diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7a3bbc21..13a573bd 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nzz/q-server",
-  "version": "6.0.0",
+  "version": "6.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5e3ca8df..a85f37b3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nzz/q-server",
-  "version": "6.0.0",
+  "version": "6.1.0",
   "description": "",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/plugins/core/base/routes/admin/migration.js b/plugins/core/base/routes/admin/migration.js
index a057f7ac..06b47840 100644
--- a/plugins/core/base/routes/admin/migration.js
+++ b/plugins/core/base/routes/admin/migration.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   handler: async (request, h) => {
     const tool = request.params.tool;
-
     let toolBaseUrl = request.server.settings.app.tools.get(`/${tool}/baseUrl`);
 
     if (!toolBaseUrl) {
@@ -34,19 +33,18 @@ module.exports = {
           request.params.id,
           ignoreInactive
         );
+        const migrationStatus = await migrateItem(
+          item,
+          toolBaseUrl,
+          request.server.app.db
+        );
+        return {
+          status: migrationStatus.status
+        };
       } catch (err) {
         Bounce.rethrow(err, "system");
         return err;
       }
-
-      const migrationStatus = await migrateItem(
-        item,
-        toolBaseUrl,
-        request.server.app.db
-      );
-      return {
-        status: migrationStatus.status
-      };
     } else {
       const items = await request.server.methods.db.item.getAllByTool(tool);
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/rendering-info/helpers.js b/plugins/core/rendering-info/helpers.js
index 17df750d..06672189 100644
--- a/plugins/core/rendering-info/helpers.js
+++ b/plugins/core/rendering-info/helpers.js
@@ -161,6 +161,26 @@ function getCompiledToolRuntimeConfig(
     }${path}`;
   }
 
+  // simplify the fileRequestBaseUrl to an url string if it is an object by applying some defaults before sending it to the tool
+  if (
+    typeof overallToolRuntimeConfig.fileRequestBaseUrl === "object" &&
+    overallToolRuntimeConfig.fileRequestBaseUrl.host
+  ) {
+    // the default protocol is https
+    let protocol = "https";
+    if (overallToolRuntimeConfig.fileRequestBaseUrl.protocol) {
+      protocol = overallToolRuntimeConfig.fileRequestBaseUrl.protocol;
+    }
+    // the default if no path is given is /file
+    let path = "/file";
+    if (overallToolRuntimeConfig.fileRequestBaseUrl.path) {
+      path = overallToolRuntimeConfig.fileRequestBaseUrl.path;
+    }
+    overallToolRuntimeConfig.fileRequestBaseUrl = `${protocol}://${
+      overallToolRuntimeConfig.fileRequestBaseUrl.host
+    }${path}`;
+  }
+
   // default to the overall config
   let toolRuntimeConfig = overallToolRuntimeConfig;
 
diff --git a/plugins/file/index.js b/plugins/file/index.js
index dcc662c6..c0938f97 100644
--- a/plugins/file/index.js
+++ b/plugins/file/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const Boom = require("boom");
 const AWS = require("aws-sdk");
 const Mimos = require("mimos");
 const mimos = new Mimos();
@@ -134,5 +135,39 @@ module.exports = {
         };
       }
     });
+
+    server.route({
+      method: "GET",
+      path: "/file/{fileKey*}",
+      options: {
+        tags: ["api"]
+      },
+      handler: async function(request, h) {
+        return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+          s3.getObject(
+            {
+              Bucket: options.s3Bucket,
+              Key: request.params.fileKey
+            },
+            (err, data) => {
+              if (err) {
+                return reject(
+                  new Boom("error", { statusCode: err.statusCode })
+                );
+              }
+              return resolve(
+                h
+                  .response(data.Body)
+                  .header(
+                    "cache-control",
+                    "max-age=31536000, s-maxage=31536000, stale-while-revalidate=31536000, stale-if-error=31536000, immutable"
+                  )
+                  .type(data.ContentType)
+              );
+            }
+          );
+        });
+      }
+    });
   }
 };