diff --git a/src/utils/exportUtils/Exporter.ts b/src/utils/exportUtils/Exporter.ts
index 5e2de1faf1..6bdf5319f0 100644
--- a/src/utils/exportUtils/Exporter.ts
+++ b/src/utils/exportUtils/Exporter.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import { MatrixClientPeg } from "../../MatrixClientPeg";
 import { TimelineWindow } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/timeline-window";
 import { arrayFastClone } from "../arrays";
 
-export abstract class Exporter {
+export default abstract class Exporter {
     constructor(protected room: Room) {}
 
-    protected getTimelineConversation = () : MatrixEvent => {
+    protected getTimelineConversation = () : MatrixEvent[] => {
         if (!this.room) return;
 
         const cli = MatrixClientPeg.get();
diff --git a/src/utils/exportUtils/HtmlExport.tsx b/src/utils/exportUtils/HtmlExport.tsx
index c3174285e5..371ce9fffc 100644
--- a/src/utils/exportUtils/HtmlExport.tsx
+++ b/src/utils/exportUtils/HtmlExport.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import React from "react"
 import streamSaver from "streamsaver";
 import JSZip from "jszip";
+import Exporter from "./Exporter";
 import { decryptFile } from "../DecryptFile";
 import { mediaFromContent, mediaFromMxc } from "../../customisations/Media";
 import { Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room";
 import { MatrixEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event";
-import { Exporter } from "./Exporter";
 import { renderToStaticMarkup } from 'react-dom/server'
 import { Layout } from "../../settings/Layout";
 import { shouldFormContinuation } from "../../components/structures/MessagePanel";