diff --git a/web/src/components/FOI/Home/Redlining.js b/web/src/components/FOI/Home/Redlining.js
index 743a88a1e..90aafa7d0 100644
--- a/web/src/components/FOI/Home/Redlining.js
+++ b/web/src/components/FOI/Home/Redlining.js
@@ -3103,6 +3103,7 @@ const Redlining = React.forwardRef(
               .getFileData({
                 // saves the document with annotations in it
                 downloadType: downloadType,
+                flatten: true
               })
               .then(async (_data) => {
                 const _arr = new Uint8Array(_data);