diff --git a/.changeset/calm-baboons-itch.md b/.changeset/calm-baboons-itch.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02597d8d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/calm-baboons-itch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"frontend-gelinkt-notuleren": minor
+---
+
+support notulen publications as files
diff --git a/app/controllers/meetings/publish/notulen.js b/app/controllers/meetings/publish/notulen.js
index 18043b2f7..b05f4a77f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/meetings/publish/notulen.js
+++ b/app/controllers/meetings/publish/notulen.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Controller from '@ember/controller';
 import { task } from 'ember-concurrency';
 import { tracked } from '@glimmer/tracking';
 import { action } from '@ember/object';
+import { isEmpty } from '@ember/utils';
 
 export default class MeetingsPublishNotulenController extends Controller {
   @service store;
@@ -148,6 +149,12 @@ export default class MeetingsPublishNotulenController extends Controller {
         this.publishedResource = publishedResource;
       }
       this.publicBehandelingUris = publicNotulen.publicBehandelingen || [];
+      if (isEmpty(publicNotulen.content)) {
+        const fileMeta = await publicNotulen.file;
+        publicNotulen.content = await (
+          await fetch(fileMeta.downloadLink)
+        ).text();
+      }
       this.notulen = publicNotulen;
     } else {
       try {
diff --git a/app/models/versioned-notulen.js b/app/models/versioned-notulen.js
index 53cd26242..5f72b3e20 100644
--- a/app/models/versioned-notulen.js
+++ b/app/models/versioned-notulen.js
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ export default class VersionedNotulesModel extends Model {
   publishedResource;
   @belongsTo('editor-document', { inverse: null }) editorDocument;
   @belongsTo('zitting', { inverse: null }) zitting;
+  @belongsTo('file', { inverse: null }) file;
 }