diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 430fe2583a..24793441b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: process
         run: make process
-      - name: build
-        run: make build
+      - name: export
+        run: make export
diff --git a/.hecat.export.yml b/.hecat.export.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3653d4ea2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hecat.export.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+steps:
+  - name: export YAML data to awesome-selfhosted markdown
+    module: exporters/markdown_singlepage
+    module_options:
+      source_directory: ./
+      output_directory: awesome-selfhosted
+      output_file: README.md
+      # authors_file: AUTHORS.md # optional, default no authors file
+      exclude_licenses:
+        - '⊘ Proprietary'
+        - 'BUSL-1.1'
+        - 'CC-BY-NC-4.0'
+        - 'CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0'
+        - 'CC-BY-ND-3.0'
+        - 'Commons-Clause'
+        - 'DPL'
+        - 'SSPL-1.0'
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b63bda20f5..a0ae98bc9f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ process: install
 	source .venv/bin/activate && \
 	hecat --config .hecat.process.yml
 
-.PHONY: build # build markdown singlepage document from yaml data
-build: install
+.PHONY: export # export markdown singlepage document from yaml data
+export: install
 	rm -rf awesome-selfhosted && git clone https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted
 	source .venv/bin/activate && \
-	hecat export --source-directory ./ --output-directory awesome-selfhosted --output-file README.md
+	hecat --config .hecat.export.yml
 	cd awesome-selfhosted && git diff --color=always
 
 .PHONY: help # generate list of targets with descriptions