diff --git a/apps/server/src/routes/api/other.ts b/apps/server/src/routes/api/other.ts
index 0b8d852493..3481c1647b 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/routes/api/other.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/routes/api/other.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+import { RenderMarkdownResponse, ToMarkdownResponse } from "@triliumnext/commons";
+import { markdownImportService } from "@triliumnext/core";
 import type { Request } from "express";
 
-import markdownService from "../../services/import/markdown.js";
 import markdown from "../../services/export/markdown.js";
-import { RenderMarkdownResponse, ToMarkdownResponse } from "@triliumnext/commons";
 
 function renderMarkdown(req: Request) {
     const { markdownContent } = req.body;
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function renderMarkdown(req: Request) {
         throw new Error('markdownContent parameter is required and must be a string');
     }
     return {
-        htmlContent: markdownService.renderToHtml(markdownContent, "")
+        htmlContent: markdownImportService.renderToHtml(markdownContent, "")
     } satisfies RenderMarkdownResponse;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/trilium-core/src/index.ts b/packages/trilium-core/src/index.ts
index c9f01f127b..d1f713884e 100644
--- a/packages/trilium-core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/trilium-core/src/index.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { initSchema, initDemoArchive } from "./services/sql_init";
 import appInfo from "./services/app_info";
 import { type PlatformProvider, initPlatform } from "./services/platform";
 import { type ZipProvider, initZipProvider } from "./services/import/zip_provider";
+import markdown from "./services/import/markdown";
 
 export { getLog } from "./services/log";
 export type * from "./services/sql/types";
@@ -106,6 +107,8 @@ export { default as zipImportService } from "./services/import/zip";
 export * as becca_easy_mocking from "./test/becca_easy_mocking";
 export * as becca_mocking from "./test/becca_mocking";
 
+export { default as markdownImportService } from "./services/import/markdown";
+
 export async function initializeCore({ dbConfig, executionContext, crypto, zip, translations, messaging, request, schema, extraAppInfo, platform, getDemoArchive }: {
     dbConfig: SqlServiceParams,
     executionContext: ExecutionContext,
diff --git a/packages/trilium-core/src/routes/api/import.ts b/packages/trilium-core/src/routes/api/import.ts
index ea78365928..89b3018881 100644
--- a/packages/trilium-core/src/routes/api/import.ts
+++ b/packages/trilium-core/src/routes/api/import.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import type { Request } from "express";
 import type { File } from "../../services/import/common.js";
 
-interface ImportRequest<P> extends Request<P> {
-    file?: File;
-}
+type ImportRequest<P> = Omit<Request<P>, "file"> & { file?: File };
 
 import becca from "../../becca/becca.js";
 import type BNote from "../../becca/entities/bnote.js";
@@ -64,6 +62,7 @@ async function importNotesToBranch(req: ImportRequest<{ parentNoteId: string }>)
                 return importResult;
             }
         } else if (extension === ".enex" && options.explodeArchives) {
+            throw "ENEX import is currently not supported. Please use the desktop app to import ENEX files and then sync with the server.";
             // const importResult = await enexImportService.importEnex(taskContext, file, parentNote);
             // if (!Array.isArray(importResult)) {
             //     note = importResult;