diff --git a/scripts/export_for_fabledcurator.py b/scripts/export_for_fabledcurator.py
index 5372b03..2075f7c 100644
--- a/scripts/export_for_fabledcurator.py
+++ b/scripts/export_for_fabledcurator.py
@@ -11,71 +11,105 @@ Credentials are decrypted in this script's process using GS's secret_key
 ingest with its own Fernet key. The output JSON contains plaintext
 credentials — delete it after the FC ingest completes.
 
-Usage:
-    python scripts/export_for_fabledcurator.py --secret-key "$SECRET_KEY" > gs-export.json
+Designed to run INSIDE the live GS container:
+    docker cp scripts/export_for_fabledcurator.py <gs_container>:/app/scripts/
+    docker exec -w /app <gs_container> python scripts/export_for_fabledcurator.py \\
+        --secret-key "$SECRET_KEY" > ~/gs-export.json
+
+The container has GS's Python deps (asyncpg, sqlalchemy, cryptography)
+and the runtime env vars (DATABASE_URL, SECRET_KEY) already set.
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
+import asyncio
 import json
 import os
 import sys
 from datetime import UTC, datetime
 
-# Bootstrap GS's app context.
-sys.path.insert(0, "backend")
-from app import create_app  # noqa: E402
-from app.database import get_session  # noqa: E402
+# Ensure the container's WORKDIR (/app) is on sys.path so the GS package
+# `app.*` imports resolve. Container layout: /app/app/ is the package.
+sys.path.insert(0, os.getcwd())
+
+from sqlalchemy import select  # noqa: E402
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import (  # noqa: E402
+    AsyncSession,
+    async_sessionmaker,
+    create_async_engine,
+)
+
 from app.models.credential import Credential  # noqa: E402
 from app.models.source import Source  # noqa: E402
 from app.models.subscription import Subscription  # noqa: E402
 from app.utils.encryption import decrypt_data  # noqa: E402
 
 
-def _export_subscriptions(session) -> list[dict]:
-    """Subscriptions with nested sources."""
-    out: list[dict] = []
-    for sub in session.query(Subscription).all():
-        sources_out: list[dict] = []
-        for src in sub.sources or []:
-            sources_out.append({
-                "platform": src.platform,
-                "url": src.url,
-                "enabled": bool(src.enabled),
-                "check_interval": int(src.check_interval or 28800),
-                "metadata": src.metadata_ or {},
-            })
-        out.append({
-            "name": sub.name,
-            "enabled": bool(sub.enabled),
-            "metadata": sub.metadata_ or {},
-            "sources": sources_out,
-        })
-    return out
+def _async_database_url() -> str:
+    """Resolve GS's async DB URL the same way app.config.Settings does."""
+    url = os.environ.get("DATABASE_URL")
+    if not url:
+        # GS's default fallback chain — should rarely fire in prod since
+        # the container's DATABASE_URL is set by compose.
+        url = "postgresql://gdl:password@localhost:5432/gallery_subscriber"
+    return url.replace("postgresql://", "postgresql+asyncpg://")
 
 
-def _export_credentials(session, secret_key: str) -> list[dict]:
-    """Credentials decrypted to plaintext (FC re-encrypts on ingest)."""
-    out: list[dict] = []
-    for cred in session.query(Credential).all():
-        try:
-            plaintext = decrypt_data(cred.data, secret_key)
-        except Exception as exc:
-            print(
-                f"WARNING: failed to decrypt credential for "
-                f"platform={cred.platform!r}: {exc}",
-                file=sys.stderr,
-            )
-            continue
-        out.append({
-            "platform": cred.platform,
-            "credential_type": cred.credential_type,
-            "plaintext": plaintext,
-            "expires_at": (
-                cred.expires_at.isoformat() if cred.expires_at else None
-            ),
-        })
-    return out
+async def _export_async(secret_key: str) -> dict:
+    engine = create_async_engine(_async_database_url())
+    Session = async_sessionmaker(engine, expire_on_commit=False, class_=AsyncSession)
+    try:
+        async with Session() as session:
+            subs_out: list[dict] = []
+            subs = (await session.execute(select(Subscription))).scalars().all()
+            for sub in subs:
+                srcs = (await session.execute(
+                    select(Source).where(Source.subscription_id == sub.id)
+                )).scalars().all()
+                sources_out = [{
+                    "platform": s.platform,
+                    "url": s.url,
+                    "enabled": bool(s.enabled),
+                    "check_interval": int(s.check_interval or 28800),
+                    "metadata": s.metadata_ or {},
+                } for s in srcs]
+                subs_out.append({
+                    "name": sub.name,
+                    "enabled": bool(sub.enabled),
+                    "metadata": sub.metadata_ or {},
+                    "sources": sources_out,
+                })
+
+            creds_out: list[dict] = []
+            creds = (await session.execute(select(Credential))).scalars().all()
+            for cred in creds:
+                try:
+                    plaintext = decrypt_data(cred.data, secret_key)
+                except Exception as exc:
+                    print(
+                        f"WARNING: failed to decrypt credential for "
+                        f"platform={cred.platform!r}: {exc}",
+                        file=sys.stderr,
+                    )
+                    continue
+                creds_out.append({
+                    "platform": cred.platform,
+                    "credential_type": cred.credential_type,
+                    "plaintext": plaintext,
+                    "expires_at": (
+                        cred.expires_at.isoformat() if cred.expires_at else None
+                    ),
+                })
+
+            return {
+                "source_app": "gallerysubscriber",
+                "schema_version": 1,
+                "exported_at": datetime.now(UTC).isoformat(),
+                "subscriptions": subs_out,
+                "credentials": creds_out,
+            }
+    finally:
+        await engine.dispose()
 
 
 def main() -> None:
@@ -93,16 +127,7 @@ def main() -> None:
         )
         sys.exit(2)
 
-    app = create_app()
-    with app.app_context():
-        with get_session() as session:
-            export = {
-                "source_app": "gallerysubscriber",
-                "schema_version": 1,
-                "exported_at": datetime.now(UTC).isoformat(),
-                "subscriptions": _export_subscriptions(session),
-                "credentials": _export_credentials(session, args.secret_key),
-            }
+    export = asyncio.run(_export_async(args.secret_key))
     json.dump(export, sys.stdout, indent=2)
     sys.stdout.write("\n")