diff --git a/src/scribe/services/backup.py b/src/scribe/services/backup.py
index 6491975..50e9f82 100644
--- a/src/scribe/services/backup.py
+++ b/src/scribe/services/backup.py
@@ -767,14 +767,6 @@ async def export_user_backup(user_id: int) -> dict:
         usage_events = (await session.execute(
             select(NoteUsageEvent).where(NoteUsageEvent.note_id.in_(note_ids))
         )).scalars().all() if note_ids else []
-        # Scoped through the RULE, not the event's user_id — the same call
-        # rule_versions makes one block up. user_id here is whoever the arm
-        # fired for, so filtering on it would carry this user's surfacings of
-        # someone ELSE's rule and drop the ones fired for someone else on
-        # theirs: the opposite of a per-user export.
-        rule_usage_events = (await session.execute(
-            select(RuleUsageEvent).where(RuleUsageEvent.rule_id.in_(_rule_ids))
-        )).scalars().all() if _rule_ids else []
         repo_bindings = (await session.execute(
             select(RepoBinding).where(RepoBinding.user_id == user_id)
         )).scalars().all()
@@ -826,6 +818,14 @@ async def export_user_backup(user_id: int) -> dict:
             select(RuleVersion).where(RuleVersion.rule_id.in_(_rule_ids))
             .order_by(RuleVersion.rule_id, RuleVersion.id)
         )).scalars().all() if _rule_ids else []
+        # Scoped through the RULE for the same reason the versions above are,
+        # and it is worth restating because the column that looks right is
+        # wrong: `user_id` here is whoever the arm fired FOR, not who owns the
+        # rule. Filtering on it would carry this user's surfacings of someone
+        # ELSE's rule and drop the ones fired for someone else on theirs.
+        rule_usage_events = (await session.execute(
+            select(RuleUsageEvent).where(RuleUsageEvent.rule_id.in_(_rule_ids))
+        )).scalars().all() if _rule_ids else []
         rule_relations = (await session.execute(
             select(RuleRelation).where(
                 RuleRelation.from_rule_id.in_(_rule_ids),