diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/NotebookViewer/NotebookViewerComponent.tsx b/src/Explorer/Controls/NotebookViewer/NotebookViewerComponent.tsx
index d98dd2cef..e73b23a4f 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/NotebookViewer/NotebookViewerComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/NotebookViewer/NotebookViewerComponent.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import { Dialog, DialogProps, TextFieldProps } from "../Dialog";
 import { NotebookMetadataComponent } from "./NotebookMetadataComponent";
 import "./NotebookViewerComponent.less";
 import Explorer from "../../Explorer";
-import { NotebookV4 } from "@nteract/commutable/lib/v4";
 import { SessionStorageUtility } from "../../../Shared/StorageUtility";
 import { DialogHost } from "../../../Utils/GalleryUtils";
 import { getErrorMessage, getErrorStack, handleError } from "../../../Common/ErrorHandlingUtils";
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ export class NotebookViewerComponent
       );
 
       const notebook: Notebook = await response.json();
-      this.removeNotebookViewerLink(notebook, this.props.galleryItem?.newCellId);
+      GalleryUtils.removeNotebookViewerLink(notebook, this.props.galleryItem?.newCellId);
       this.notebookComponentBootstrapper.setContent("json", notebook);
       this.setState({ content: notebook, showProgressBar: false });
 
@@ -133,17 +132,6 @@ export class NotebookViewerComponent
     }
   }
 
-  private removeNotebookViewerLink = (notebook: Notebook, newCellId: string): void => {
-    if (!newCellId) {
-      return;
-    }
-    const notebookV4 = notebook as NotebookV4;
-    if (notebookV4 && notebookV4.cells[0].source[0].search(newCellId)) {
-      delete notebookV4.cells[0];
-      notebook = notebookV4;
-    }
-  };
-
   public render(): JSX.Element {
     return (
       <div className="notebookViewerContainer">
diff --git a/src/Utils/GalleryUtils.ts b/src/Utils/GalleryUtils.ts
index d0cd0999c..c95257a4e 100644
--- a/src/Utils/GalleryUtils.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/GalleryUtils.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import { getErrorMessage, getErrorStack, handleError } from "../Common/ErrorHand
 import { HttpStatusCodes } from "../Common/Constants";
 import { trace, traceFailure, traceStart, traceSuccess } from "../Shared/Telemetry/TelemetryProcessor";
 import { Action, ActionModifiers } from "../Shared/Telemetry/TelemetryConstants";
+import { Notebook } from "@nteract/commutable";
+import { NotebookV4 } from "@nteract/commutable/lib/v4";
 
 const defaultSelectedAbuseCategory = "Other";
 const abuseCategories: IChoiceGroupOption[] = [
@@ -243,7 +245,10 @@ export function downloadItem(
           throw new Error(`Received HTTP ${response.status} when fetching ${data.name}`);
         }
 
-        await container.importAndOpenContent(data.name, response.data);
+        const notebook = JSON.parse(response.data) as Notebook;
+        removeNotebookViewerLink(notebook, data.newCellId);
+
+        await container.importAndOpenContent(data.name, JSON.stringify(notebook));
         NotificationConsoleUtils.logConsoleMessage(
           ConsoleDataType.Info,
           `Successfully downloaded ${name} to My Notebooks`
@@ -281,6 +286,17 @@ export function downloadItem(
   );
 }
 
+export const removeNotebookViewerLink = (notebook: Notebook, newCellId: string): void => {
+  if (!newCellId) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const notebookV4 = notebook as NotebookV4;
+  if (notebookV4?.cells[0]?.source[0]?.search(newCellId)) {
+    notebookV4.cells.splice(0, 1);
+    notebook = notebookV4;
+  }
+};
+
 export async function favoriteItem(
   container: Explorer,
   junoClient: JunoClient,