diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d172241..28269e41 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 * (encoding) [tharsis#478](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/478) Register `Evidence` to amino codec.
 * (rpc) [tharsis#478](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/481) Getting the node configuration when calling the `miner` rpc methods.
+* (cli) [tharsis#561](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/561) `Export` and `Start` commands now use the same home directory.
 
 ### Improvements
 
diff --git a/server/util.go b/server/util.go
index b45456c9..20010f33 100644
--- a/server/util.go
+++ b/server/util.go
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import (
 
 	tmlog "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
 	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/jsonrpc/client"
-
-	"github.com/tharsis/ethermint/app"
 )
 
 // add server commands
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ func AddCommands(rootCmd *cobra.Command, defaultNodeHome string, appCreator type
 		startCmd,
 		sdkserver.UnsafeResetAllCmd(),
 		tendermintCmd,
-		sdkserver.ExportCmd(appExport, app.DefaultNodeHome),
+		sdkserver.ExportCmd(appExport, defaultNodeHome),
 		version.NewVersionCommand(),
 	)
 }