diff --git a/lib/exporter.rb b/lib/exporter.rb
index 4d901917..d2624b51 100644
--- a/lib/exporter.rb
+++ b/lib/exporter.rb
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class Exporter
     end
 
     type = smile.parent.class.name.downcase
-    sobj[type.to_sym] = send(:"process_#{type}", smile.parent, include_comments: false)
+    sobj[type.to_sym] = send(:"process_#{type}", smile.parent, include_comments: false, include_user: false)
 
     sobj
   end
diff --git a/spec/factories/smile.rb b/spec/factories/smile.rb
index 1970c8e4..43bd9bf4 100644
--- a/spec/factories/smile.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/smile.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 FactoryBot.define do
   factory :smile, class: Appendable::Reaction do
-    user { FactoryBot.build(:user) }
-    parent { FactoryBot.build(:answer) }
+    user { FactoryBot.create(:user) }
+    parent { FactoryBot.create(:answer, user: FactoryBot.create(:user)) }
     content { "🙂" }
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/exporter_spec.rb b/spec/lib/exporter_spec.rb
index 1f874119..1d66d0f8 100644
--- a/spec/lib/exporter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/exporter_spec.rb
@@ -64,4 +64,37 @@ RSpec.describe Exporter do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#collect_smiles" do
+    let!(:smiles) { FactoryBot.create_list(:smile, 25, user: user) }
+
+    subject { instance.send(:collect_smiles) }
+
+    context "exporting a user" do
+      it "collects reactions" do
+        subject
+        expect(instance.instance_variable_get(:@obj)[:smiles]).to eq(smiles.map do |s|
+                                                                       {
+                                                                         id:         s.id,
+                                                                         created_at: s.created_at,
+                                                                         answer:     {
+                                                                           comment_count: s.parent.comment_count,
+                                                                           content:       s.parent.content,
+                                                                           created_at:    s.parent.created_at,
+                                                                           id:            s.parent.id,
+                                                                           question:      {
+                                                                             answer_count:        s.parent.question.answer_count,
+                                                                             author_is_anonymous: s.parent.question.author_is_anonymous,
+                                                                             content:             s.parent.question.content,
+                                                                             created_at:          s.parent.question.created_at,
+                                                                             id:                  s.parent.question.id,
+                                                                             user:                nil # we're not populating this in the factory
+                                                                           },
+                                                                           smile_count:   s.parent.smile_count
+                                                                         }
+                                                                       }
+                                                                     end)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end