diff --git a/cps/helper.py b/cps/helper.py
index 975a2523..4f2470f1 100644
--- a/cps/helper.py
+++ b/cps/helper.py
@@ -1007,10 +1007,17 @@ def do_calibre_export(book_id, book_format, ):
         tmp_dir = get_temp_dir()
         calibredb_binarypath = get_calibre_binarypath("calibredb")
         temp_file_name = str(uuid4())
-        opf_command = [calibredb_binarypath, 'export', '--dont-write-opf', '--with-library', config.config_calibre_dir,
+        my_env = os.environ.copy()
+        if config.config_calibre_split:
+            my_env['CALIBRE_OVERRIDE_DATABASE_PATH'] = os.path.join(config.config_calibre_dir, "metadata.db")
+            library_path = config.config_calibre_split_dir
+        else:
+            library_path = config.config_calibre_dir
+        opf_command = [calibredb_binarypath, 'export', '--dont-write-opf', '--with-library', library_path,
                        '--to-dir', tmp_dir, '--formats', book_format, "--template", "{}".format(temp_file_name),
                        str(book_id)]
-        p = process_open(opf_command, quotes)
+        # CALIBRE_OVERRIDE_DATABASE_PATH
+        p = process_open(opf_command, quotes, my_env)
         _, err = p.communicate()
         if err:
             log.error('Metadata embedder encountered an error: %s', err)
diff --git a/cps/tasks/convert.py b/cps/tasks/convert.py
index 8cb29197..21f99668 100644
--- a/cps/tasks/convert.py
+++ b/cps/tasks/convert.py
@@ -251,9 +251,16 @@ class TaskConvert(CalibreTask):
                 quotes = [3, 5]
                 tmp_dir = get_temp_dir()
                 calibredb_binarypath = os.path.join(config.config_binariesdir, SUPPORTED_CALIBRE_BINARIES["calibredb"])
+                my_env = os.environ.copy()
+                if config.config_calibre_split:
+                    my_env['CALIBRE_OVERRIDE_DATABASE_PATH'] = os.path.join(config.config_calibre_dir, "metadata.db")
+                    library_path = config.config_calibre_split_dir
+                else:
+                    library_path = config.config_calibre_dir
+
                 opf_command = [calibredb_binarypath, 'show_metadata', '--as-opf', str(self.book_id),
-                               '--with-library', config.config_calibre_dir]
-                p = process_open(opf_command, quotes)
+                               '--with-library', library_path]
+                p = process_open(opf_command, quotes, my_env)
                 p.wait()
                 path_tmp_opf = os.path.join(tmp_dir, "metadata_" + str(uuid4()) + ".opf")
                 with open(path_tmp_opf, 'w') as fd:
diff --git a/cps/templates/config_db.html b/cps/templates/config_db.html
index e79bb630..5b6ac7ff 100644
--- a/cps/templates/config_db.html
+++ b/cps/templates/config_db.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
       </div>
       <div class="form-group required">
         <input type="checkbox" id="config_calibre_split" name="config_calibre_split" data-control="split_settings" data-t ="{{ config.config_calibre_split_dir  }}" {% if config.config_calibre_split %}checked{% endif %} >
-        <label for="config_calibre_split">{{_('Separate Book files from Library (Highly experimental, might not work at all)')}}</label>
+        <label for="config_calibre_split">{{_('Separate Book files from Library (Experimental, may lead to unexpected behavior)')}}</label>
       </div>
       <div data-related="split_settings">
        <div class="form-group required input-group">