diff --git a/app/jobs/regular/exporter.rb b/app/jobs/regular/exporter.rb
index c82c677e993..a230c4002e3 100644
--- a/app/jobs/regular/exporter.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/regular/exporter.rb
@@ -93,14 +93,15 @@ module Jobs
       tar_filename = "#{@output_base_filename}.tar"
       upload_directory = "uploads/" + RailsMultisite::ConnectionManagement.current_db
 
-      FileUtils.cd(File.dirname(filenames.first)) do
-        `tar cvf #{tar_filename} #{File.basename(filenames.first)}`
-      end
-
       FileUtils.cd(File.join(Rails.root, 'public')) do
         `tar cvf #{tar_filename} #{upload_directory}`
       end
 
+      FileUtils.cd(File.dirname(filenames.first)) do
+        `tar --append --file=#{tar_filename} #{File.basename(filenames.first)}`
+      end
+
+
       `gzip #{tar_filename}`
 
       true