diff --git a/SAS/SpecificationServices/lib/specification_service.py b/SAS/SpecificationServices/lib/specification_service.py
index 3d264545aa15183ed6e8ba7ea9e4178e0b07704c..a88bae4d41d2aefaaca31ef228820da8264a0267 100644
--- a/SAS/SpecificationServices/lib/specification_service.py
+++ b/SAS/SpecificationServices/lib/specification_service.py
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ class SpecificationHandler(MessageHandlerInterface):
 
     def get_specification(self, user, id):
         logger.info("getting spec of id "+str(id))
-        # todo: return real trigger info as xml
-        raise NotImplementedError
+        response = momqueryrpc.get_trigger_spec(user, id)
+        return response
 
 
 def create_service(servicename=SPECIFICATION_SERVICENAME, busname=SPECIFICATION_BUSNAME):