diff --git a/kolibri/core/logger/csv_export.py b/kolibri/core/logger/csv_export.py
index 61d6c122e00..7a612b98374 100644
--- a/kolibri/core/logger/csv_export.py
+++ b/kolibri/core/logger/csv_export.py
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 
 import csv
 import datetime
+import io
 import logging
 import math
-import os
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from functools import partial
 
 from dateutil import parser
 from django.core.cache import cache
+from django.core.files.storage import DefaultStorage
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.translation import pgettext_lazy
 from le_utils.constants import content_kinds
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@
 from .models import ContentSummaryLog
 from kolibri.core.content.models import ChannelMetadata
 from kolibri.core.content.models import ContentNode
-from kolibri.core.utils.csv import open_csv_for_writing
 from kolibri.core.utils.csv import output_mapper
 
 
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ def cache_content_title(obj):
 def csv_file_generator(
     facility, log_type, filepath, start_date, end_date, overwrite=False
 ):
+    file_storage = DefaultStorage()
 
     if log_type not in ("summary", "session"):
         raise ValueError(
@@ -160,8 +161,9 @@ def csv_file_generator(
         else parser.parse(end_date) + datetime.timedelta(days=1)
     )
 
-    if not overwrite and os.path.exists(filepath):
-        raise ValueError("{} already exists".format(filepath))
+    filename = file_storage.generate_filename(filepath.split("/")[-1])
+    if not overwrite and file_storage.exists(filename):
+        raise ValueError("{} already exists".format(filename))
     queryset = log_info["queryset"].filter(
         dataset_id=facility.dataset_id,
     )
@@ -179,14 +181,28 @@ def csv_file_generator(
         if log_type == "summary" or label != labels["completion_timestamp"]
     )
 
-    csv_file = open_csv_for_writing(filepath)
+    csv_file = io.BytesIO()
 
     with csv_file as f:
-        writer = csv.DictWriter(f, header_labels)
-        logger.info("Creating csv file {filename}".format(filename=filepath))
+        writer = csv.DictWriter(io.TextIOWrapper(f, encoding="utf-8"), header_labels)
+        logger.info(
+            "Creating {logtype} csv file {filename}".format(
+                logtype=log_type, filename=filename
+            )
+        )
         writer.writeheader()
         for item in queryset.select_related("user", "user__facility").values(
             *log_info["db_columns"]
         ):
             writer.writerow(map_object(item))
             yield
+
+        f.seek(0)
+        file = file_storage.save(filename, f)
+
+        try:
+            # If the file is local, we can get the path
+            logger.info("File saved - Path: {}".format(file_storage.path(file)))
+        except NotImplementedError:
+            # But if path is not implemented, we assume we can get the URL
+            logger.info("File saved - Path: {}".format(file_storage.url(file)))