diff --git a/app/models/calDaily.js b/app/models/calDaily.js
index 5e955e7c..476ff2f1 100644
--- a/app/models/calDaily.js
+++ b/app/models/calDaily.js
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ const methods =  {
     return config.site.url("calendar", `event-${this.pkid}`);
   },
 
+  // return a url which exports this particular occurrence to calendar apps
+  // ex. https://localhost:4443/api/ics.php?event_id=13662
+  getExportable() {
+    return config.site.url("api", `ics.php?event_id=${this.pkid}`);
+  },
+
   // return true if the occurrence has been removed from the calendar; false otherwise.
   // ( differentiates between explicitly canceled, and no longer scheduled. )
   isDelisted() {
@@ -106,6 +112,7 @@ const methods =  {
       date: this.getFormattedDate(),
       caldaily_id: this.pkid.toString(),
       shareable: this.getShareable(),
+      exportable: this.getExportable(),
       cancelled: this.isUnscheduled(), // better would have been "scheduled:true"
       // don't send newsflash when delisted:
       // it's not scheduled and may be deleted
diff --git a/docs/CALENDAR_API.md b/docs/CALENDAR_API.md
index 2ad37179..39e89330 100644
--- a/docs/CALENDAR_API.md
+++ b/docs/CALENDAR_API.md
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ Example response for a single event:
           "date": "2017-06-05",
           "caldaily_id": "9300",
           "shareable": "https://shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-9300",
+          "exportable": "https://shift2bikes.org/api/ics.php?event_id=9300",
           "cancelled": false,
           "newsflash": null,
           "status": "A",
diff --git a/site/themes/s2b_hugo_theme/assets/js/cal/main.js b/site/themes/s2b_hugo_theme/assets/js/cal/main.js
index d039ead1..882f61da 100755
--- a/site/themes/s2b_hugo_theme/assets/js/cal/main.js
+++ b/site/themes/s2b_hugo_theme/assets/js/cal/main.js
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
                     value.webLink = container.getWebLink(value.weburl);
                     value.contactLink = container.getContactLink(value.contact);
 
-                    let exportURL = new URL(API_ICS_URL);
-                    exportURL.searchParams.set('event_id', value.caldaily_id);
-                    value.exportlink = exportURL.toString();
-
                     value.addToGoogleLink = container.getAddToGoogleLink(value);
 
                     groupedByDate[date].events.push(value);
diff --git a/site/themes/s2b_hugo_theme/layouts/partials/cal/events.html b/site/themes/s2b_hugo_theme/layouts/partials/cal/events.html
index d9eed8fa..1cc6c012 100644
--- a/site/themes/s2b_hugo_theme/layouts/partials/cal/events.html
+++ b/site/themes/s2b_hugo_theme/layouts/partials/cal/events.html
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ <h3>
               <li>
                 <a
                   [[^preview]]
-                      href="[[exportlink]]"
+                      href="[[exportable]]"
                   [[/preview]]
                   data-id="[[caldaily_id]]"
                   class="export-link">