diff --git a/scripts/commands/database/export.js b/scripts/commands/database/export.js
index 50991df291..ccdfaa7d10 100644
--- a/scripts/commands/database/export.js
+++ b/scripts/commands/database/export.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const { logger, db, file } = require('../../core')
 const _ = require('lodash')
 
-const PUBLIC_DIR = process.env.PUBLIC_DIR || '.gh-pages'
+const PUBLIC_DIR = process.env.PUBLIC_DIR || '.api'
 
 async function main() {
   await db.streams.load()
diff --git a/tests/__data__/expected/.gh-pages/streams.json b/tests/__data__/expected/.api/streams.json
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/__data__/expected/.gh-pages/streams.json
rename to tests/__data__/expected/.api/streams.json
diff --git a/tests/commands/database/export.test.js b/tests/commands/database/export.test.js
index ae7c00b562..b0ab866ed7 100644
--- a/tests/commands/database/export.test.js
+++ b/tests/commands/database/export.test.js
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   )
 
   const stdout = execSync(
-    'DB_DIR=tests/__data__/output PUBLIC_DIR=tests/__data__/output/.gh-pages npm run db:export',
+    'DB_DIR=tests/__data__/output PUBLIC_DIR=tests/__data__/output/.api npm run db:export',
     { encoding: 'utf8' }
   )
 })
 
 it('can create streams.json', () => {
-  expect(content(`output/.gh-pages/streams.json`)).toBe(content(`expected/.gh-pages/streams.json`))
+  expect(content(`output/.api/streams.json`)).toBe(content(`expected/.api/streams.json`))
 })
 
 function content(filepath) {