diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 4bcbfc3ac2..b456f3cc05 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 systemProp.org.gradle.internal.publish.checksums.insecure=true
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m
diff --git a/kinta-lib/src/main/kotlin/com/dailymotion/kinta/integration/lokalise/Lokalise.kt b/kinta-lib/src/main/kotlin/com/dailymotion/kinta/integration/lokalise/Lokalise.kt
index 8467f69c53..a0033e4312 100644
--- a/kinta-lib/src/main/kotlin/com/dailymotion/kinta/integration/lokalise/Lokalise.kt
+++ b/kinta-lib/src/main/kotlin/com/dailymotion/kinta/integration/lokalise/Lokalise.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.dailymotion.kinta.KintaEnv
 import com.dailymotion.kinta.Logger
 import com.dailymotion.kinta.globalJson
 import com.dailymotion.kinta.helper.UnzipUtils
+import com.dailymotion.kinta.integration.lokalise.internal.model.EmptyExport
 import com.dailymotion.kinta.integration.lokalise.internal.model.LkDownloadPayload
 import com.dailymotion.kinta.integration.lokalise.internal.model.LkLangResponse
 import com.dailymotion.kinta.integration.lokalise.internal.model.LkUploadPayload
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ object Lokalise {
         resource: String,
         format: String,
         langList: List<String>,
+        convertPlaceholders: Boolean = true,
+        exportEmptyAs: String = EmptyExport.SKIP.name.lowercase(),
     ): LokaliseDownloadResponse {
         val project_ = project ?: KintaEnv.getOrFail(KintaEnv.Var.LOKALISE_PROJECT)
 
@@ -68,6 +71,8 @@ object Lokalise {
             filter_langs = langList,
             filter_filenames = listOf(resource),
             format = format,
+            convert_placeholders = convertPlaceholders,
+            export_empty_as = exportEmptyAs
         )
 
         return requestDownload(
diff --git a/kinta-lib/src/main/kotlin/com/dailymotion/kinta/integration/lokalise/internal/model/Model.kt b/kinta-lib/src/main/kotlin/com/dailymotion/kinta/integration/lokalise/internal/model/Model.kt
index a002b36142..86642d21af 100644
--- a/kinta-lib/src/main/kotlin/com/dailymotion/kinta/integration/lokalise/internal/model/Model.kt
+++ b/kinta-lib/src/main/kotlin/com/dailymotion/kinta/integration/lokalise/internal/model/Model.kt
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ data class LkDownloadPayload(
     val filter_langs: List<String>,
     val filter_filenames: List<String>,
     val format: String,
-    val indentation: String = "tab",
+    val export_empty_as: String,
+    val convert_placeholders: Boolean,
     val directory_prefix: String = "%LANG_ISO%",
-    val export_empty_as: String = "skip",
+    val indentation: String = "tab",
 )
 
 @Serializable
@@ -33,4 +34,6 @@ data class LkUploadPayload(
     val filename: String,
     val lang_iso: String,
     val replace_modified: Boolean = true,
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)
+
+enum class EmptyExport { BASE, EMPTY, NULL, SKIP }
\ No newline at end of file