diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Documents/DocumentController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Documents/DocumentController.coffee
index 3cd6f7c8b4..3c47edabc4 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Documents/DocumentController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Documents/DocumentController.coffee
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+ProjectLocator = require "../Project/ProjectLocator"
 ProjectEntityHandler = require "../Project/ProjectEntityHandler"
 ProjectEntityUpdateHandler = require "../Project/ProjectEntityUpdateHandler"
 logger = require("logger-sharelatex")
@@ -8,21 +9,25 @@ module.exports =
 		doc_id = req.params.doc_id
 		plain = req?.query?.plain == 'true'
 		logger.log doc_id:doc_id, project_id:project_id, "receiving get document request from api (docupdater)"
-		ProjectEntityHandler.getDoc project_id, doc_id, {pathname: true}, (error, lines, rev, version, ranges, pathname) ->
+		ProjectLocator.findElement {project_id: project_id, element_id: doc_id, type: 'doc'}, (error, doc, path) =>
 			if error?
 				logger.err err:error, doc_id:doc_id, project_id:project_id, "error finding element for getDocument"
 				return next(error)
-			if plain
-				res.type "text/plain"
-				res.send lines.join('\n')
-			else
-				res.type "json"
-				res.send JSON.stringify {
-					lines: lines
-					version: version
-					ranges: ranges
-					pathname: pathname
-				}
+			ProjectEntityHandler.getDoc project_id, doc_id, (error, lines, rev, version, ranges) ->
+				if error?
+					logger.err err:error, doc_id:doc_id, project_id:project_id, "error finding doc contents for getDocument"
+					return next(error)
+				if plain
+					res.type "text/plain"
+					res.send lines.join('\n')
+				else
+					res.type "json"
+					res.send JSON.stringify {
+						lines: lines
+						version: version
+						ranges: ranges
+						pathname: path.fileSystem
+					}
 
 	setDocument: (req, res, next = (error) ->) ->
 		project_id = req.params.Project_id
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectEntityHandler.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectEntityHandler.coffee
index 85e41292da..5994521b8e 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectEntityHandler.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectEntityHandler.coffee
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ DocstoreManager = require "../Docstore/DocstoreManager"
 DocumentUpdaterHandler = require('../../Features/DocumentUpdater/DocumentUpdaterHandler')
 Errors = require '../Errors/Errors'
 Project = require('../../models/Project').Project
-ProjectLocator = require('./ProjectLocator')
 ProjectGetter = require "./ProjectGetter"
 TpdsUpdateSender = require('../ThirdPartyDataStore/TpdsUpdateSender')
 
@@ -105,14 +104,7 @@ module.exports = ProjectEntityHandler = self =
 			callback = options
 			options = {}
 
-		if options["pathname"]
-			delete options["pathname"]
-			ProjectLocator.findElement {project_id: project_id, element_id: doc_id, type: 'doc'}, (error, doc, path) =>
-				return callback(error) if error?
-				DocstoreManager.getDoc project_id, doc_id, options, (error, lines, rev, version, ranges) =>
-					callback(error, lines, rev, version, ranges, path.fileSystem)
-		else
-			DocstoreManager.getDoc project_id, doc_id, options, callback
+		DocstoreManager.getDoc project_id, doc_id, options, callback
 
 	_getAllFolders: (project_id,  callback) ->
 		logger.log project_id:project_id, "getting all folders for project"
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Documents/DocumentControllerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Documents/DocumentControllerTests.coffee
index 30c12f48df..c373cb93f8 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Documents/DocumentControllerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Documents/DocumentControllerTests.coffee
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ describe "DocumentController", ->
 			"logger-sharelatex":
 				log:->
 				err:->
+			"../Project/ProjectLocator": @ProjectLocator = {}
 			"../Project/ProjectEntityHandler": @ProjectEntityHandler = {}
 			"../Project/ProjectEntityUpdateHandler": @ProjectEntityUpdateHandler = {}
 		@res = new MockResponse()
@@ -36,12 +37,19 @@ describe "DocumentController", ->
 
