diff --git a/cucul/cucul.c b/cucul/cucul.c
index 5285e8d..a444ac9 100644
--- a/cucul/cucul.c
+++ b/cucul/cucul.c
@@ -317,35 +317,28 @@ void cucul_free(cucul_t *qq)
     free(qq);
 }
 
-struct cucul_export * cucul_create_export(cucul_t *qq, enum cucul_format format)
+struct cucul_export * cucul_create_export(cucul_t *qq, char const *format)
 {
     struct cucul_export *ex;
 
     ex = malloc(sizeof(struct cucul_export));
 
-    switch(format)
+    if(!strcasecmp("ansi", format))
+        _cucul_get_ansi(qq, ex);
+    else if(!strcasecmp("html", format))
+        _cucul_get_html(qq, ex);
+    else if(!strcasecmp("html3", format))
+        _cucul_get_html3(qq, ex);
+    else if(!strcasecmp("irc", format))
+        _cucul_get_irc(qq, ex);
+    else if(!strcasecmp("ps", format))
+        _cucul_get_ps(qq, ex);
+    else if(!strcasecmp("svg", format))
+        _cucul_get_svg(qq, ex);
+    else
     {
-        case CUCUL_FORMAT_ANSI:
-            _cucul_get_ansi(qq, ex);
-            break;
-        case CUCUL_FORMAT_HTML:
-            _cucul_get_html(qq, ex);
-            break;
-        case CUCUL_FORMAT_HTML3:
-            _cucul_get_html3(qq, ex);
-            break;
-        case CUCUL_FORMAT_IRC:
-            _cucul_get_irc(qq, ex);
-            break;
-        case CUCUL_FORMAT_PS:
-            _cucul_get_ps(qq, ex);
-            break;
-        case CUCUL_FORMAT_SVG:
-            _cucul_get_svg(qq, ex);
-            break;
-        default:
-            free(ex);
-            return NULL;
+        free(ex);
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     return ex;
diff --git a/cucul/cucul.h b/cucul/cucul.h
index 943b371..cfa2edb 100644
--- a/cucul/cucul.h
+++ b/cucul/cucul.h
@@ -52,20 +52,6 @@ enum cucul_color
     CUCUL_COLOR_WHITE = 15 /**< The colour index for white. */
 };
 
-/** \brief Export formats
- *
- *  Export formats understood by libcucul.
- */
-enum cucul_format
-{
-    CUCUL_FORMAT_ANSI = 0, /**< Export to ANSI format. */
-    CUCUL_FORMAT_HTML = 1, /**< Export to HTML format. */
-    CUCUL_FORMAT_HTML3 = 2, /**< Export to old HTMLv3 format. */
-    CUCUL_FORMAT_IRC = 3, /**< Export to text with mIRC colours. */
-    CUCUL_FORMAT_PS = 4, /**< Export to PostScript. */
-    CUCUL_FORMAT_SVG = 5, /**< Export to Scalable Vector Graphics format. */
-};
-
 /** \brief Internal features.
  *
  *  Internal libcaca features such as the rendering method or the dithering
@@ -241,7 +227,7 @@ struct cucul_export
     char *buffer;
 };
 
-struct cucul_export * cucul_create_export(cucul_t *, enum cucul_format);
+struct cucul_export * cucul_create_export(cucul_t *, char const *);
 void cucul_free_export(struct cucul_export *);
 
 /*  @} */
diff --git a/src/cacaserver.c b/src/cacaserver.c
index 42842a4..40efb3e 100644
--- a/src/cacaserver.c
+++ b/src/cacaserver.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ int main(void)
 
         /* Get ANSI representation of the image and skip the end-of buffer
          * linefeed ("\r\n\0", 3 bytes) */
-        server->ex = cucul_create_export(qq, CUCUL_FORMAT_ANSI);
+        server->ex = cucul_create_export(qq, "ansi");
         server->ex->size -= 3;
 
         for(i = 0; i < server->client_count; i++)
diff --git a/test/export.c b/test/export.c
index 73e6135..21d6c46 100644
--- a/test/export.c
+++ b/test/export.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ uint32_t pixels[256*256];
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     cucul_t *qq;
-    enum cucul_format format;
     struct cucul_bitmap *bitmap;
     struct cucul_export *buffer;
     int x, y;
@@ -48,19 +47,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         exit(-1);
     }
 
-    if(!strcasecmp(argv[1], "ansi"))
-        format = CUCUL_FORMAT_ANSI;
-    else if(!strcasecmp(argv[1], "html"))
-        format = CUCUL_FORMAT_HTML;
-    else if(!strcasecmp(argv[1], "html3"))
-        format = CUCUL_FORMAT_HTML3;
-    else if(!strcasecmp(argv[1], "irc"))
-        format = CUCUL_FORMAT_IRC;
-    else if(!strcasecmp(argv[1], "ps"))
-        format = CUCUL_FORMAT_PS;
-    else if(!strcasecmp(argv[1], "svg"))
-        format = CUCUL_FORMAT_SVG;
-    else
+    if(strcasecmp(argv[1], "ansi")
+        && strcasecmp(argv[1], "html")
+        && strcasecmp(argv[1], "html3")
+        && strcasecmp(argv[1], "irc")
+        && strcasecmp(argv[1], "ps")
+        && strcasecmp(argv[1], "svg"))
     {
         fprintf(stderr, "%s: unknown format `%s'\n", argv[0], argv[1]);
         exit(-1);
@@ -98,7 +90,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     cucul_set_color(qq, CUCUL_COLOR_WHITE, CUCUL_COLOR_LIGHTBLUE);
     cucul_putstr(qq, WIDTH / 2 - 7, HEIGHT / 2, "    LIBCACA    ");
 
-    buffer = cucul_create_export(qq, format);
+    buffer = cucul_create_export(qq, argv[1]);
     fwrite(buffer->buffer, buffer->size - 1, 1, stdout);
     cucul_free_export(buffer);