diff --git a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.store.v1/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/store/v1/utils/ExportUtils.java b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.store.v1/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/store/v1/utils/ExportUtils.java
index 109d4ab7a553..a1c3eae28b4f 100644
--- a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.store.v1/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/store/v1/utils/ExportUtils.java
+++ b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.store.v1/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/store/v1/utils/ExportUtils.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.wso2.carbon.CarbonConstants;
 import org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.api.APIConsumer;
 import org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.api.APIManagementException;
 import org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.api.model.APIKey;
@@ -95,8 +96,8 @@ public static File exportApplication(Application exportApplication, APIConsumer
             // Creates a temporary directory to store the exported application artifact
             File exportFolder = createTempApplicationDirectory(appName, appOwner);
             exportApplicationBasePath = exportFolder.toString();
-            archivePath = exportApplicationBasePath
-                    .concat(File.separator + appOwner.replace(File.separator, "#") + "-" + appName);
+            archivePath = exportApplicationBasePath.concat(
+                    File.separator + appOwner.replace(CarbonConstants.DOMAIN_SEPARATOR, "#") + "-" + appName);
         } catch (APIImportExportException e) {
             throw new APIManagementException("Unable to create the temporary directory to export the Application", e);
         }