diff --git a/app/controllers/Export.scala b/app/controllers/Export.scala
index bcf3db57de..254041cc27 100644
--- a/app/controllers/Export.scala
+++ b/app/controllers/Export.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ object Export extends LilaController {
           asImported = get("as") contains "imported",
           asRaw = get("as").contains("raw")) map { content =>
             Ok(content).withHeaders(
-              CONTENT_TYPE -> ContentTypes.TEXT,
+              CONTENT_TYPE -> pgnContentType,
               CONTENT_DISPOSITION -> ("attachment; filename=" + (Env.api.pgnDump filename game)))
           } recover {
             case err => NotFound(err.getMessage)
diff --git a/app/controllers/Game.scala b/app/controllers/Game.scala
index 423773f658..2a1fba0d13 100644
--- a/app/controllers/Game.scala
+++ b/app/controllers/Game.scala
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ object Game extends LilaController {
             import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormat
             val date = (DateTimeFormat forPattern "yyyy-MM-dd") print new DateTime
             Ok.chunked(Env.api.pgnDump exportUserGames userId).withHeaders(
-              CONTENT_TYPE -> ContentTypes.TEXT,
+              CONTENT_TYPE -> pgnContentType,
               CONTENT_DISPOSITION -> ("attachment; filename=" + s"lichess_${me.username}_$date.pgn"))
           })
       else notFound
diff --git a/app/controllers/LilaController.scala b/app/controllers/LilaController.scala
index b6fe4acac1..b50b479ff5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/LilaController.scala
+++ b/app/controllers/LilaController.scala
@@ -386,4 +386,6 @@ private[controllers] trait LilaController
 
   protected def errorsAsJson(form: play.api.data.Form[_])(implicit lang: play.api.i18n.Messages) =
     lila.common.Form errorsAsJson form
+
+  protected val pgnContentType = "application/x-chess-pgn"
 }
diff --git a/app/controllers/Search.scala b/app/controllers/Search.scala
index 25d032b56c..02fd0185e7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/Search.scala
+++ b/app/controllers/Search.scala
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ object Search extends LilaController {
             import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormat
             val date = (DateTimeFormat forPattern "yyyy-MM-dd") print DateTime.now
             Ok.chunked(Env.api.pgnDump exportGamesFromIds ids).withHeaders(
-              CONTENT_TYPE -> ContentTypes.TEXT,
+              CONTENT_TYPE -> pgnContentType,
               CONTENT_DISPOSITION -> ("attachment; filename=" + s"lichess_search_$date.pgn"))
           }
         }
diff --git a/app/controllers/Study.scala b/app/controllers/Study.scala
index ea5ac06c19..a448c18518 100644
--- a/app/controllers/Study.scala
+++ b/app/controllers/Study.scala
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ object Study extends LilaController {
             lila.mon.export.pgn.study()
             env.pgnDump(study) map { pgns =>
               Ok(pgns.mkString("\n\n\n")).withHeaders(
-                CONTENT_TYPE -> ContentTypes.TEXT,
+                CONTENT_TYPE -> pgnContentType,
                 CONTENT_DISPOSITION -> ("attachment; filename=" + (env.pgnDump filename study)))
             }
           }
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ object Study extends LilaController {
             lila.mon.export.pgn.studyChapter()
             env.pgnDump.ofChapter(study, chapter) map { pgn =>
               Ok(pgn.toString).withHeaders(
-                CONTENT_TYPE -> ContentTypes.TEXT,
+                CONTENT_TYPE -> pgnContentType,
                 CONTENT_DISPOSITION -> ("attachment; filename=" + (env.pgnDump.filename(study, chapter))))
             }
           }