diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index e4f5cf4..31a7e1c 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -566,6 +566,31 @@ async fn list_videos(State(s): State<AppState>, user: AuthUser, AxPath(id): AxPa
     Ok(Json(rows))
 }
 
+/// Ensure an annotations export doc carries a `video` identity block. Some ingested /
+/// pushed docs omit it, which makes a bulk export impossible to tie back to a file.
+/// Injects `{ file_name, rel_path }` when absent; leaves an existing block untouched.
+fn ensure_video_block(mut doc: serde_json::Value, file_name: &str, rel_path: &str) -> serde_json::Value {
+    if let Some(obj) = doc.as_object_mut() {
+        let has_video = obj.get("video").map(|v| !v.is_null()).unwrap_or(false);
+        if !has_video {
+            obj.insert("video".into(), json!({ "file_name": file_name, "rel_path": rel_path }));
+        }
+    }
+    doc
+}
+
+/// One entry in the bulk project export. Serialized as a struct (NOT the `json!` macro)
+/// so the video identity fields come FIRST — serde_json orders `json!` object keys
+/// alphabetically, which otherwise buries `file_name` far below the huge `annotations`
+/// array and makes it look missing.
+#[derive(serde::Serialize)]
+struct ExportedVideo {
+    file_name: String,
+    rel_path: String,
+    video_id: i32,
+    annotations: serde_json::Value,
+}
+
 /// `GET /api/videos/:id/export` — download one video's annotations as the canonical
 /// export JSON (`videos.raw_json`, the doc pushed by the worker / ingested from NAS).
 /// Auth required (via `?token=`); served as a file attachment.
@@ -573,14 +598,19 @@ async fn export_video(State(s): State<AppState>, Query(q): Query<TokenQuery>, Ax
     if auth::validate_token(&s, q.token.as_deref().unwrap_or("")).await.is_none() {
         return Err((StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED, "missing or invalid token".into()));
     }
-    let row: Option<(String, Option<serde_json::Value>)> =
-        sqlx::query_as("SELECT file_name, raw_json FROM videos WHERE id=$1")
+    let row: Option<(String, String, Option<serde_json::Value>)> =
+        sqlx::query_as("SELECT file_name, rel_path, raw_json FROM videos WHERE id=$1")
             .bind(id)
             .fetch_optional(&s.db)
             .await
             .map_err(err)?;
-    let (file_name, raw_json) = row.ok_or((StatusCode::NOT_FOUND, "video not found".to_string()))?;
-    let doc = raw_json.unwrap_or_else(|| json!({ "fixed_annotations": [], "range_annotations": [] }));
+    let (file_name, rel_path, raw_json) = row.ok_or((StatusCode::NOT_FOUND, "video not found".to_string()))?;
+    // Embed the video identity inside the doc so the file's name/path travel with it.
+    let doc = ensure_video_block(
+        raw_json.unwrap_or_else(|| json!({ "fixed_annotations": [], "range_annotations": [] })),
+        &file_name,
+        &rel_path,
+    );
     let body = serde_json::to_vec_pretty(&doc).map_err(err)?;
     let stem = file_name.rsplit_once('.').map(|(a, _)| a).unwrap_or(&file_name);
     let fname = format!("{stem}_annotations.json");
@@ -604,9 +634,18 @@ async fn export_project(State(s): State<AppState>, Query(q): Query<TokenQuery>,
     .fetch_all(&s.db)
     .await
     .map_err(err)?;
-    let videos: Vec<serde_json::Value> = rows
+    let videos: Vec<ExportedVideo> = rows
         .into_iter()
-        .map(|(vid, fname, rel, raw)| json!({ "video_id": vid, "file_name": fname, "rel_path": rel, "annotations": raw }))
+        .map(|(vid, fname, rel, raw)| {
+            // file_name first (struct order) AND embedded in the annotations doc, so the
+            // name is both immediately visible per entry and self-contained with the data.
+            let annotations = ensure_video_block(
+                raw.unwrap_or_else(|| json!({ "fixed_annotations": [], "range_annotations": [] })),
+                &fname,
+                &rel,
+            );
+            ExportedVideo { file_name: fname, rel_path: rel, video_id: vid, annotations }
+        })
         .collect();
     let doc = json!({ "project_id": id, "video_count": videos.len(), "videos": videos });
     let body = serde_json::to_vec_pretty(&doc).map_err(err)?;