diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/activities/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/activities/MainActivity.kt
index 752ece6f..f8ea9629 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity() {
 
     private fun exportNoteValueToUri(uri: Uri, content: String, callback: ((success: Boolean) -> Unit)? = null) {
         try {
-            val outputStream = contentResolver.openOutputStream(uri, "wt")
+            val outputStream = contentResolver.openOutputStream(uri, "rwt")
             outputStream!!.bufferedWriter().use { out ->
                 out.write(content)
             }