diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/controllers/admin/statistics.coffee.erb b/app/assets/javascripts/controllers/admin/statistics.coffee.erb
index d9b5f058f..32c06e1d4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/controllers/admin/statistics.coffee.erb
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/controllers/admin/statistics.coffee.erb
@@ -291,10 +291,12 @@ Application.Controllers.controller "StatisticsController", ["$scope", "$state",
       # export requested
       if info.type == 'current'
         custom = buildCustomFilterQuery()
-        Export.stats $scope.selectedIndex.es_type_key,
-          buildElasticDataQuery($scope.type.active.key, custom, $scope.agePicker.start, $scope.agePicker.end, moment($scope.datePickerStart.selected), moment($scope.datePickerEnd.selected), $scope.sorting)
+        $scope.exportUrl = '/stats/'+$scope.selectedIndex.es_type_key+'/export'
+        $scope.exportQuery = buildElasticDataQuery($scope.type.active.key, custom, $scope.agePicker.start, $scope.agePicker.end, moment($scope.datePickerStart.selected), moment($scope.datePickerEnd.selected), $scope.sorting)
+        angular.element('#export-stats').submit()
       else if info.type == 'global'
-        Export.stats 'global',
+        $scope.exportUrl = '/stats/global/export'
+        $scope.exportQuery =
           "query":
             "bool":
               "must": [
@@ -305,6 +307,7 @@ Application.Controllers.controller "StatisticsController", ["$scope", "$state",
                       "lte": moment(info.dates.end).format()
                 }
               ]
+        angular.element('#export-stats').submit()
 
 
 
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/admin/statistics/index.html.erb b/app/assets/templates/admin/statistics/index.html.erb
index 39a104fb7..2d6696d84 100644
--- a/app/assets/templates/admin/statistics/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/assets/templates/admin/statistics/index.html.erb
@@ -289,3 +289,7 @@
   </div>
 </section>
 
+<form id="export-stats" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="{{exportUrl}}" formtarget="_blank">
+  <input type="hidden" ng-value="exportQuery" name="body" >
+</form>
+
diff --git a/config/initializers/mime_types.rb b/config/initializers/mime_types.rb
index 669623a3c..bb3a62d1c 100644
--- a/config/initializers/mime_types.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/mime_types.rb
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@
 # Mime::Type.register "text/richtext", :rtf
 # Mime::Type.register_alias "text/html", :iphone
 
-Mime::Type.register "application/vnd.ms-excel", :xls
-Mime::Type.register "application/xlsx", :xlsx
\ No newline at end of file
+Mime::Type.register "application/vnd.ms-excel", :xls
\ No newline at end of file