diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 6be2d083938a389257ea878d2cbfe15e5e678926..e7e1ccbfa86d19020b6144736f30712738d83c6f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 minerva-front (18.0.0~beta.5) stable; urgency=medium
   * Small improvements: when exporting map as image provide default selections
     in for format and submap  (#295)
+  * Small improvements: dropdown sections in exporting map as image are
+    unfolded permanently (#296)
 
  -- Piotr Gawron <piotr.gawron@uni.lu>  Fri, 04 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0200
 
diff --git a/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/CollapsibleSection/CollapsibleSection.component.tsx b/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/CollapsibleSection/CollapsibleSection.component.tsx
index 2dc750a9bc35c59817b96191ed83478d7b453d84..0ac2e56dcd3bdaa1e888bd93665a65a82b9a0c5d 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/CollapsibleSection/CollapsibleSection.component.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/CollapsibleSection/CollapsibleSection.component.tsx
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ type CollapsibleSectionProps = {
   title: string;
   children: React.ReactNode;
   onOpened?(): void;
+  dangerouslySetExpanded?: boolean;
 };
 
 export const CollapsibleSection = ({
   title,
   children,
   onOpened,
+  dangerouslySetExpanded,
 }: CollapsibleSectionProps): React.ReactNode => {
   const handleOnChange = (ids: ID[]): void => {
     const hasBeenOpened = ids.length > ZERO;
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ export const CollapsibleSection = ({
 
   return (
     <Accordion allowZeroExpanded onChange={handleOnChange}>
-      <AccordionItem>
+      <AccordionItem dangerouslySetExpanded={dangerouslySetExpanded}>
         <AccordionItemHeading>
           <AccordionItemButton>{title}</AccordionItemButton>
         </AccordionItemHeading>
diff --git a/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/ImageFormat/ImageFormat.component.test.tsx b/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/ImageFormat/ImageFormat.component.test.tsx
index e8c6df3921c6a70d96caeb543b922cd4e6de6ac8..33a1897e0ce24acfe01d55c03fabed60c191a44a 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/ImageFormat/ImageFormat.component.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/ImageFormat/ImageFormat.component.test.tsx
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ describe('ImageFormat - component', () => {
       },
     });
 
-    expect(screen.queryByTestId('checkbox-filter')).not.toBeVisible();
-
     const navigationButton = screen.getByTestId('accordion-item-button');
 
     act(() => {
diff --git a/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/ImageFormat/ImageFormat.component.tsx b/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/ImageFormat/ImageFormat.component.tsx
index 3b735d200124c9e52ed3f8af67262a2fa2ab5ab4..84e59e239b00bd0769b97ecbcad0f4871e790688 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/ImageFormat/ImageFormat.component.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/ImageFormat/ImageFormat.component.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export const ImageFormat = (): React.ReactNode => {
   }
 
   return (
-    <CollapsibleSection title="Image format">
+    <CollapsibleSection title="Image format" dangerouslySetExpanded>
       {isPending && <p>Loading...</p>}
       {!isPending && mappedElementAnnotations.length > ZERO && (
         <CheckboxFilter
diff --git a/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/ImageSize/ImageSize.component.tsx b/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/ImageSize/ImageSize.component.tsx
index 1a66c44e45e0895fb78380222618fa74666cb59b..0847c46023efa0359df362fa47d60377f1ef0338 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/ImageSize/ImageSize.component.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/ImageSize/ImageSize.component.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export const ImageSize = (): React.ReactNode => {
   const { width, height, handleChangeHeight, handleChangeWidth } = useImageSize();
 
   return (
-    <CollapsibleSection title="Image size">
+    <CollapsibleSection title="Image size" dangerouslySetExpanded>
       <div className="flex flex-col gap-4">
         <label className="flex h-9 items-center gap-4">
           <span className="w-12">Width:&nbsp;</span>
diff --git a/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/Submap/Submap.component.test.tsx b/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/Submap/Submap.component.test.tsx
index 2374285dc947b4e0fa4c66e0ab8384f2ab58571f..6ee9cb42426c0d218bcf1922f0d4db5a0d6a41fd 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/Submap/Submap.component.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/Submap/Submap.component.test.tsx
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ describe('Submap - component', () => {
       },
     });
 
-    expect(screen.queryByTestId('checkbox-filter')).not.toBeVisible();
-
     const navigationButton = screen.getByTestId('accordion-item-button');
 
     act(() => {
diff --git a/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/Submap/Submap.component.tsx b/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/Submap/Submap.component.tsx
index 1da3b420c5bbcca03697da82de237448d70913a6..422c4b7385fffdac8bde41a57f9c1ed0543986dd 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/Submap/Submap.component.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/Submap/Submap.component.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export const Submap = (): React.ReactNode => {
   }
 
   return (
-    <CollapsibleSection title="Submap">
+    <CollapsibleSection title="Submap" dangerouslySetExpanded>
       {isPending && <p>Loading...</p>}
       {!isPending && mappedElementAnnotations && mappedElementAnnotations.length > ZERO && (
         <CheckboxFilter