diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/sebconfig/ExamConfigService.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/sebconfig/ExamConfigService.java
index 552533f3..e8e09611 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/sebconfig/ExamConfigService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/sebconfig/ExamConfigService.java
@@ -49,19 +49,14 @@ public interface ExamConfigService {
      *
      * @param out The output stream to write the plain XML text to.
      * @param institutionId The identifier of the institution of the requesting user
-     * @param configurationNodeId the identifier of the ConfigurationNode to export */
-    void exportPlainXML(OutputStream out, Long institutionId, Long configurationNodeId);
-
-    /** Used to export a specified SEB Exam Configuration as plain JSON
-     * This exports the values of the follow-up configuration defined by a given
-     * ConfigurationNode (configurationNodeId) and sorts the attributes recording to
-     * the SEB configuration JSON specification to create a Config-Key as
-     * described here: https://www.safeexambrowser.org/developer/seb-config-key.html
-     *
-     * @param out The output stream to write the plain JSON text to.
-     * @param institutionId The identifier of the institution of the requesting user
-     * @param configurationNodeId the identifier of the ConfigurationNode to export */
-    void exportPlainJSON(OutputStream out, Long institutionId, Long configurationNodeId);
+     * @param configurationNodeId the identifier of the ConfigurationNode to export
+     * @param followup indicates if the follow-up configuration entry shall be used or otherwise the last stable
+     *            to export SEB Settings */
+    void exportPlainXML(
+            OutputStream out,
+            Long institutionId,
+            Long configurationNodeId,
+            boolean followup);
 
     /** Used to export the default SEB Exam Configuration for a given exam identifier.
      * either with encryption if defined or as plain text within the SEB Configuration format
@@ -102,7 +97,7 @@ public interface ExamConfigService {
      *
      * @param institutionId the institutional id
      * @param configurationNodeId the configurationNodeId
-     * @param stable indicates if the follow-up configuration entey shall be used or otherwise the last stable
+     * @param followup indicates if the follow-up configuration entry shall be used or otherwise the last stable
      *            to calculate the config key
      * @return Result refer to the generated Config-Key or to an error if happened. */
     Result<String> generateConfigKey(
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/sebconfig/impl/ExamConfigIO.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/sebconfig/impl/ExamConfigIO.java
index 3ffd726e..2f5bd361 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/sebconfig/impl/ExamConfigIO.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/sebconfig/impl/ExamConfigIO.java
@@ -104,6 +104,17 @@ public class ExamConfigIO {
         exportPlain(exportFormat, out, institutionId, configurationNodeId, null);
     }
 
+    @Async(AsyncServiceSpringConfig.EXECUTOR_BEAN_NAME)
+    void exportForConfig(
+            final ConfigurationFormat exportFormat,
+            final OutputStream out,
+            final Long institutionId,
+            final Long configurationNodeId,
+            final Long configId) throws Exception {
+
+        exportPlain(exportFormat, out, institutionId, configurationNodeId, configId);
+    }
+
     @Async(AsyncServiceSpringConfig.EXECUTOR_BEAN_NAME)
     void exportForConfig(
             final OutputStream out,
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/sebconfig/impl/ExamConfigServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/sebconfig/impl/ExamConfigServiceImpl.java
index b7950998..e19d4749 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/sebconfig/impl/ExamConfigServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/sebconfig/impl/ExamConfigServiceImpl.java
@@ -146,18 +146,14 @@ public class ExamConfigServiceImpl implements ExamConfigService {
     public void exportPlainXML(
             final OutputStream out,
             final Long institutionId,
-            final Long configurationNodeId) {
+            final Long configurationNodeId,
+            final boolean followup) {
 
-        this.exportPlainOnly(ConfigurationFormat.XML, out, institutionId, configurationNodeId);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void exportPlainJSON(
-            final OutputStream out,
-            final Long institutionId,
-            final Long configurationNodeId) {
-
-        this.exportPlainOnly(ConfigurationFormat.JSON, out, institutionId, configurationNodeId);
+        Long configId = null;
+        if (followup) {
+            configId = this.configurationDAO.getFollowupConfigurationId(configurationNodeId).getOr(null);
+        }
+        this.exportPlainOnly(ConfigurationFormat.XML, out, institutionId, configurationNodeId, configId);
     }
 
     public Result<Long> getDefaultConfigurationIdForExam(final Long examId) {
@@ -264,7 +260,7 @@ public class ExamConfigServiceImpl implements ExamConfigService {
             }
         } else {
             // just export in plain text XML format
-            this.exportPlainXML(out, institutionId, configurationNodeId);
+            this.exportPlainXML(out, institutionId, configurationNodeId, false);
         }
 
         return configurationNodeId;
@@ -505,7 +501,8 @@ public class ExamConfigServiceImpl implements ExamConfigService {
             final ConfigurationFormat exportFormat,
             final OutputStream out,
             final Long institutionId,
-            final Long configurationNodeId) {
+            final Long configurationNodeId,
+            final Long configId) {
 
         if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
             log.debug("Start to stream plain text SEB Configuration data");
@@ -517,11 +514,12 @@ public class ExamConfigServiceImpl implements ExamConfigService {
             pout = new PipedOutputStream();
             pin = new PipedInputStream(pout);
 
-            this.examConfigIO.exportPlain(
+            this.examConfigIO.exportForConfig(
                     exportFormat,
                     pout,
                     institutionId,
-                    configurationNodeId);
+                    configurationNodeId,
+                    configId);
 
             IOUtils.copyLarge(pin, out);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/weblayer/api/ConfigurationNodeController.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/weblayer/api/ConfigurationNodeController.java
index beb2624e..80794cf3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/weblayer/api/ConfigurationNodeController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/weblayer/api/ConfigurationNodeController.java
@@ -275,10 +275,12 @@ public class ConfigurationNodeController extends EntityController<ConfigurationN
         final ServletOutputStream outputStream = response.getOutputStream();
 
         try {
+
             this.sebExamConfigService.exportPlainXML(
                     outputStream,
                     institutionId,
-                    modelId);
+                    modelId,
+                    true);
 
             response.setStatus(HttpStatus.OK.value());
         } catch (final Exception e) {