diff --git a/app/controllers/content_items_controller.rb b/app/controllers/content_items_controller.rb
index fce914e36..7f99e7d52 100644
--- a/app/controllers/content_items_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/content_items_controller.rb
@@ -136,16 +136,64 @@ def set_guide_draft_access_token
     @content_item.draft_access_token = params[:token]
   end
 
+  def graphql_query(base_path)
+    <<-QUERY
+        {
+          edition(basePath: "#{base_path}", contentStore: "live") {
+            ... on NewsArticle {
+              basePath
+              title
+              schemaName
+              details
+              documentType
+            }
+          }
+        }
+    QUERY
+  end
+
+  ## This is a hack to stop us needing to rewrite most of this application to support the format for GraphQL responses
+  class GdsApi::Response
+    def update_response_body
+      puts @http_response.inspect
+      updated_response = JSON.parse(@http_response.body).dig("data", "edition").deep_transform_keys(&:underscore)
+      @http_response = RestClient::Response.create(
+        updated_response.to_json,
+        @http_response.net_http_res,
+        @http_response.request,
+      )
+    end
+  end
+
   def load_content_item
-    content_item = Services.content_store.content_item(content_item_path)
+    # # TODO: add the feature flag here
+    if params.include?(:graphql)
+      content_item = Services
+        .publishing_api
+        .graphql_query(graphql_query(content_item_path))
+      # .dig("data", "edition")
+      # .deep_transform_keys(&:underscore)
+
+      content_item.update_response_body
+
+      puts content_item.inspect
+
+      @content_item = PresenterBuilder.new(
+        content_item,
+        content_item_path,
+        view_context,
+      ).presenter
+    else
+      content_item = Services.content_store.content_item(content_item_path)
 
-    content_item["links"]["ordered_related_items"] = ordered_related_items(content_item["links"]) if content_item["links"]
+      content_item["links"]["ordered_related_items"] = ordered_related_items(content_item["links"]) if content_item["links"]
 
-    @content_item = PresenterBuilder.new(
-      content_item,
-      content_item_path,
-      view_context,
-    ).presenter
+      @content_item = PresenterBuilder.new(
+        content_item,
+        content_item_path,
+        view_context,
+      ).presenter
+    end
   end
 
   def ordered_related_items(links)