diff --git a/webApp/src/main/scala/wust/webApp/views/DownloadHelper.scala b/webApp/src/main/scala/wust/webApp/views/DownloadHelper.scala
index 4a8a032bd..7510f72ff 100644
--- a/webApp/src/main/scala/wust/webApp/views/DownloadHelper.scala
+++ b/webApp/src/main/scala/wust/webApp/views/DownloadHelper.scala
@@ -2,8 +2,22 @@ package wust.webApp.views
 
 import org.scalajs.dom
 import scala.scalajs.js
+import scala.scalajs.js.JSConverters._
 
 object DownloadHelper {
+
+  // type: is type of data, e.g. text/csv, application/json
+  // endings: 'transparent' (keep lineendings as is) or 'native' (convert to system lineendings)
+  def promptDownload(fileName: String, data: String, `type`: Option[String] = None, endings: Option[String] = None): Unit = {
+    promptDownload(
+      fileName,
+      new dom.Blob(
+        js.Array(data),
+        js.Dynamic.literal(`type` = `type`.orUndefined, endings = endings.orUndefined).asInstanceOf[dom.BlobPropertyBag]
+      )
+    )
+  }
+
   def promptDownload(fileName: String, blob: dom.Blob): Unit = {
     val elem = dom.document.createElement("a").asInstanceOf[dom.html.Anchor]
     val url = dom.URL.createObjectURL(blob)
diff --git a/webApp/src/main/scala/wust/webApp/views/TableView.scala b/webApp/src/main/scala/wust/webApp/views/TableView.scala
index 995120478..063d93caa 100644
--- a/webApp/src/main/scala/wust/webApp/views/TableView.scala
+++ b/webApp/src/main/scala/wust/webApp/views/TableView.scala
@@ -337,10 +337,9 @@ object TableView {
         val data = CsvHelper.tableToCsv(node, propertyGroup)
         DownloadHelper.promptDownload(
           fileName = StringOps.trimToMaxLength(node.str, 50) + ".csv",
-          blob = new dom.Blob(js.Array(data), js.Dynamic.literal(
-            `type` = "text/csv",// type of content
-            endings = "native" // convert lineendings for us to support native os preference
-          ).asInstanceOf[dom.BlobPropertyBag])
+          data = data,
+          `type` = Some("text/csv"),
+          endings = Some("native")
         )
       }
     )