diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/preferences/export-user.html b/bookwyrm/templates/preferences/export-user.html
index 26cd292e8..13fe16a77 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/preferences/export-user.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/preferences/export-user.html
@@ -126,27 +126,15 @@
                     <span>{{ export.size|get_file_size }}</span>
                 </td>
                 <td>
-                    {% if export.job.complete and not export.job.status == "stopped" and not export.job.status == "failed" %}
-                        {% if export.url%}
-                        <p>
-                            <a href="{{ export.url }}">
-                                <span class="icon icon-download" aria-hidden="true"></span>
-                                <span class="is-hidden-mobile">
-                                    {% trans "Download your export" %}
-                                </span>
-                            </a>
-                        </p>
-                        {% else %}
-                        <p>
-                            <a download="" href="/preferences/user-export/{{ export.job.task_id }}">
-                                <span class="icon icon-download" aria-hidden="true"></span>
-                                <span class="is-hidden-mobile">
-                                    {% trans "Download your export" %}
-                                </span>
-                            </a>
-                        </p>
-                        {% endif %}
-
+                    {% if export.url %}
+                    <a href="{{ export.url }}">
+                        <span class="icon icon-download" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+                        <span class="is-hidden-mobile">
+                            {% trans "Download your export" %}
+                        </span>
+                    </a>
+                    {% elif export.job.complete and not export.job.status == "stopped" and not export.job.status == "failed" %}
+                    {% trans "Archive is no longer available" %}
                     {% endif %}
                 </td>
             </tr>
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/preferences/export.py b/bookwyrm/views/preferences/export.py
index 5ff0d8616..50641e86e 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/preferences/export.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/preferences/export.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseServerError, Http404
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.views import View
+from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
@@ -166,17 +167,8 @@ class ExportUser(View):
             export = {"job": job}
 
             if settings.USE_S3:
-                # make custom_domain None so we can sign the url
-                # see https://github.com/jschneier/django-storages/issues/944
                 storage = S3Boto3Storage(querystring_auth=True, custom_domain=None)
 
-                # for s3 we download directly from s3, so we need a signed url
-                export["url"] = S3Boto3Storage.url(
-                    storage,
-                    f"/exports/{job.task_id}.tar.gz",
-                    expire=settings.S3_SIGNED_URL_EXPIRY,
-                )
-
                 # for s3 we create a new tar file in s3,
                 # so we need to check the size of _that_ file
                 try:
@@ -194,6 +186,9 @@ class ExportUser(View):
                     # file no longer exists
                     export["size"] = 0
 
+            if export["size"] > 0:
+                export["url"] = reverse("prefs-export-file", args=[job.task_id])
+
             exports.append(export)
 
         site = models.SiteSettings.objects.get()
@@ -235,6 +230,21 @@ class ExportArchive(View):
     def get(self, request, archive_id):
         """download user export file"""
         export = BookwyrmExportJob.objects.get(task_id=archive_id, user=request.user)
+
+        if isinstance(export.export_data.storage, storage_backends.ExportsS3Storage):
+            # make custom_domain None so we can sign the url
+            # see https://github.com/jschneier/django-storages/issues/944
+            storage = S3Boto3Storage(querystring_auth=True, custom_domain=None)
+            try:
+                url = S3Boto3Storage.url(
+                    storage,
+                    f"/exports/{export.task_id}.tar.gz",
+                    expire=settings.S3_SIGNED_URL_EXPIRY,
+                )
+            except Exception:
+                raise Http404()
+            return redirect(url)
+
         if isinstance(export.export_data.storage, storage_backends.ExportsFileStorage):
             try:
                 return HttpResponse(
@@ -246,4 +256,5 @@ class ExportArchive(View):
                 )
             except FileNotFoundError:
                 raise Http404()
+
         return HttpResponseServerError()