diff --git a/core/server/data/exporter/index.js b/core/server/data/exporter/index.js
index c04db24210..f715602fa8 100644
--- a/core/server/data/exporter/index.js
+++ b/core/server/data/exporter/index.js
@@ -8,71 +8,11 @@ const logging = require('../../../shared/logging');
 const errors = require('@tryghost/errors');
 const security = require('@tryghost/security');
 const models = require('../../models');
-
-// NOTE: these tables can be optionally included to have full db-like export
-const BACKUP_TABLES = [
-    'actions',
-    'api_keys',
-    'brute',
-    'emails',
-    'integrations',
-    'invites',
-    'labels',
-    'members',
-    'members_labels',
-    'members_products',
-    'members_stripe_customers',
-    'members_stripe_customers_subscriptions',
-    'migrations',
-    'migrations_lock',
-    'permissions',
-    'permissions_roles',
-    'permissions_users',
-    'products',
-    'webhooks',
-    'snippets',
-    'tokens',
-    'sessions',
-    'stripe_products',
-    'stripe_prices',
-    'mobiledoc_revisions',
-    'email_batches',
-    'email_recipients',
-    'members_payment_events',
-    'members_login_events',
-    'members_email_change_events',
-    'members_status_events',
-    'members_paid_subscription_events',
-    'members_subscribe_events'
-];
-
-// NOTE: exposing only tables which are going to be included in a "default" export file
-//       they should match with the data that is supported by the importer.
-//       In the future it's best to move to resource-based exports instead of database-based ones
-const TABLES_ALLOWLIST = [
-    'posts',
-    'posts_authors',
-    'posts_meta',
-    'posts_tags',
-    'roles',
-    'roles_users',
-    'settings',
-    'tags',
-    'users'
-];
-
-// NOTE: these are settings keys which should never end up in the export file
-const SETTING_KEYS_BLOCKLIST = [
-    'stripe_connect_publishable_key',
-    'stripe_connect_secret_key',
-    'stripe_connect_account_id',
-    'stripe_secret_key',
-    'stripe_publishable_key',
-    'members_stripe_webhook_id',
-    'members_stripe_webhook_secret',
-    'oauth_client_id',
-    'oauth_client_secret'
-];
+const {
+    BACKUP_TABLES,
+    TABLES_ALLOWLIST,
+    SETTING_KEYS_BLOCKLIST
+} = require('./table-lists');
 
 const modelOptions = {context: {internal: true}};
 
diff --git a/core/server/data/exporter/table-lists.js b/core/server/data/exporter/table-lists.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14581e6501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/server/data/exporter/table-lists.js
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// NOTE: these tables can be optionally included to have full db-like export
+const BACKUP_TABLES = [
+    'actions',
+    'api_keys',
+    'brute',
+    'emails',
+    'integrations',
+    'invites',
+    'labels',
+    'members',
+    'members_labels',
+    'members_products',
+    'members_stripe_customers',
+    'members_stripe_customers_subscriptions',
+    'migrations',
+    'migrations_lock',
+    'permissions',
+    'permissions_roles',
+    'permissions_users',
+    'products',
+    'webhooks',
+    'snippets',
+    'tokens',
+    'sessions',
+    'stripe_products',
+    'stripe_prices',
+    'mobiledoc_revisions',
+    'email_batches',
+    'email_recipients',
+    'members_payment_events',
+    'members_login_events',
+    'members_email_change_events',
+    'members_status_events',
+    'members_paid_subscription_events',
+    'members_subscribe_events'
+];
+
+// NOTE: exposing only tables which are going to be included in a "default" export file
+//       they should match with the data that is supported by the importer.
+//       In the future it's best to move to resource-based exports instead of database-based ones
+const TABLES_ALLOWLIST = [
+    'posts',
+    'posts_authors',
+    'posts_meta',
+    'posts_tags',
+    'roles',
+    'roles_users',
+    'settings',
+    'tags',
+    'users'
+];
+
+// NOTE: these are settings keys which should never end up in the export file
+const SETTING_KEYS_BLOCKLIST = [
+    'stripe_connect_publishable_key',
+    'stripe_connect_secret_key',
+    'stripe_connect_account_id',
+    'stripe_secret_key',
+    'stripe_publishable_key',
+    'members_stripe_webhook_id',
+    'members_stripe_webhook_secret',
+    'oauth_client_id',
+    'oauth_client_secret'
+];
+
+module.exports = {
+    BACKUP_TABLES,
+    TABLES_ALLOWLIST,
+    SETTING_KEYS_BLOCKLIST
+};