diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/protocols_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/protocols_controller.rb
index 107e1ce61..7ad7a0836 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/protocols_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/protocols_controller.rb
@@ -3,23 +3,26 @@
 module Api
   module V1
     class ProtocolsController < BaseController
-      before_action :load_team
-      before_action :load_project
-      before_action :load_experiment
-      before_action :load_task
+      include Api::V1::ExtraParams
+
+      before_action :load_team, :load_project, :load_experiment, :load_task
+      before_action only: :show do
+        load_protocol(:id)
+      end
 
       def index
         protocols = @task.protocols
                          .page(params.dig(:page, :number))
                          .per(params.dig(:page, :size))
         render jsonapi: protocols,
-          each_serializer: ProtocolSerializer
+          each_serializer: ProtocolSerializer, rte_rendering: render_rte?, team: @team
       end
 
-      private
-
-      def load_protocol
-        @protocol = @task.protocols.find(params.require(:id))
+      def show
+        render jsonapi: @protocol, serializer: ProtocolSerializer,
+                                   include: include_params,
+                                   rte_rendering: render_rte?,
+                                   team: @team
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/steps_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/steps_controller.rb
index b21265825..c6e8bafe8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/steps_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/steps_controller.rb
@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@ module Api
 
         render jsonapi: steps, each_serializer: StepSerializer,
                                include: include_params,
-                               rte_rendering: render_rte?
+                               rte_rendering: render_rte?,
+                               team: @team
       end
 
       def show
         render jsonapi: @step, serializer: StepSerializer,
                                include: include_params,
-                               rte_rendering: render_rte?
+                               rte_rendering: render_rte?,
+                               team: @team
       end
 
       def create
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/tasks_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/tasks_controller.rb
index 0e304f7b3..ac4696d82 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/tasks_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/tasks_controller.rb
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ module Api
                            .page(params.dig(:page, :number))
                            .per(params.dig(:page, :size))
 
-        render jsonapi: tasks, each_serializer: TaskSerializer, rte_rendering: render_rte?
+        render jsonapi: tasks, each_serializer: TaskSerializer, rte_rendering: render_rte?, team: @team
       end
 
       def show
-        render jsonapi: @task, serializer: TaskSerializer, rte_rendering: render_rte?
+        render jsonapi: @task, serializer: TaskSerializer, rte_rendering: render_rte?, team: @team
       end
 
       def create
diff --git a/app/serializers/api/v1/protocol_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/api/v1/protocol_serializer.rb
index 176814486..69dbeda20 100644
--- a/app/serializers/api/v1/protocol_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/api/v1/protocol_serializer.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 module Api
   module V1
     class ProtocolSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+      include ApplicationHelper
+      include ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper
+      include InputSanitizeHelper
+
       type :protocols
       attributes :id, :name, :authors, :description, :protocol_type
       has_many :protocol_keywords,
@@ -12,6 +16,17 @@ module Api
                unless: -> { object.protocol_keywords.empty? }
       has_many :steps, serializer: StepSerializer, if: -> { object.steps.any? }
       belongs_to :parent, serializer: ProtocolSerializer, if: -> { object.parent.present? }
+
+      def description
+        if instance_options[:rte_rendering]
+          custom_auto_link(object.tinymce_render(:description),
+                           simple_format: false,
+                           tags: %w(img),
+                           team: instance_options[:team])
+        else
+          object.description
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/serializers/api/v1/step_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/api/v1/step_serializer.rb
index d79485f2f..a6aae74dd 100644
--- a/app/serializers/api/v1/step_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/api/v1/step_serializer.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ module Api
 
       def description
         if instance_options[:rte_rendering]
-          custom_auto_link(object.tinymce_render(:description), simple_format: false, tags: %w(img))
+          custom_auto_link(object.tinymce_render(:description),
+                           simple_format: false,
+                           tags: %w(img),
+                           team: instance_options[:team])
         else
           object.description
         end
diff --git a/app/serializers/api/v1/task_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/api/v1/task_serializer.rb
index ebf635928..6064c2a66 100644
--- a/app/serializers/api/v1/task_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/api/v1/task_serializer.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 module Api
   module V1
     class TaskSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+      include ApplicationHelper
+      include ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper
+      include InputSanitizeHelper
+
       type :tasks
       attributes :id, :name, :started_on, :due_date, :description, :state, :archived
       has_many :output_tasks, key: :outputs,
@@ -22,7 +26,10 @@ module Api
 
       def description
         if instance_options[:rte_rendering]
-          custom_auto_link(object.tinymce_render(:description), simple_format: false, tags: %w(img))
+          custom_auto_link(object.tinymce_render(:description),
+                           simple_format: false,
+                           tags: %w(img),
+                           team: instance_options[:team])
         else
           object.description
         end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index d224e6402..71b2302cb 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
                   resources :task_tags, only: %i(index show),
                             path: 'tags',
                             as: :tags
-                  resources :protocols, only: %i(index) do
+                  resources :protocols, only: %i(index show) do
                     resources :steps do
                       resources :assets, only: %i(index show create), path: 'attachments'
                       resources :checklists, path: 'checklists' do