diff --git a/cli.py b/cli.py
index 1f13778..c9bf8a1 100644
--- a/cli.py
+++ b/cli.py
@@ -134,14 +134,12 @@ def fetch_range(after: datetime, before: datetime):
 
 @cli.command()
 @click.argument("block_number", type=int)
-@click.argument("bucket", type=str)
-@click.argument("filepath", type=str)
-@click.argument("region", type=str)
-def s3_export_command(block_number: int, bucket: str, filepath: str, region: str):
+@click.argument("uri", type=str)
+def s3_export_command(block_number: int, uri: str):
     inspect_db_session = get_inspect_session()
 
     logger.info(f"Exporting block {block_number}")
-    s3_export(inspect_db_session, block_number, bucket, filepath, region)
+    s3_export(inspect_db_session, uri)
 
     return None
 
@@ -149,17 +147,15 @@ def s3_export_command(block_number: int, bucket: str, filepath: str, region: str
 @cli.command()
 @click.argument("after_block", type=int)
 @click.argument("before_block", type=int)
-@click.argument("bucket", type=str)
-@click.argument("filepath_base", type=str)
-@click.argument("region", type=str)
+@click.argument("base_uri", type=str)
 def s3_export_many_command(
-    after_block: int, before_block: int, bucket: str, filepath_base: str, region: str
+    after_block: int, before_block: int, base_uri: str
 ):
     inspect_db_session = get_inspect_session()
 
     logger.info(f"Exporting blocks {after_block} to {before_block}")
     s3_export_many(
-        inspect_db_session, after_block, before_block, bucket, filepath_base, region
+        inspect_db_session, after_block, before_block, base_uri
     )
 
     return None
diff --git a/mev b/mev
index 91d1a6b..efe341a 100755
--- a/mev
+++ b/mev
@@ -99,23 +99,19 @@ case "$1" in
         case "$1" in
           s3-export)
               block_number=$2
-              bucket=$3
-              filepath=$4
-              region=$5
+              uri=$3
               echo "Exporting block"
               kubectl exec -ti deploy/mev-inspect -- \
-                  poetry run s3-export $block_number $bucket $filepath $region
+                  poetry run s3-export $block_number $uri
 
           ;;
           s3-export-many)
               after_block=$2
               before_block=$3
-              bucket=$4
-              filepath_base=$5
-              region=$6
+              base_uri=$4
               echo "Exporting blocks"
               kubectl exec -ti deploy/mev-inspect -- \
-                  poetry run s3-export-many $after_block $before_block $bucket $filepath_base $region
+                  poetry run s3-export-many $after_block $before_block $base_uri
            ;;
            *)
            echo "export usage: "$1" {s3-export}"
diff --git a/mev_inspect/export.py b/mev_inspect/export.py
index 5cf96d9..d8696d5 100644
--- a/mev_inspect/export.py
+++ b/mev_inspect/export.py
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@ from mev_inspect.crud.latest_s3_block import (
 
 
 def s3_export(
-    db_session, block_number: int, bucket: str, filepath: str, region: str
+    db_session, block_number: int, uri: str,
 ) -> None:
     """Export block to S3"""
 
-    uri = _get_uri(db_session, bucket, filepath, region)
-
     latest_s3_block = find_latest_s3_block(db_session)
 
     if latest_s3_block is not None:
@@ -32,9 +30,7 @@ def s3_export_many(
     db_session,
     after_block: int,
     before_block: int,
-    bucket: str,
-    filepath_base: str,
-    region: str,
+    base_uri: str,
 ) -> None:
     """Export block range to S3"""
 
@@ -43,8 +39,7 @@ def s3_export_many(
     for block_number in range(after_block, before_block):
         if latest_s3_block is not None:
             if block_number > latest_s3_block:
-                filepath = f"{filepath_base}" + f"{block_number}"
-                uri = _get_uri(db_session, bucket, filepath, region)
+                uri = base_uri + f"/{block_number}"
                 db_session.execute(
                     """
                     SELECT * FROM aws_s3.query_export_to_s3(
@@ -60,19 +55,3 @@ def s3_export_many(
                     },
                 )
                 update_latest_s3_block(db_session, block_number)
-
-
-def _get_uri(db_session, bucket: str, filepath: str, region: str) -> str:
-
-    uri = db_session.execute(
-        """
-            SELECT aws_commons.create_s3_uri(
-               '{bucket}',
-               '{filepath}',
-               '{region}'
-            ) AS s3_uri_1 \gset
-            """,
-        params={"bucket": bucket, "filepath": filepath, "region": region},
-    )
-
-    return uri