diff --git a/src/app/admin/page.tsx b/src/app/admin/page.tsx
index f6d3af6..1a79156 100644
--- a/src/app/admin/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/admin/page.tsx
@@ -586,9 +586,11 @@ export default function AdminPage() {
               <button
                 onClick={() => {
                   if (isDocker) {
-                    // Custom popup for Docker support message
+                    handleExportTarball();
+                  } else {
+                    // Custom popup for local server message
                     const dockerSupportPopup = document.createElement('div');
-                    dockerSupportPopup.innerHTML = 'Exporting from Docker is not supported yet.';
+                    dockerSupportPopup.innerHTML = '⚠️ Exporting from local server isn\'t supported, please pull from the server\'s Filesystem';
                     dockerSupportPopup.style.position = 'fixed';
                     dockerSupportPopup.style.top = '50%';
                     dockerSupportPopup.style.left = '50%';
@@ -602,13 +604,11 @@ export default function AdminPage() {
                     setTimeout(() => {
                       document.body.removeChild(dockerSupportPopup);
                     }, 3000);
-                  } else {
-                    handleExportTarball();
                   }
                 }}
                 className="px-4 py-2 bg-green-600 text-white rounded hover:bg-green-700"
               >
-                Export Posts
+                Export Docker Posts
               </button>
             </div>
           </div>
diff --git a/src/app/api/admin/export/route.ts b/src/app/api/admin/export/route.ts
index d0be048..7c2bb61 100644
--- a/src/app/api/admin/export/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/admin/export/route.ts
@@ -5,55 +5,28 @@ import path from 'path';
 
 export async function GET() {
   try {
-    const rootDir = process.cwd();
-    const dockerDir = path.join(rootDir, 'docker');
-    const postsDir = path.join(rootDir, 'posts');
-    let tarballName: string;
-    let tarballPath: string;
-    let tarCwd: string;
-    let tarItems: string[];
-    let tarOptions: any = {
-      gzip: true,
-      portable: true,
-      noMtime: true,
-    };
+    const dockerDir = '/app/docker'; // update this to your actual path
+    const tarballName = 'docker-export.tar.gz';
+    const tarballPath = path.join('/tmp', tarballName);
 
-    if (existsSync(dockerDir)) {
-      // Docker is in use: export the entire root directory (excluding node_modules, .next, etc)
-      tarballName = 'root-export.tar.gz';
-      tarballPath = path.join('/tmp', tarballName);
-      tarCwd = rootDir;
-      tarItems = ['.'];
-      tarOptions.file = tarballPath;
-      tarOptions.cwd = tarCwd;
-      tarOptions.filter = (filepath: string) => {
-        // Exclude node_modules, .next, .git, /tmp, and tarball itself
-        const excludes = [
-          'node_modules', '.next', '.git', 'tmp', 'docker.sock', tarballName
-        ];
-        // Only check top-level folders/files
-        const rel = filepath.split(path.sep)[0];
-        return !excludes.includes(rel);
-      };
-    } else {
-      // Not docker: export only the posts directory
-      tarballName = 'posts-export.tar.gz';
-      tarballPath = path.join('/tmp', tarballName);
-      tarCwd = rootDir;
-      tarItems = ['posts'];
-      tarOptions.file = tarballPath;
-      tarOptions.cwd = tarCwd;
+    if (!existsSync(dockerDir)) {
+      return NextResponse.json({ error: `${dockerDir} directory does not exist` }, { status: 400 });
     }
 
-    // Create tarball
     await tar.c(
-      tarOptions,
-      tarItems
+      {
+        gzip: true,
+        file: tarballPath,
+        cwd: path.dirname(dockerDir),
+        portable: true,
+        noMtime: true,
+      },
+      [path.basename(dockerDir)]
     );
 
-    // Stream the tarball as a response
     const stat = statSync(tarballPath);
     const stream = createReadStream(tarballPath);
+
     return new Response(stream as any, {
       status: 200,
       headers: {
@@ -63,7 +36,7 @@ export async function GET() {
       },
     });
   } catch (error) {
-    console.error('Error exporting tarball:', error);
-    return NextResponse.json({ error: 'Error exporting tarball' }, { status: 500 });
+    console.error('Error exporting docker:', error);
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: 'Error exporting docker' }, { status: 500 });
   }
-} 
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+}
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