diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Controllers/Web/SettingsController.cs b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Controllers/Web/SettingsController.cs
index e6b29219..d39f24dc 100644
--- a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Controllers/Web/SettingsController.cs
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Controllers/Web/SettingsController.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Iceshrimp.Backend.Controllers.Web;
 [EnableRateLimiting("sliding")]
 [Route("/api/iceshrimp/settings")]
 [Produces(MediaTypeNames.Application.Json)]
-public class SettingsController(DatabaseContext db, UserService userSvc) : ControllerBase
+public class SettingsController(DatabaseContext db, ImportExportService importExportSvc) : ControllerBase
 {
 	[HttpGet]
 	[ProducesResults(HttpStatusCode.OK)]
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class SettingsController(DatabaseContext db, UserService userSvc) : Contr
 		if (followCount < 1)
 			throw GracefulException.BadRequest("You do not follow any users");
 
-		await userSvc.ExportFollowingAsync(user);
+		await importExportSvc.ExportFollowingAsync(user);
 		
 		return Accepted();
 	}
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class SettingsController(DatabaseContext db, UserService userSvc) : Contr
 		           .Where(fqn => fqn.Contains('@'))
 		           .ToList();
 
-		await userSvc.ImportFollowingAsync(user, fqns);
+		await importExportSvc.ImportFollowingAsync(user, fqns);
 
 		return Accepted();
 	}
diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Extensions/ServiceExtensions.cs b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Extensions/ServiceExtensions.cs
index 926d7bc0..6ff2aa46 100644
--- a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Extensions/ServiceExtensions.cs
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Extensions/ServiceExtensions.cs
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public static class ServiceExtensions
 			.AddScoped<NotificationService>()
 			.AddScoped<DatabaseMaintenanceService>()
 			.AddScoped<BiteService>()
+			.AddScoped<ImportExportService>()
 			.AddScoped<UserProfileMentionsResolver>()
 			.AddScoped<AuthorizedFetchMiddleware>()
 			.AddScoped<InboxValidationMiddleware>()
diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/ImportExportService.cs b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/ImportExportService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..227b0ba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/ImportExportService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+using System.Text;
+using Iceshrimp.Backend.Core.Configuration;
+using Iceshrimp.Backend.Core.Database;
+using Iceshrimp.Backend.Core.Database.Tables;
+using Iceshrimp.Backend.Core.Extensions;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+using static Iceshrimp.Backend.Core.Federation.ActivityPub.UserResolver;
+
+namespace Iceshrimp.Backend.Core.Services;
+
+public class ImportExportService(
+    DatabaseContext db,
+    ILogger<UserService> logger,
+    IOptions<Config.InstanceSection> instance,
+    CacheService cacheSvc,
+    DriveService driveSvc,
+    UserService userSvc,
+    ActivityPub.UserResolver userResolver
+)
+{
+    public async Task ExportFollowingAsync(User user)
+    {
+        var followees = await db.Followings
+                                .Include(p => p.Followee)
+                                .Where(p => p.FollowerId == user.Id)
+                                .Select(p => p.Followee)
+                                .Where(p => !p.IsDeleted && !p.IsSystemUser && p.MovedToUri == null)
+                                .OrderBy(p => p.Host)
+                                .ThenBy(p => p.UsernameLower)
+                                .Select(p => p.GetFqn(instance.Value.AccountDomain))
+                                .ToListAsync();
+
+        var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(string.Join("\n", followees)));
+
+        await driveSvc.StoreFile(stream, user,
+                                 new DriveFileCreationRequest
+                                 {
+                                     Filename    = $"following-{DateTime.UtcNow:yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss}.csv",
+                                     IsSensitive = false,
+                                     MimeType    = "text/csv"
+                                 }, true);
+    }
+
+    public async Task ImportFollowingAsync(User user, List<string> fqns)
+    {
+        foreach (var fqn in fqns)
+        {
+            var followee = await userResolver.ResolveAsync($"acct:{fqn}", ResolveFlags.Acct);
+
+            try
+            {
+                await userSvc.FollowUserAsync(user, followee);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                logger.LogWarning("Failed to import follow {followee} for user {follower}: {error}",
+                                  followee.Id, user.Id, e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        await QueryableTimelineExtensions.ResetHeuristic(user, cacheSvc);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/UserService.cs b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/UserService.cs
index ff2e181c..3041dbbc 100644
--- a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/UserService.cs
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/UserService.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
-using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using AsyncKeyedLock;
 using EntityFramework.Exceptions.Common;
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ public class UserService(
 	QueueService queueSvc,
 	EventService eventSvc,
 	WebFingerService webFingerSvc,
-	CacheService cacheSvc,
 	ActivityPub.FederationControlService fedCtrlSvc
 )
 {
@@ -947,54 +945,6 @@ public class UserService(
 		await db.UserListMembers.Where(p => p.UserList.User == user && p.User == followee).ExecuteDeleteAsync();
 	}
 
-	public async Task ExportFollowingAsync(User user)
-	{
-		var followees = await db.Followings
-		                        .Include(p => p.Followee)
-		                        .Where(p => p.FollowerId == user.Id)
-		                        .Select(p => p.Followee)
-		                        .Where(p => !p.IsDeleted && !p.IsSystemUser && p.MovedToUri == null)
-		                        .OrderBy(p => p.Host)
-		                        .ThenBy(p => p.UsernameLower)
-		                        .Select(p => p.GetFqn(instance.Value.AccountDomain))
-		                        .ToListAsync();
-
-		var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(string.Join("\n", followees)));
-
-		await driveSvc.StoreFile(stream, user,
-		                         new DriveFileCreationRequest
-		                         {
-			                         Filename    = $"following-{DateTime.UtcNow:yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss}.csv",
-			                         IsSensitive = false,
-			                         MimeType    = "text/csv"
-		                         }, true);
-	}
-
-	public async Task ImportFollowingAsync(User user, List<string> fqns)
-	{
-		foreach (var fqn in fqns.Select(fqn => fqn.Split("@")))
-		{
-			var followee = await db.Users
-			                       .IncludeCommonProperties()
-			                       .FirstOrDefaultAsync(p => fqn[0].ToLower() == p.UsernameLower &&
-			                                                 fqn[1] == (p.Host ?? instance.Value.AccountDomain));
-
-			if (followee == null) continue;
-
-			try
-			{
-				await FollowUserAsync(user, followee);
-			}
-			catch (Exception e)
-			{
-				logger.LogWarning("Failed to import follow {followee} for user {follower}: {error}",
-				                  followee.Id, user.Id, e);
-			}
-		}
-
-		await QueryableTimelineExtensions.ResetHeuristic(user, cacheSvc);
-	}
-
 	[SuppressMessage("ReSharper", "SuggestBaseTypeForParameter", Justification = "Method only makes sense for users")]
 	private void UpdateUserPinnedNotesInBackground(ASActor actor, User user, bool force = false)
 	{