diff --git a/src/node/utils/ExportEtherpad.js b/src/node/utils/ExportEtherpad.js
index 46ae0d7af..1d0990ef1 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/ExportEtherpad.js
+++ b/src/node/utils/ExportEtherpad.js
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ var db = require("../db/DB").db;
 var ERR = require("async-stacktrace");
 
 exports.getPadRaw = function(padId, callback){
+
+  padId=padId.replace('*','')
   async.waterfall([
   function(cb){