diff --git a/resources/vue/components/courseware/CoursewareDocumentBlock.vue b/resources/vue/components/courseware/CoursewareDocumentBlock.vue
index 20542b87054786e97b73005db00e023fa6f217e3..00a5136b0602bc2d6ca3e51f99e46fa83d0dbcbe 100644
--- a/resources/vue/components/courseware/CoursewareDocumentBlock.vue
+++ b/resources/vue/components/courseware/CoursewareDocumentBlock.vue
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
                 <div v-if="hasFile" class="cw-pdf-header cw-block-title">
                     <button class="cw-pdf-button-prev" :class="{ inactive: pageNum - 1 === 0 }" @click="prevPage" />
                     <span class="cw-pdf-title">{{ currentTitle }}</span>
-                    <a v-if="downloadable" :href="currentUrl" class="cw-pdf-download" download></a>
+                    <a v-if="fileDownloadable" :href="currentUrl" class="cw-pdf-download" download></a>
                     <span>
                         <translate :translate-params="{pageNum, pageCount}">
                             (Seite %{ pageNum } von %{ pageCount })
@@ -114,8 +114,11 @@ export default {
         title() {
             return this.block?.attributes?.payload?.title;
         },
+        fileDownloadable() {
+            return this.currentDownloadable === 'true';
+        },
         downloadable() {
-            return this.block?.attributes?.payload?.downloadable === 'true';
+            return this.block?.attributes?.payload?.downloadable ?? 'true';
         },
         fileId() {
             return this.block?.attributes?.payload?.file_id;