diff --git a/server/express/census.ts b/server/express/census.ts
index f6ef6c024..e5adb73ff 100644
--- a/server/express/census.ts
+++ b/server/express/census.ts
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ const calculateAggregate = (config: Aggregate, answer: Set<number | string>): bo
     }
 };
 
-router.get('/census/export', handleErrorAsync(async (req, res) => {
+router.get('/census/export/:edition?', handleErrorAsync(async (req, res) => {
     if (!req.isGranted('census')) {
         return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Unauthorised' });
     }
@@ -230,11 +230,13 @@ router.get('/census/export', handleErrorAsync(async (req, res) => {
     const locale = getLocale(getH3Event(req));
     const config = await loadConfig(locale);
 
+    const edition = req.params.edition || config.census.edition;
+
     const report = [];
     for (const { answers: answersRaw, writins: writinsRaw } of await req.db.all<Pick<CensusRow, 'answers' | 'writins'>>(SQL`
         SELECT answers, writins FROM census
         WHERE locale = ${config.locale}
-          AND edition = ${config.census.edition}
+          AND edition = ${edition}
           AND suspicious = 0
           AND troll = 0
           AND relevant = 1