# How to export \`Base:@kwdef\`?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-export-base-kwdef/67213
**Category:** Package Management
**Tags:** macros
**Created:** [August 28, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-export-base-kwdef/67213 "2021-08-28T10:07:58Z")
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### Author:  [@thisismygitrepo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/thisismygitrepo)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-export-base-kwdef/67213/1 "2021-08-28T10:07:58Z")
I’m trying to export `Base:@kwdef` in a module that I am making via this line
```julia
using Base:@kwdef
export @kwdef
```
However, in the main module, it gets defined as var"@kwdef", how can I fix this?
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### Author:  [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2021, 8:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-export-base-kwdef/67213/2 "2021-08-30T08:50:18Z")
```julia
module Foo
using Base:@kwdef
export @kwdef
end
```
works fine for me. Please provide an MWE.
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