diff --git a/src/ZoweUSSNode.ts b/src/ZoweUSSNode.ts
index 75f2f2eb37..2c9c5ea9e3 100644
--- a/src/ZoweUSSNode.ts
+++ b/src/ZoweUSSNode.ts
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ export class ZoweUSSNode extends ZoweTreeNode implements IZoweUSSTreeNode {
             if ((isDirty && !this.isDirtyInEditor && !wasSaved) || !isDirty) {
                 const response = await ZoweExplorerApiRegister.getUssApi(this.getProfile()).getContents(this.fullPath, {
                     file: ussDocumentFilePath,
+                    binary: this.binary,
                     returnEtag: true
                 });
                 this.setEtag(response.apiResponse.etag);