diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-bitstream.model.ts b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-bitstream.model.ts
index 4ac2718056..ba5343e252 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-bitstream.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-bitstream.model.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export class NormalizedBitstream extends NormalizedDSpaceObject {
    * The relative path to this Bitstream's file
    */
   @autoserialize
-  retrieve: string;
+  content: string;
 
   /**
    * The mime type of this Bitstream
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/bitstream.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/bitstream.model.ts
index b6453206f0..5e4ee929d4 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/bitstream.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/bitstream.model.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ export class Bitstream extends DSpaceObject {
   /**
    * The URL to retrieve this Bitstream's file
    */
-  retrieve: string;
+  content: string;
 
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/item.model.spec.ts b/src/app/core/shared/item.model.spec.ts
index 610c3c812c..323cc8ef3f 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/item.model.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/item.model.spec.ts
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ describe('Item', () => {
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     const thumbnail = {
-      retrieve: thumbnailPath
+      content: thumbnailPath
     };
 
     bitstreams = [{
-      retrieve: bitstream1Path
+      content: bitstream1Path
     }, {
-      retrieve: bitstream2Path
+      content: bitstream2Path
     }];
 
     remoteDataThumbnail = createRemoteDataObject(thumbnail);
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe('Item', () => {
     it('should return the thumbnail of this item', () => {
       const path: string = thumbnailPath;
       const bitstream: Observable<Bitstream> = item.getThumbnail();
-      bitstream.map((b) => expect(b.retrieve).toBe(path));
+      bitstream.map((b) => expect(b.content).toBe(path));
     });
   });
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ describe('Item', () => {
       files.subscribe(
         (array) => array.forEach(
           (file) => {
-            expect(file.retrieve).toBe(paths[index]);
+            expect(file.content).toBe(paths[index]);
             index++;
           }
         )
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/full/field-components/file-section/full-file-section.component.html b/src/app/item-page/full/field-components/file-section/full-file-section.component.html
index 9a83442dd9..358b658a76 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/full/field-components/file-section/full-file-section.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/full/field-components/file-section/full-file-section.component.html
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
             </dl>
         </div>
         <div class="col-2">
-            <a [href]="file.retrieve" [download]="file.name">
+            <a [href]="file.content" [download]="file.name">
                 {{"item.page.filesection.download" | translate}}
             </a>
         </div>
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/file-section/file-section.component.html b/src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/file-section/file-section.component.html
index aeceeab53a..1d32c8b309 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/file-section/file-section.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/file-section/file-section.component.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <ds-metadata-field-wrapper [label]="label | translate">
     <div class="file-section">
-        <a *ngFor="let file of (files | async); let last=last;" [href]="file?.retrieve" [download]="file?.name">
+        <a *ngFor="let file of (files | async); let last=last;" [href]="file?.content" [download]="file?.name">
             <span>{{file?.name}}</span>
             <span>({{(file?.sizeBytes) | dsFileSize }})</span>
             <span *ngIf="!last" innerHTML="{{separator}}"></span>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/comcol-page-logo/comcol-page-logo.component.html b/src/app/shared/comcol-page-logo/comcol-page-logo.component.html
index 069f748d7a..b47bc72316 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/comcol-page-logo/comcol-page-logo.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/comcol-page-logo/comcol-page-logo.component.html
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <div *ngIf="logo" class="dso-logo">
-    <img [src]="logo.retrieve" class="img-responsive" [attr.alt]="alternateText ? alternateText : null" (error)="errorHandler($event)"/>
+    <img [src]="logo.content" class="img-responsive" [attr.alt]="alternateText ? alternateText : null" (error)="errorHandler($event)"/>
 </div>
diff --git a/src/app/thumbnail/thumbnail.component.html b/src/app/thumbnail/thumbnail.component.html
index 669278b416..6221cbaba1 100644
--- a/src/app/thumbnail/thumbnail.component.html
+++ b/src/app/thumbnail/thumbnail.component.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <div class="thumbnail">
-  <img *ngIf="thumbnail" [src]="thumbnail.retrieve" (error)="errorHandler($event)"/>
+  <img *ngIf="thumbnail" [src]="thumbnail.content" (error)="errorHandler($event)"/>
   <img *ngIf="!thumbnail" [src]="holderSource | dsSafeUrl"/>
 </div>
diff --git a/src/app/thumbnail/thumbnail.component.spec.ts b/src/app/thumbnail/thumbnail.component.spec.ts
index 8168b55011..fc145d2397 100644
--- a/src/app/thumbnail/thumbnail.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/thumbnail/thumbnail.component.spec.ts
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ describe('ThumbnailComponent', () => {
 
   it('should display image', () => {
     comp.thumbnail = new Bitstream();
-    comp.thumbnail.retrieve = 'test.url';
+    comp.thumbnail.content = 'test.url';
     fixture.detectChanges();
     const image: HTMLElement = de.query(By.css('img')).nativeElement;
-    expect(image.getAttribute('src')).toBe(comp.thumbnail.retrieve);
+    expect(image.getAttribute('src')).toBe(comp.thumbnail.content);
   });
 
   it('should display placeholder', () => {