 		describe "when the document exists", ->
 			beforeEach ->
-				@ProjectEntityHandler.getDoc = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(3, null, @doc_lines, @rev, @version, @ranges, @pathname)
+				@doc = _id: @doc_id
+				@ProjectLocator.findElement = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(1, null, @doc, fileSystem: @pathname)
+				@ProjectEntityHandler.getDoc = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(2, null, @doc_lines, @rev, @version, @ranges)
 				@DocumentController.getDocument(@req, @res, @next)
 
-			it "should get the document from Mongo", ->
+			it "should get the pathname of the document", ->
+				@ProjectLocator.findElement
+					.calledWith({project_id: @project_id, element_id: @doc_id, type: 'doc'})
+					.should.equal true
+
+			it "should get the document content", ->
 				@ProjectEntityHandler.getDoc
-					.calledWith(@project_id, @doc_id, pathname: true)
+					.calledWith(@project_id, @doc_id)
 					.should.equal true
 
 			it "should return the document data to the client as JSON", ->
@@ -54,7 +62,7 @@ describe "DocumentController", ->
 
 		describe "when the document doesn't exist", ->
 			beforeEach ->
-				@ProjectEntityHandler.getDoc = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(3, new Errors.NotFoundError("not found"), null)
+				@ProjectLocator.findElement = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(1, new Errors.NotFoundError("not found"))
 				@DocumentController.getDocument(@req, @res, @next)
 
 			it "should call next with the NotFoundError", ->
@@ -94,7 +102,3 @@ describe "DocumentController", ->
 			it "should call next with the NotFoundError", ->
 				@next.calledWith(new Errors.NotFoundError("not found"))
 					.should.equal true
-
-					
-					
-
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Project/ProjectEntityHandlerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Project/ProjectEntityHandlerTests.coffee
index 08f87b056f..77a4816f4c 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Project/ProjectEntityHandlerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Project/ProjectEntityHandlerTests.coffee
@@ -241,35 +241,12 @@ describe 'ProjectEntityHandler', ->
 			@ranges = {"mock": "ranges"}
 
 			@DocstoreManager.getDoc = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(3, null, @lines, @rev, @version, @ranges)
+			@ProjectEntityHandler.getDoc project_id, doc_id, @callback
 
-		describe 'without pathname option', ->
-			beforeEach ->
-				@ProjectEntityHandler.getDoc project_id, doc_id, @callback
+		it "should call the docstore", ->
+			@DocstoreManager.getDoc
+				.calledWith(project_id, doc_id)
+				.should.equal true
 
-			it "should call the docstore", ->
-				@DocstoreManager.getDoc
-					.calledWith(project_id, doc_id)
-					.should.equal true
-
-			it "should call the callback with the lines, version and rev", ->
-				@callback.calledWith(null, @lines, @rev, @version, @ranges).should.equal true
-
-		describe 'with pathname option', ->
-			beforeEach ->
-				@project = 'a project'
-				@path = mongo: "mongo.path", fileSystem: "/file/system/path"
-				@ProjectLocator.findElement = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(1, null, {}, @path)
-				@ProjectEntityHandler.getDoc project_id, doc_id, {pathname: true}, @callback
-
-			it "should call the project locator", ->
-				@ProjectLocator.findElement
-					.calledWith({project_id: project_id, element_id: doc_id, type: 'doc'})
-					.should.equal true
-
-			it "should call the docstore", ->
-				@DocstoreManager.getDoc
-					.calledWith(project_id, doc_id)
-					.should.equal true
-
-			it "should return the pathname if option given", ->
-				@callback.calledWith(null, @lines, @rev, @version, @ranges, @path.fileSystem).should.equal true
+		it "should call the callback with the lines, version and rev", ->
+			@callback.calledWith(null, @lines, @rev, @version, @ranges).should.equal true