diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/cited_documents.js b/app/assets/javascripts/cited_documents.js
index f543d2fc2..6c75eac58 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/cited_documents.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/cited_documents.js
@@ -13,17 +13,17 @@
       if (citedDocList[0].innerHTML != '') return;
 
       var data = $el.data();
-      var solrQueryString = data.documentids.join(' OR ');
+      var queryIds = data.documentids.join(' ');
+
 
       $.post(data.path, {
-        q: solrQueryString,
+        ids: queryIds,
         format: 'json',
-        rows: 1000
       }, function (response) {
-        response.data.forEach(function(citedDocEntry) {
+        response.forEach(function(citedDocEntry) {
           var html = '<li class="cited-documents-body">' +
-                ' <a href="' + citedDocEntry.links.self + '">' +
-                citedDocEntry.attributes.title_full_display.attributes.value +
+                ' <a href="' + citedDocEntry['id'] + '">' +
+                citedDocEntry['title_display'] +
                 '</a>' +
                 '</li>';
           citedDocList.append(html);
diff --git a/app/controllers/catalog_controller.rb b/app/controllers/catalog_controller.rb
index 474402b89..92046ce77 100644
--- a/app/controllers/catalog_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/catalog_controller.rb
@@ -483,6 +483,13 @@ def search_tips
     end
   end
 
+  def documents_list
+    search_service = Blacklight::SearchService.new(config: blacklight_config)
+    ids = params[:ids].present? ? params[:ids].split : []
+    @documents = ids.empty? ? [] : search_service.fetch(ids, { :rows => 1000 })
+    render json: @documents
+  end
+
   class << self
     def document_has_full_text_and_search_is_query?(context, _config, document)
       context.params[:q].present? && document.full_text?
diff --git a/app/views/catalog/_cited_documents_default.html.erb b/app/views/catalog/_cited_documents_default.html.erb
index ee02efa14..c396a77f5 100644
--- a/app/views/catalog/_cited_documents_default.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/catalog/_cited_documents_default.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <% if @document.reference? && @document.cites_other_documents? %>
   <div class='col-md-12 record-metadata-section'
        data-behavior='cited-documents-contents'
-       data-path="<%= search_exhibit_catalog_path(exhibit_id: @exhibit) %>"
+       data-path="<%= url_for(:documents_list) %>"
        data-parentid="<%= @document.id %>"
        data-documentids="<%= @document.related_document_ids %>"
   >
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 6088503be..d7fcb3cf4 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     end
 
     get '/search_tips' => 'catalog#search_tips'
+    post '/documents_list' => 'catalog#documents_list', as: :documents_list
 
     resources :solr_documents, only: [:show], path: '/catalog', controller: 'catalog'
     resource :catalog, only: [:index], as: 'catalog', path: '/catalog', controller: 'catalog' do
diff --git a/spec/features/manuscript_display_bibliography_spec.rb b/spec/features/manuscript_display_bibliography_spec.rb
index d05f909cb..b408b2acb 100644
--- a/spec/features/manuscript_display_bibliography_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/manuscript_display_bibliography_spec.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   end
 
   scenario 'cited documents element data required by async loader comes through to front end' do
-    expect(page).to have_css('div.record-metadata-section[data-path="/default-exhibit/catalog"]')
+    expect(page).to have_css('div.record-metadata-section[data-path="/documents_list"]')
     expect(page).to have_css("div.record-metadata-section[data-parentid=\"#{resource_id}\"]")
     expect(page).to have_css('div.record-metadata-section[data-documentids]')
     expect(page.find('div.record-metadata-section[data-documentids]')['data-documentids']).to eq(citations_string)