diff --git a/src/gui/mzroll/tabledockwidget.cpp b/src/gui/mzroll/tabledockwidget.cpp
index ee6421ba97..0f8b413f0f 100644
--- a/src/gui/mzroll/tabledockwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/mzroll/tabledockwidget.cpp
@@ -858,10 +858,10 @@ void TableDockWidget::exportGroupsToSpreadsheet() {
   QList<shared_ptr<PeakGroup>> selectedGroups = getSelectedGroups();
   csvreports.setSelectionFlag(static_cast<int>(peakTableSelection));
 
-  for (auto group : _topLevelGroups) {
-    if (selectedGroups.contains(group))
-      csvreports.addGroup(group.get());
+  for(auto group : selectedGroups){
+    csvreports.addGroup(group.get());
   }
+
  
   if (csvreports.getErrorReport() != "") {
     QMessageBox msgBox(_mainwindow);