diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreemarkerHttpServlet.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreemarkerHttpServlet.java
index e1e27b5f9..e9c4d7bd9 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreemarkerHttpServlet.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreemarkerHttpServlet.java
@@ -281,8 +281,13 @@ public class FreemarkerHttpServlet extends VitroHttpServlet {
     protected void doRedirect(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, ResponseValues values) 
         throws ServletException, IOException { 
         String redirectUrl = values.getRedirectUrl();
-        setResponseStatus(response, values.getStatusCode());
-        response.sendRedirect(redirectUrl);        
+        if( values.getStatusCode() == 0 || values.getStatusCode() == response.SC_FOUND ){
+            setResponseStatus(response, values.getStatusCode());
+            response.sendRedirect(redirectUrl);
+        }else{
+            response.setStatus(values.getStatusCode());
+            response.setHeader("Location", redirectUrl);
+        }
     }
     
     private void setResponseStatus(HttpServletResponse response, int statusCode) {
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/IndividualController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/IndividualController.java
index 6f911c94f..810900921 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/IndividualController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/IndividualController.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public class IndividualController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
 	        // If this is an uploaded file, redirect to its "alias URL".
 	        String aliasUrl = getAliasUrlForBytestreamIndividual(vreq, individual);
 	        if (aliasUrl != null) {
-	        	return new RedirectResponseValues(aliasUrl);
+	            return new RedirectResponseValues(aliasUrl, HttpServletResponse.SC_SEE_OTHER);	            
 	        }
 
 	        Map<String, Object> body = new HashMap<String, Object>();