diff --git a/app/controllers/hearings/transcription_files_controller.rb b/app/controllers/hearings/transcription_files_controller.rb
index aecdf590b02..9701580f50e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/hearings/transcription_files_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/hearings/transcription_files_controller.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class Hearings::TranscriptionFilesController < ApplicationController
 
   # Downloads file and sends to user's local computer
   def download_transcription_file
-    tmp_location = file.download_file_from_s3
+    tmp_location = file.fetch_file_from_s3!
     File.open(tmp_location, "r") { |stream| send_data stream.read, filename: file.file_name }
     file.clean_up_tmp_location
   end
diff --git a/app/models/hearings/transcription_file.rb b/app/models/hearings/transcription_file.rb
index efb2c747ffd..6342e0f8fc6 100644
--- a/app/models/hearings/transcription_file.rb
+++ b/app/models/hearings/transcription_file.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class TranscriptionFile < CaseflowRecord
 
   # Purpose: Fetches file from S3
   # Return: The temporary save location of the file
-  def download_file_from_s3
+  def fetch_file_from_s3!
     S3Service.fetch_file(aws_link, tmp_location)
     tmp_location
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/hearings/transcription_file_spec.rb b/spec/models/hearings/transcription_file_spec.rb
index 14e8602b05f..7939dfb3822 100644
--- a/spec/models/hearings/transcription_file_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/hearings/transcription_file_spec.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
   describe "model functions" do
     it "downloading a file" do
-      expect(uploaded_file.download_file_from_s3).to eq("#{Rails.root}/tmp/transcription_files/vtt/transcript.vtt")
+      expect(uploaded_file.fetch_file_from_s3!).to eq("#{Rails.root}/tmp/transcription_files/vtt/transcript.vtt")
     end
 
     it "uploading a file" do