diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/user/messages/Home.vue b/frontend/src/pages/user/messages/Home.vue
index 93ed3c6..d2f7a12 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/user/messages/Home.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/user/messages/Home.vue
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ export default {
     conversations(n_val) {
       console.log('nval', n_val, this.selConversation, n_val[0]?.messages)
       if (!this.selConversation && n_val[0]) {
-        this.selConversation = n_val[0]
-        this.messages = n_val[0].messages || []
+        this.selectConversation(n_val[0])
         this.clearUnreadMessageBy(n_val[0])
       } else {
         if (n_val?.[0] && this.selConversation?.id === n_val?.[0]?.id) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/user/requests/Home.vue b/frontend/src/pages/user/requests/Home.vue
index 4277a66..9d1807f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/user/requests/Home.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/user/requests/Home.vue
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
                     </button>
                     <button
                       class="btn btn-link"
-                      @click="downloadAttachedFile(request.id, file.document_id)"
+                      @click="downloadAttachedFile(request.id, file.document_id, file.file_name)"
                     >
                       {{ $t('Download') }}{{ file.file_name }}
                     </button>
@@ -279,25 +279,37 @@ export default {
         })
     },
     downloadAttachedFile(request_id, document_id) {
-      WorksapceApi.fetchAttachedFileAsDownload(request_id, document_id)
-        .then((response) => {
-          // create file link in browser's memory
-          const href = URL.createObjectURL(response.data)
 
-          // create "a" HTML element with href to file & click
-          const link = document.createElement('a')
-          link.href = href
-          link.setAttribute('download', 'file.pdf') //or any other extension
-          document.body.appendChild(link)
-          link.click()
+      window.open(`http://${window.location.host}/api/workspace/request/fetch-attached-file-as-download?request_id=${request_id}&document_id=${document_id}`)
 
-          // clean up "a" element & remove ObjectURL
-          document.body.removeChild(link)
-          URL.revokeObjectURL(href) //TODO: navigate to the preview page
-        })
-        .catch((error) => {
-          this.mnx_backendErrorHandler(error)
-        })
+      // const link = document.createElement('a')
+      // link.href = `${window.location.host}/api/workspace/request/fetch-attached-file-as-download?request_id=${request_id}&document_id=${document_id}`
+      // link.download = file_name
+      // link.target = '_blank'
+      // document.body.appendChild(link)
+      // link.click()
+      // document.body.removeChild(link)
+
+      // WorksapceApi.fetchAttachedFileAsDownload(request_id, document_id)
+      //   .then((response) => {
+      //     // create file link in browser's memory
+      //     const href = URL.createObjectURL(response.data)
+
+      //     // create "a" HTML element with href to file & click
+      //     const link = document.createElement('a')
+      //     link.href = href
+      //     link.setAttribute('download', 'file.pdf') //or any other extension
+      //     link.setAttribute('_')
+      //     document.body.appendChild(link)
+      //     link.click()
+
+      //     // clean up "a" element & remove ObjectURL
+      //     document.body.removeChild(link)
+      //     URL.revokeObjectURL(href) //TODO: navigate to the preview page
+      //   })
+      //   .catch((error) => {
+      //     this.mnx_backendErrorHandler(error)
+      //   })
     }
   }
 }