diff --git a/rattail_corepos/corepos/importing/exporters.py b/rattail_corepos/corepos/importing/exporters.py
index 8edd258..f4c024d 100644
--- a/rattail_corepos/corepos/importing/exporters.py
+++ b/rattail_corepos/corepos/importing/exporters.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class FromCoreToCSV(FromSQLAlchemyToCSVMixin, FromCoreHandler, ToCSVHandler):
 
     @property
     def host_title(self):
-        return self.config.node_title()
+        return self.config.node_title(default="CORE")
 
     def get_model(self):
         return corepos