# apple-app-site-association File Downloads Instead of Displaying JSON

Source: https://docs.arcxp.com/en/knowledge-articles/web-delivery/apple-app-site-association-file-downloads-instead-of-displaying-json.html

## Symptoms

- When opening the apple-app-site-association URL in the browser, the apple-app-site-association file gets downloaded instead of displaying the raw JSON content as expected.

## Cause

This is due to a piece of optional code not appearing in the site.config.template file.

## Solution

1. To resolve this issue the following piece of code needs to be added to the site.config.template for the specific environment and website.  
`location ~ ^/.well-known/apple-app-site-association$ { default_type application/json; }`

## More information

- This is an optional configuration to prevent the file from downloading