
     async downloadFile() {
-      const url = `${config.backendUrl}/bulk/upload/${this.exportDataset}/${this.exportType}/`
 
+      const url = `${config.backendUrl}/bulk/${this.exportType}/${this.exportDataset}/`
       this.processId = await performDownload(url);
     },
     inputFile(event) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/avatic/lcc/controller/bulk/BulkOperationController.java b/src/main/java/de/avatic/lcc/controller/bulk/BulkOperationController.java
index 3073d32..60b7bc5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/avatic/lcc/controller/bulk/BulkOperationController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/avatic/lcc/controller/bulk/BulkOperationController.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class BulkOperationController {
      * @param id The unique identifier of the operation (processing_id) to check its status.
      * @return A ResponseEntity with the bulk processing status payload.
      */
-    @GetMapping("/status/{processing_id}")
+    @GetMapping({"/status/{processing_id}","/status/{processing_id}/"})
     public ResponseEntity<BulkStatus> getUploadStatus(@PathVariable("processing_id") Integer id) {
         return ResponseEntity.ok(bulkProcessingService.getStatus(id));
     }
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class BulkOperationController {
      * specifying it as a downloadable file.
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the file type is invalid.
      */
-    @GetMapping("/templates/{type}")
+    @GetMapping({"/templates/{type}","/templates/{type}/"})
     public ResponseEntity<InputStreamResource> generateTemplate(@PathVariable BulkFileType type) {
         HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
         headers.add("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=lcc_template_" + type.name().toLowerCase() + ".xlsx");
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class BulkOperationController {
      * The file is served as an Excel document, with proper headers for download.
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the provided file type is not supported.
      */
-    @GetMapping("/download/{type}")
+    @GetMapping({"/download/{type}", "/download/{type}/"})
     public ResponseEntity<InputStreamResource> downloadFile(@PathVariable BulkFileType type) throws IOException {
         HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
         headers.add("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=lcc_export_" + type.name().toLowerCase() + ".xlsx");
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class BulkOperationController {
      * The file is served as an Excel document, with appropriate headers for download.
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the file type or validity period ID is invalid.
      */
-    @GetMapping("/download/{type}/{validity_period_id}")
+    @GetMapping({"/download/{type}/{validity_period_id}","/download/{type}/{validity_period_id}/"})
     public ResponseEntity<InputStreamResource> downloadFile(@PathVariable BulkFileType type, @PathVariable("validity_period_id") Integer validityPeriodId) throws IOException {
         HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
         headers.add("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=lcc_export_" + type.name().toLowerCase() + ".xlsx");