diff --git a/app/Helpers/StorageHelper.php b/app/Helpers/StorageHelper.php
index 950e70cc49..47700f913a 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/StorageHelper.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/StorageHelper.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use Illuminate\Http\Response;
 use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\BinaryFileResponse;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\StreamedResponse;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Filesystem\FileNotFoundException;
 class StorageHelper
 {
     public static function downloader($filename, $disk = 'default') : BinaryFileResponse | RedirectResponse | StreamedResponse
@@ -49,11 +50,40 @@ class StorageHelper
             'png',
         ];
 
-        if (in_array(pathinfo($file_with_path, PATHINFO_EXTENSION), $allowed_inline)) {
+
+        // The file exists and is allowed to be displayed inline
+        if (Storage::exists($file_with_path) && (in_array(pathinfo($file_with_path, PATHINFO_EXTENSION), $allowed_inline))) {
             return true;
         }
-
         return false;
 
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Decide whether to show the file inline or download it.
+     */
+    public static function showOrDownloadFile($file, $filename) {
+
+        $headers = [];
+
+        if (request('inline') == 'true') {
+
+            $headers = [
+                'Content-Disposition' => 'inline',
+            ];
+
+            // This is NOT allowed as inline - force it to be displayed as text in the browser
+            if (self::allowSafeInline($file) != true) {
+                $headers = array_merge($headers, ['Content-Type' => 'text/plain']);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Everything else seems okay, but the file doesn't exist on the server.
+        if (Storage::missing($file)) {
+            throw new FileNotFoundException();
+        }
+
+        return Storage::download($file, $filename, $headers);
+
+    }
 }