diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/exportOptions.js b/chrome/content/zotero/exportOptions.js
index 75e8cbdaf3..e8d73fa566 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/exportOptions.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/exportOptions.js
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ var Zotero_File_Interface_Export = new function() {
 		Zotero.Prefs.set("export.lastTranslator", window.arguments[0].translators[index].translatorID);
 		
 		// set options on selected translator and generate optionString
-		var optionString = "";
 		var optionsAvailable = window.arguments[0].selectedTranslator.displayOptions;
 		var displayOptions = window.arguments[0].displayOptions = {};
 		for(var option in optionsAvailable) {
@@ -209,7 +208,7 @@ var Zotero_File_Interface_Export = new function() {
 		}
 		
 		// save options
-		optionString = Zotero.JSON.serialize(optionsAvailable);
+		var optionString = Zotero.JSON.serialize(displayOptions);
 		Zotero.Prefs.set("export.translatorSettings", optionString);
 	}
 	
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/translation/translate.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/translation/translate.js
index 52a513b378..d03c388e62 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/translation/translate.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/translation/translate.js
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ Zotero.Translate.Export.prototype._prepareTranslation = function() {
 	} else {
 		this._io = new Zotero.Translate.IO.Write(this.location,
 			this.translator[0].configOptions["dataMode"],
-			this.translator[0].displayOptions["exportCharset"] ? this.translator[0].displayOptions["exportCharset"] : null);
+			this._displayOptions["exportCharset"] ? this._displayOptions["exportCharset"] : null);
 	}
 	
 	this._sandboxManager.importObject(this._io);