diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/features/export/components/export-run-panel.tsx b/studio/frontend/src/features/export/components/export-run-panel.tsx
index ebd35c2158..9e0edf7303 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/features/export/components/export-run-panel.tsx
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/features/export/components/export-run-panel.tsx
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ export function ExportRunPanel(props: ExportRunPanelProps) {
                         Model Name
                       </label>
                       <Input
-                        placeholder="my-model-gguf"
+                        placeholder="my-model-GGUF"
                         value={modelName}
                         onChange={(e) => onModelNameChange(e.target.value)}
                       />
diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/features/export/export-page.tsx b/studio/frontend/src/features/export/export-page.tsx
index 14022f4d19..4d3cfad5dc 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/features/export/export-page.tsx
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/features/export/export-page.tsx
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ function buildRelativeSaveDirectory(
 ): string {
   if (exportMethod === "gguf") {
     return `${(sourceBaseModelName.split("/").pop() ?? selectedModelIdx ?? "model")
-      .replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9._-]/g, "-")}-gguf`;
+      .replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9._-]/g, "-")}-GGUF`;
   }
   return `${selectedModelIdx ?? "model"}/${checkpoint}`;
 }
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ function siblingGgufDirectory(sourcePath: string): string | null {
   const trimmed = sourcePath.trim().replace(/[\\/]+$/, "");
   if (!trimmed) return null;
   const slash = Math.max(trimmed.lastIndexOf("/"), trimmed.lastIndexOf("\\"));
+  // Lowercase `_gguf` matches the backend's intermediate dir (core/export/export.py);
+  // `_GGUF` would relocate+delete that sibling.
   if (slash < 0) return `${trimmed}_gguf`;
   const parent =
     slash === 0 || (slash === 2 && /^[A-Za-z]:/.test(trimmed))