diff --git a/_regroup/test-etapi/export-note-subtree.http b/_regroup/test-etapi/export-note-subtree.http
deleted file mode 100644
index 28d90a362..000000000
--- a/_regroup/test-etapi/export-note-subtree.http
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-GET {{triliumHost}}/etapi/notes/root/export
-Authorization: {{authToken}}
-
-> {%
-    client.assert(response.status === 200);
-    client.assert(response.headers.valueOf("Content-Type") == "application/zip");
-%}
-
-###
-
-GET {{triliumHost}}/etapi/notes/root/export?format=html
-Authorization: {{authToken}}
-
-> {%
-    client.assert(response.status === 200);
-    client.assert(response.headers.valueOf("Content-Type") == "application/zip");
-%}
-
-###
-
-GET {{triliumHost}}/etapi/notes/root/export?format=markdown
-Authorization: {{authToken}}
-
-> {%
-    client.assert(response.status === 200);
-    client.assert(response.headers.valueOf("Content-Type") == "application/zip");
-%}
-
-###
-
-GET {{triliumHost}}/etapi/notes/root/export?format=wrong
-Authorization: {{authToken}}
-
-> {%
-    client.assert(response.status === 400);
-    client.assert(response.body.code === "UNRECOGNIZED_EXPORT_FORMAT");
-%}
diff --git a/apps/server/spec/etapi/export-note-subtree.spec.ts b/apps/server/spec/etapi/export-note-subtree.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5f09b532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/server/spec/etapi/export-note-subtree.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { Application } from "express";
+import { beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import supertest from "supertest";
+import { login } from "./utils.js";
+import config from "../../src/services/config.js";
+
+let app: Application;
+let token: string;
+
+const USER = "etapi";
+
+describe("etapi/export-note-subtree", () => {
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+        config.General.noAuthentication = false;
+        const buildApp = (await (import("../../src/app.js"))).default;
+        app = await buildApp();
+        token = await login(app);
+    });
+
+    it("export works", async () => {
+        await supertest(app)
+            .get("/etapi/notes/root/export")
+            .auth(USER, token, { "type": "basic"})
+            .expect(200)
+            .expect("Content-Type", "application/zip");
+    });
+
+    it("HTML export works", async () => {
+        await supertest(app)
+            .get("/etapi/notes/root/export?format=html")
+            .auth(USER, token, { "type": "basic"})
+            .expect(200)
+            .expect("Content-Type", "application/zip");
+    });
+
+    it("Markdown export works", async () => {
+        await supertest(app)
+            .get("/etapi/notes/root/export?format=markdown")
+            .auth(USER, token, { "type": "basic"})
+            .expect(200)
+            .expect("Content-Type", "application/zip");
+    });
+
+    it("reports wrong format", async () => {
+        const response = await supertest(app)
+            .get("/etapi/notes/root/export?format=wrong")
+            .auth(USER, token, { "type": "basic"})
+            .expect(400);
+        expect(response.body.code).toStrictEqual("UNRECOGNIZED_EXPORT_FORMAT");
+    });
+});