diff --git a/src/backend/app/main.py b/src/backend/app/main.py
index e50e3d070c..b45e5640ed 100644
--- a/src/backend/app/main.py
+++ b/src/backend/app/main.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Request
 from fastapi.exceptions import RequestValidationError
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
-from fastapi.responses import FileResponse, HTMLResponse, JSONResponse, RedirectResponse
+from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, JSONResponse, RedirectResponse
 from loguru import logger as log
 from osm_fieldwork.xlsforms import xlsforms_path
 
diff --git a/src/backend/app/projects/project_routes.py b/src/backend/app/projects/project_routes.py
index 8f33360db0..fc157fbb33 100644
--- a/src/backend/app/projects/project_routes.py
+++ b/src/backend/app/projects/project_routes.py
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ async def get_task_status(
 from ..static import data_path
 
 
-@router.post("/templates")
+@router.get("/templates/")
 async def get_template_file(
     file_type: str = Query(
         ..., enum=["data_extracts", "form"], description="Choose file type"