diff --git a/creator-node/src/components/replicaSet/exportComponentService.js b/creator-node/src/components/replicaSet/exportComponentService.js
index 70022403bb4..fa2eeafdfab 100644
--- a/creator-node/src/components/replicaSet/exportComponentService.js
+++ b/creator-node/src/components/replicaSet/exportComponentService.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const exportComponentService = async ({
   walletPublicKeys,
   requestedClockRangeMin,
   requestedClockRangeMax,
+  forceExport = false,
   logger
 }) => {
   const transaction = await models.sequelize.transaction({
@@ -112,7 +113,10 @@ const exportComponentService = async ({
       )
       if (!_.isEmpty(clockRecords) && cnodeUser.clock !== maxClockRecord) {
         const errorMsg = `Cannot export - exported data is not consistent. Exported max clock val = ${cnodeUser.clock} and exported max ClockRecord val ${maxClockRecord}`
-        throw new Error(errorMsg)
+        logger.error(errorMsg)
+        if (!forceExport) {
+          throw new Error(errorMsg)
+        }
       }
 
       cnodeUser.clockInfo = {
diff --git a/creator-node/src/routes/nodeSync.js b/creator-node/src/routes/nodeSync.js
index 8aa2ec870be..b69dea09c39 100644
--- a/creator-node/src/routes/nodeSync.js
+++ b/creator-node/src/routes/nodeSync.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ router.get(
 
     const walletPublicKeys = req.query.wallet_public_key // array
     const sourceEndpoint = req.query.source_endpoint // string
+    const forceExport = !!req.query.force_export // boolean
 
     const maxExportClockValueRange = config.get('maxExportClockValueRange')
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ router.get(
             walletPublicKeys,
             requestedClockRangeMin,
             requestedClockRangeMax,
+            forceExport,
             logger: req.logger
           })
         },
diff --git a/creator-node/src/services/sync/primarySyncFromSecondary.js b/creator-node/src/services/sync/primarySyncFromSecondary.js
index 1de16b05280..9b72af45355 100644
--- a/creator-node/src/services/sync/primarySyncFromSecondary.js
+++ b/creator-node/src/services/sync/primarySyncFromSecondary.js
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ async function fetchExportFromSecondary({
   const exportQueryParams = {
     wallet_public_key: [wallet], // export requires a wallet array
     clock_range_min: clockRangeMin,
-    source_endpoint: selfEndpoint
+    source_endpoint: selfEndpoint,
+    force_export: true
   }
 
   try {