diff --git a/vulnerabilities/api.py b/vulnerabilities/api.py
index e622d069a..9e66177fc 100644
--- a/vulnerabilities/api.py
+++ b/vulnerabilities/api.py
@@ -642,17 +642,13 @@ def filter_cpe(self, queryset, name, value):
         return self.queryset.filter(vulnerabilityreference__reference_id__startswith=cpe).distinct()
 
 
-class CPEViewSet(viewsets.ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
-    """
-    Lookup for vulnerabilities by CPE (https://nvd.nist.gov/products/cpe)
-    """
+class CPEViewSet(VulnerabilityViewSet):
+    """Lookup for vulnerabilities by CPE (https://nvd.nist.gov/products/cpe)"""
 
     queryset = Vulnerability.objects.filter(
         vulnerabilityreference__reference_id__startswith="cpe"
     ).distinct()
-    serializer_class = VulnerabilitySerializer
-    filter_backends = (filters.DjangoFilterBackend,)
-    throttle_classes = [StaffUserRateThrottle, AnonRateThrottle]
+
     filterset_class = CPEFilterSet
 
     @action(detail=False, methods=["post"])
diff --git a/vulnerabilities/models.py b/vulnerabilities/models.py
index 2fea8e200..47d57c37f 100644
--- a/vulnerabilities/models.py
+++ b/vulnerabilities/models.py
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ def __str__(self):
     @property
     def is_cpe(self):
         """
-        Return Trueis this is a CPE reference.
+        Return True if this is a CPE reference.
         """
         return self.reference_id.startswith("cpe")
 
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ def for_cve(self, cve):
 
     def with_is_vulnerable(self):
         """
-        Annotate Package with ``with_is_vulnerable`` boolean attribute.
+        Annotate Package with ``is_vulnerable`` boolean attribute.
         """
         return self.annotate(
             is_vulnerable=Exists(
diff --git a/vulnerabilities/tests/test_api.py b/vulnerabilities/tests/test_api.py
index af05e8be5..7147e849e 100644
--- a/vulnerabilities/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/vulnerabilities/tests/test_api.py
@@ -705,6 +705,46 @@ def test_api_response(self):
         self.assertEqual(response["count"], 1)
 
 
+class TestCPEApiWithPackageVulnerabilityRelation(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.user = ApiUser.objects.create_api_user(username="e@mail.com")
+        self.auth = f"Token {self.user.auth_token.key}"
+        self.csrf_client = APIClient(enforce_csrf_checks=True)
+        self.csrf_client.credentials(HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=self.auth)
+        self.vulnerability = Vulnerability.objects.create(summary="test")
+        self.affected_package, _ = Package.objects.get_or_create_from_purl(
+            purl="pkg:nginx/nginx@v3.4"
+        )
+        self.fixed_package, _ = Package.objects.get_or_create_from_purl(purl="pkg:nginx/nginx@v4.0")
+        AffectedByPackageRelatedVulnerability.objects.create(
+            vulnerability=self.vulnerability,
+            created_by="test",
+            package=self.affected_package,
+            confidence=100,
+        )
+        FixingPackageRelatedVulnerability.objects.create(
+            vulnerability=self.vulnerability,
+            created_by="test",
+            package=self.fixed_package,
+            confidence=100,
+        )
+        for i in range(0, 10):
+            ref, _ = VulnerabilityReference.objects.get_or_create(
+                reference_id=f"cpe:/a:nginx:{i}",
+                url=f"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:nginx:{i}",
+            )
+            VulnerabilityRelatedReference.objects.create(
+                reference=ref, vulnerability=self.vulnerability
+            )
+
+    def test_cpe_api(self):
+        response = self.csrf_client.get("/api/cpes/", format="json")
+        self.assertEqual(status.HTTP_200_OK, response.status_code)
+
+        response_data = response.json()
+        self.assertEqual(1, response_data["count"])
+
+
 class AliasApi(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.user = ApiUser.objects.create_api_user(username="e@mail.com")
diff --git a/vulnerablecode/settings.py b/vulnerablecode/settings.py
index 1ae664d82..0e545e0f2 100644
--- a/vulnerablecode/settings.py
+++ b/vulnerablecode/settings.py
@@ -349,3 +349,9 @@
         },
     },
 }
+
+if DEBUG:
+    LOGGING["django"] = {
+        "handlers": ["console"],
+        "level": "ERROR",
+    }