diff --git a/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/controllers/OpsmxAutopilotController.groovy b/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/controllers/OpsmxAutopilotController.groovy
index a3accf3dea..324a248622 100644
--- a/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/controllers/OpsmxAutopilotController.groovy
+++ b/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/controllers/OpsmxAutopilotController.groovy
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ class OpsmxAutopilotController {
   @GetMapping(value = "/canaries/debugLogsData", produces = "application/zip")
   @ResponseBody Object downloadDebugData(@RequestParam(value = "id", required = false) Integer canaryId){
     log.info("*************** Download debug data API invoked ***********************************")
-    return opsmxAutopilotService.downloadDebugData(canaryId)
+    Response response = opsmxAutopilotService.downloadDebugData(canaryId)
+    log.info("Response received status : {} and reason : {}", response.getStatus(), response.getReason())
+    byte [] zipFile = IOUtils.toByteArray(body.getBody().in())
+    return zipFile
     //return response.asType(Byte[].class)
     //return IOUtils.toByteArray(body.getBody().in())
   }
diff --git a/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/services/internal/OpsmxAutopilotService.groovy b/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/services/internal/OpsmxAutopilotService.groovy
index 0f948e16f4..ccd5d1e985 100644
--- a/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/services/internal/OpsmxAutopilotService.groovy
+++ b/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/services/internal/OpsmxAutopilotService.groovy
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam
 import retrofit.Callback
+import retrofit.client.Response
 import retrofit.http.*
 
 interface OpsmxAutopilotService {
 
   @GET("/autopilot/canaries/debugLogsData")
-  byte[] downloadDebugData(@Query("id") Integer canaryId)
+  Response downloadDebugData(@Query("id") Integer canaryId)
 
   @GET("/autopilot/{type}/{source}")
   Object getAutoResponse(@Path('type') String type,