diff --git a/core/urls.py b/core/urls.py
index 845578227821504d6eb67111ecf6ea7c33593140..5ebea9ab83243616ce4ac784c2c8b2a7ee2d431a 100644
--- a/core/urls.py
+++ b/core/urls.py
@@ -12,11 +12,15 @@ router.register(r'student', views.StudentReviewerApiViewSet)
 router.register(r'examtype', views.ExamApiViewSet)
 router.register(r'submissiontype', views.SubmissionTypeApiView)
 router.register(r'tutor', views.TutorApiViewSet)
-router.register(r'student-page', views.StudentSelfApiViewSet,
-                base_name='student_page')
+
+# regular views that are not viewsets
+regular_views_urlpatterns = [
+    url(r'student-page', views.StudentSelfApiView.as_view())
+]
 
 urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^api/', include(router.urls)),
+    url(r'^api/', include(regular_views_urlpatterns)),
     url(r'^api-token-auth/', obtain_jwt_token),
     url(r'^api-token-refresh', refresh_jwt_token),
     url(r'^$', TemplateView.as_view(template_name='index.html')),
diff --git a/core/views.py b/core/views.py
index 563331875203a5312d98bbc74e4e5e5afa15ee40..ed932990555d678923b716a80c204fde4ebaf4ce 100644
--- a/core/views.py
+++ b/core/views.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """ All API views that are used to retrieve data from the database. They
 can be categorized by the permissions they require. All views require a
 user to be authenticated and most are only accessible by one user group """
-from rest_framework import mixins, viewsets
+from rest_framework import mixins, viewsets, generics
 
 from core.models import ExamType, Student, SubmissionType, Tutor
 from core.permissions import IsReviewer, IsStudent
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ from core.serializers import (ExamSerializer, StudentSerializer,
                               SubmissionTypeSerializer, TutorSerializer)
 
 
-class StudentSelfApiViewSet(viewsets.ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
+class StudentSelfApiView(generics.RetrieveAPIView):
     """ Gets all data that belongs to one student """
     permission_classes = (IsStudent,)
-    queryset = Student.objects.all()
     serializer_class = StudentSerializer
 
     def get_object(self) -> Student: