diff --git a/src/core_plugins/state_session_storage_redirect/package.json b/src/core_plugins/state_session_storage_redirect/package.json
index fd24ec9b0ddcc..7eedbddb08325 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/state_session_storage_redirect/package.json
+++ b/src/core_plugins/state_session_storage_redirect/package.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "state_session_storage_redirect",
-  "version": "kibana"
+  "version": "kibana",
+  "description": "When using the state:storeInSessionStorage setting with the short-urls, we need some way to get the full URL's hashed states into sessionStorage, this app will grab the URL from the kbn-initial-state and and put the URL hashed states into sessionStorage before redirecting the user."
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/public/state_management/state_hashing/hash_url.js b/src/ui/public/state_management/state_hashing/hash_url.js
index 1739a14ea9546..e34829f19bef3 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/state_management/state_hashing/hash_url.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/state_management/state_hashing/hash_url.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const hashStatesInQuery = (states, query) => {
   return Object.assign({}, query, hashedQuery);
 };
 
-const hashUrl = (states, redirectUrl) => {
+export const hashUrl = (states, redirectUrl) => {
   // we need states to proceed, throwing an error if we don't have any
   if (states === null || !states.length) {
     throw new Error('states parameter must be an Array with length greater than 0');
@@ -73,5 +73,3 @@ const hashUrl = (states, redirectUrl) => {
     protocol: parsedUrl.protocol,
   });
 };
-
-export default hashUrl;
diff --git a/src/ui/public/state_management/state_hashing/index.js b/src/ui/public/state_management/state_hashing/index.js
index 6f3f5b6484931..438dc4430b103 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/state_management/state_hashing/index.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/state_management/state_hashing/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ export {
 } from './get_unhashable_states_provider';
 
 export {
-  default as hashUrl,
+  hashUrl,
 } from './hash_url';
 
 export {