diff --git a/src/main/java/app/freerouting/api/v1/JobControllerV1.java b/src/main/java/app/freerouting/api/v1/JobControllerV1.java
index 8e799dd6b..e8472d126 100644
--- a/src/main/java/app/freerouting/api/v1/JobControllerV1.java
+++ b/src/main/java/app/freerouting/api/v1/JobControllerV1.java
@@ -361,10 +361,10 @@ public Response downloadOutput(
       return Response.status(Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST).entity("{\"error\":\"The session ID '" + job.sessionId + "' is invalid.\"}").build();
     }
 
-    // Check if the job is completed
-    if (job.state != RoutingJobState.COMPLETED)
-    {
-      return Response.status(Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST).entity("{\"error\":\"The job hasn't finished yet.\"}").build();
+    // Return current output if available, even if job isn't completed
+    if (job.output == null || job.output.getData() == null) {
+      return Response.status(Response.Status.NO_CONTENT)
+             .entity("{\"message\":\"No output available yet.\"}").build();
     }
 
     var result = new BoardFilePayload();
@@ -411,4 +411,4 @@ public Response logs(
     FRAnalytics.apiEndpointCalled("GET v1/jobs/" + jobId + "/logs", "", response);
     return Response.ok(response).build();
   }
-}
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+}