diff --git a/src/becca/entities/battribute.ts b/src/becca/entities/battribute.ts
index 97df7b056..66ef83ca8 100644
--- a/src/becca/entities/battribute.ts
+++ b/src/becca/entities/battribute.ts
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class BAttribute extends AbstractBeccaEntity<BAttribute> {
             this.validate();
         }
 
-        this.name = sanitizeAttributeName.sanitizeAttributeName(this.name);
+        this.name = sanitizeAttributeName(this.name);
 
         if (!this.value) {
             // null value isn't allowed
diff --git a/src/routes/api/sender.ts b/src/routes/api/sender.ts
index 22eea766d..705cac25e 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/sender.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/sender.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import imageType from "image-type";
 import imageService from "../../services/image.js";
 import noteService from "../../services/notes.js";
-import sanitize_attribute_name from "../../services/sanitize_attribute_name.js";
+import sanitizeAttributeName from "../../services/sanitize_attribute_name.js";
 import specialNotesService from "../../services/special_notes.js";
 import { Request } from 'express';
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ async function uploadImage(req: Request) {
         const labels = JSON.parse(labelsStr);
 
         for (const { name, value } of labels) {
-            note.setLabel(sanitize_attribute_name.sanitizeAttributeName(name), value);
+            note.setLabel(sanitizeAttributeName(name), value);
         }
     }
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function saveNote(req: Request) {
 
     if (req.body.labels) {
         for (const { name, value } of req.body.labels) {
-            note.setLabel(sanitize_attribute_name.sanitizeAttributeName(name), value);
+            note.setLabel(sanitizeAttributeName(name), value);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/services/consistency_checks.ts b/src/services/consistency_checks.ts
index fe37c7c15..fa1cec21d 100644
--- a/src/services/consistency_checks.ts
+++ b/src/services/consistency_checks.ts
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ class ConsistencyChecks {
         const attrNames = sql.getColumn<string>(`SELECT DISTINCT name FROM attributes`);
 
         for (const origName of attrNames) {
-            const fixedName = sanitizeAttributeName.sanitizeAttributeName(origName);
+            const fixedName = sanitizeAttributeName(origName);
 
             if (fixedName !== origName) {
                 if (this.autoFix) {
diff --git a/src/services/import/enex.ts b/src/services/import/enex.ts
index 071b66cdb..f0805b2fc 100644
--- a/src/services/import/enex.ts
+++ b/src/services/import/enex.ts
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ function importEnex(taskContext: TaskContext, file: File, parentNote: BNote): Pr
                 labelName = 'pageUrl';
             }
 
-            labelName = sanitizeAttributeName.sanitizeAttributeName(labelName || "");
+            labelName = sanitizeAttributeName(labelName || "");
 
             if (note.attributes) {
                 note.attributes.push({
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ function importEnex(taskContext: TaskContext, file: File, parentNote: BNote): Pr
             } else if (currentTag === 'tag' && note.attributes) {
                 note.attributes.push({
                     type: 'label',
-                    name: sanitizeAttributeName.sanitizeAttributeName(text),
+                    name: sanitizeAttributeName(text),
                     value: ''
                 })
             }
diff --git a/src/services/sanitize_attribute_name.ts b/src/services/sanitize_attribute_name.ts
index 635588f80..075ccfd03 100644
--- a/src/services/sanitize_attribute_name.ts
+++ b/src/services/sanitize_attribute_name.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-function sanitizeAttributeName(origName: string) {
+export default function sanitizeAttributeName(origName: string) {
     let fixedName: string;
 
     if (origName === '') {
@@ -10,9 +10,4 @@ function sanitizeAttributeName(origName: string) {
     }
 
     return fixedName;
-}
-
-
-export default {
-    sanitizeAttributeName
-};
+}
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