diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index af112497b7..3a4be60405 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2296,6 +2296,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.8.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fs_extra"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "funty"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -4427,6 +4433,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "decaf377-rdsa",
  "directories",
  "ed25519-consensus",
+ "fs_extra",
  "futures",
  "hex",
  "http",
diff --git a/crates/bin/pd/src/main.rs b/crates/bin/pd/src/main.rs
index 8e30bca285..b4fcfe6568 100644
--- a/crates/bin/pd/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/bin/pd/src/main.rs
@@ -559,20 +559,22 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             t.write_configs()?;
         }
         RootCommand::Export {
-            data_path,
-            export_path,
+            mut data_path,
+            mut export_path,
             prune,
         } => {
-            tracing::info!("exporting state to {}", export_path.display());
             use fs_extra;
+
+            tracing::info!("exporting state to {}", export_path.display());
             let copy_opts = fs_extra::dir::CopyOptions::new();
+            data_path.push("rocksdb");
             let from = [data_path.as_path()];
             tracing::info!(
                 ?data_path,
                 ?export_path,
                 "copying from data dir to export dir",
             );
-            fs_extra::copy_items(&from, export_path.as_path(), &copy_opts);
+            fs_extra::copy_items(&from, export_path.as_path(), &copy_opts)?;
 
             tracing::info!("done copying");
             if !prune {
@@ -580,6 +582,13 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             }
 
             tracing::info!("pruning JMT tree");
+            export_path.push("rocksdb");
+            let export = Storage::load(export_path).await?;
+            let _ = StateDelta::new(export.latest_snapshot());
+            // TODO:
+            // - add utilities in `penumbra_storage` to prune a tree
+            // - apply the delta to the exported storage
+            // - apply checks: root hash, size, etc.
             todo!()
         }
     }