diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 76e20980e..5ec4549df 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -4264,6 +4264,14 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/hsts/-/hsts-2.1.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-zXhh/DqgrTXJ7erTN6Fh5k/xjMhDGXCqdYN3wvxUvGUQvnxcFfUd8E+6vLg/nk3ss1TYMb+DhRl25fYABioTvA=="
     },
+    "html": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/html/-/html-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-pUT6nqVJK/s6LMqCEKEL57WvH2E=",
+      "requires": {
+        "concat-stream": "1.6.0"
+      }
+    },
     "html-comment-regex": {
       "version": "1.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/html-comment-regex/-/html-comment-regex-1.1.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8433c09fa..2476f4942 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     "express-session": "^1.15.6",
     "fs-extra": "^4.0.2",
     "helmet": "^3.9.0",
+    "html": "^1.0.0",
     "ini": "^1.3.4",
     "request": "^2.83.0",
     "request-promise": "^4.2.2",
diff --git a/routes/api/export.js b/routes/api/export.js
index 7a26ce8af..cfa4d539e 100644
--- a/routes/api/export.js
+++ b/routes/api/export.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const rimraf = require('rimraf');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const sql = require('../../services/sql');
 const data_dir = require('../../services/data_dir');
+const html = require('html');
 
 router.get('/:noteId/to/:directory', async (req, res, next) => {
     const noteId = req.params.noteId;
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ async function exportNote(noteTreeId, dir) {
 
     const pos = (noteTree.note_pos + '').padStart(4, '0');
 
-    fs.writeFileSync(dir + '/' + pos + '-' + note.note_title + '.html', note.note_text);
+    fs.writeFileSync(dir + '/' + pos + '-' + note.note_title + '.html', html.prettyPrint(note.note_text, {indent_size: 2}));
 
     const children = await sql.getResults("SELECT * FROM notes_tree WHERE note_pid = ? AND is_deleted = 0", [note.note_id]);