diff --git a/Export/Exporter.php b/Export/Exporter.php
index ec38026..c13f2e6 100644
--- a/Export/Exporter.php
+++ b/Export/Exporter.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 namespace Superbrave\GdprBundle\Export;
 
 use InvalidArgumentException;
+use ReflectionException;
 use ReflectionClass;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\SerializerInterface;
 
@@ -30,23 +31,14 @@ class Exporter
      */
     private $serializer;
 
-    /**
-     * The format an object is serialized to.
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    private $format;
-
     /**
      * Constructs a new Export instance.
      *
      * @param SerializerInterface $serializer The Serializer instance
-     * @param string              $format     The format an object is serialized to
      */
-    public function __construct(SerializerInterface $serializer, $format = 'xml')
+    public function __construct(SerializerInterface $serializer)
     {
         $this->serializer = $serializer;
-        $this->format = $format;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -54,12 +46,14 @@ public function __construct(SerializerInterface $serializer, $format = 'xml')
      *
      * @param object      $object     The object to be exported
      * @param string|null $objectName The name of the object used in the export (eg. the root node in XML)
+     * @param string      $format     The format an object is serialized to
      *
      * @return string
      *
      * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+     * @throws ReflectionException
      */
-    public function exportObject(/*object */$object, $objectName = null)
+    public function exportObject(/*object */$object, $objectName = null, $format = 'xml')
     {
         if (is_object($object) === false) {
             throw new InvalidArgumentException(
@@ -75,6 +69,6 @@ public function exportObject(/*object */$object, $objectName = null)
             $context['xml_root_node_name'] = (new ReflectionClass($object))->getShortName();
         }
 
-        return $this->serializer->serialize($object, $this->format, $context);
+        return $this->serializer->serialize($object, $format, $context);
     }
 }
diff --git a/Resources/config/services.yml b/Resources/config/services.yml
index b2742ed..29e64eb 100644
--- a/Resources/config/services.yml
+++ b/Resources/config/services.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ services:
         class: Superbrave\GdprBundle\Export\Exporter
         arguments:
             - "@superbrave_gdpr.exporter.serializer"
-            - "xml"
         public: true
 
     superbrave_gdpr.anonymizer:
diff --git a/Tests/Export/ExporterTest.php b/Tests/Export/ExporterTest.php
index 3d79a73..ccf22d9 100644
--- a/Tests/Export/ExporterTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Export/ExporterTest.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public function setUp()
         $this->serializerMock = $this->getMockBuilder(SerializerInterface::class)
             ->getMock();
 
-        $this->exporter = new Exporter($this->serializerMock, 'xml');
+        $this->exporter = new Exporter($this->serializerMock);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ public function setUp()
     public function testConstruct()
     {
         $this->assertAttributeSame($this->serializerMock, 'serializer', $this->exporter);
-        $this->assertAttributeSame('xml', 'format', $this->exporter);
     }
 
     /**