diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/minerva.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/minerva.js
index 34d98369c31c6f69e391cd596514b0d1e19da7d7..50d7f1cd06a5f666b78c5f23dfc552156327652f 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/minerva.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/minerva.js
@@ -660,6 +660,7 @@ function createExport(params) {
   // make sure that we are logged in
   return ServerConnector.getConfiguration().then(function (configuration) {
     params.setConfiguration(configuration);
+    params.setServerConnector(ServerConnector);
     return getProject(params);
   }).then(function (project) {
     params.setProject(project);