diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/AssetModelsFilesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/AssetModelsFilesController.php
index 5c21954d6d..c905282cc5 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/AssetModelsFilesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/AssetModelsFilesController.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Response;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 use \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\StreamedResponse;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\BinaryFileResponse;
 
 class AssetModelsFilesController extends Controller
 {
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ class AssetModelsFilesController extends Controller
      * @param  int $fileId
      * @since [v1.0]
      */
-    public function show($modelId = null, $fileId = null) : StreamedResponse | Response | RedirectResponse
+    public function show($modelId = null, $fileId = null) : StreamedResponse | Response | RedirectResponse | BinaryFileResponse
     {
         $model = AssetModel::find($modelId);
         // the asset is valid
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php
index 9a91cc5602..331bd07125 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ use League\Csv\Reader;
 use Illuminate\Http\Response;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\View\View;
 use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\BinaryFileResponse;
 
 /**
  * This class controls all actions related to assets for
@@ -474,7 +475,7 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
      * @param int $assetId
      * @since [v1.0]
      */
-    public function getQrCode($assetId = null) : Response
+    public function getQrCode($assetId = null) : Response | BinaryFileResponse
     {
         $settings = Setting::getSettings();