diff --git a/src/export/note.js b/src/export/note.js
index e6896b2077..d7433b6f4e 100644
--- a/src/export/note.js
+++ b/src/export/note.js
@@ -4,13 +4,19 @@ const { NOTE } = require('../constants/type')
 
 const { DOMSerializer } = require('prosemirror-model')
 const { schema } = require('../components/editor/schema')
+const { warn } = require('../common/log')
 
 const serializer = DOMSerializer.fromSchema(schema)
 
 function toHTML(doc) {
-  const node = schema.nodeFromJSON(doc)
-  const docFragment = serializer.serializeFragment(node)
-  return Array.from(docFragment.children).map(x => x.outerHTML).join('')
+  try {
+    const node = schema.nodeFromJSON(doc)
+    const docFragment = serializer.serializeFragment(node)
+    return Array.from(docFragment.children).map(x => x.outerHTML).join('')
+  } catch (error) {
+    warn('Could not convert note to html', { error, doc })
+    return ''
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = function (note) {
diff --git a/test/export/export_test.js b/test/export/export_test.js
index 2bc28fea61..a59ce5669f 100644
--- a/test/export/export_test.js
+++ b/test/export/export_test.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ describe('export', () => {
       const item1 = (await ld)[0]['@graph'][0]
       expect(item1.photo[0]).to.not.have.property('note')
       expect(item1.photo[1]['note']['text']).to.eql('photo note')
-      expect(item1.photo[1]['note']['doc']).to.eql('{"foo":"bar"}')
+      expect(item1.photo[1]['note']['html']).to.eql('<p>photo note</p>')
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/export.js b/test/fixtures/export.js
index 1aa9f6b7a5..cd37354b43 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/export.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/export.js
@@ -79,7 +79,21 @@ const tags = {
 }
 
 const notes = {
-  1: { text: 'photo note', state: { doc: { foo: 'bar' } } },
+  1: {
+    text: 'photo note',
+    state: {
+      doc: {
+        type: 'doc',
+        content: [{
+          type: 'paragraph',
+          content: [{
+            type: 'text',
+            text: 'photo note'
+          }]
+        }]
+      }
+    }
+  },
   2: { text: 'selection note', state: {} }
 }