diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 5feac4f..51946f2 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@
 
     <div id="button-row">
       <button class="row" id="show-notes-button">Refresh Notes</button>
-      <button type="submit" id="save-button">Save</button>
+      <button class="row" type="submit" id="save-button">Save</button>
       <button class="row" id="new-button">New</button>
       <button class="row" id="image-button">OCR</button>
+      <button class="row" id="export-button">Export</button>
       <input type="file" id="fileInput" accept="image/*" style="display: none;" />
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 0d721aa..3a4bcfb 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -1701,6 +1701,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc_exception",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "objc-foundation"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1add1b659e36c9607c7aab864a76c7a4c2760cd0cd2e120f3fb8b952c7e22bf9"
+dependencies = [
+ "block",
+ "objc",
+ "objc_id",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "objc_exception"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -2225,6 +2236,30 @@ version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "adad44e29e4c806119491a7f06f03de4d1af22c3a680dd47f1e6e179439d1f56"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rfd"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0149778bd99b6959285b0933288206090c50e2327f47a9c463bfdbf45c8823ea"
+dependencies = [
+ "block",
+ "dispatch",
+ "glib-sys",
+ "gobject-sys",
+ "gtk-sys",
+ "js-sys",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "objc",
+ "objc-foundation",
+ "objc_id",
+ "raw-window-handle",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "web-sys",
+ "windows 0.37.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rusqlite"
 version = "0.31.0"
@@ -2727,6 +2762,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "raw-window-handle",
  "regex",
+ "rfd",
  "semver",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -3300,6 +3336,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-futures"
+version = "0.4.42"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "76bc14366121efc8dbb487ab05bcc9d346b3b5ec0eaa76e46594cabbe51762c0"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
 version = "0.2.92"
@@ -3329,6 +3377,16 @@ version = "0.2.92"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "af190c94f2773fdb3729c55b007a722abb5384da03bc0986df4c289bf5567e96"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "web-sys"
+version = "0.3.69"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77afa9a11836342370f4817622a2f0f418b134426d91a82dfb48f532d2ec13ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "webkit2gtk"
 version = "0.18.2"
@@ -3445,6 +3503,19 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows"
+version = "0.37.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "57b543186b344cc61c85b5aab0d2e3adf4e0f99bc076eff9aa5927bcc0b8a647"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.37.0",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.37.0",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.37.0",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.37.0",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.37.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows"
 version = "0.39.0"
@@ -3599,6 +3670,12 @@ version = "0.52.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bcf46cf4c365c6f2d1cc93ce535f2c8b244591df96ceee75d8e83deb70a9cac9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.37.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2623277cb2d1c216ba3b578c0f3cf9cdebeddb6e66b1b218bb33596ea7769c3a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
 version = "0.39.0"
@@ -3623,6 +3700,12 @@ version = "0.52.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "da9f259dd3bcf6990b55bffd094c4f7235817ba4ceebde8e6d11cd0c5633b675"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.37.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d3925fd0b0b804730d44d4b6278c50f9699703ec49bcd628020f46f4ba07d9e1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
 version = "0.39.0"
@@ -3647,6 +3730,12 @@ version = "0.52.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b474d8268f99e0995f25b9f095bc7434632601028cf86590aea5c8a5cb7801d3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.37.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ce907ac74fe331b524c1298683efbf598bb031bc84d5e274db2083696d07c57c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.39.0"
@@ -3671,6 +3760,12 @@ version = "0.52.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1515e9a29e5bed743cb4415a9ecf5dfca648ce85ee42e15873c3cd8610ff8e02"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.37.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2babfba0828f2e6b32457d5341427dcbb577ceef556273229959ac23a10af33d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.39.0"
@@ -3713,6 +3808,12 @@ version = "0.52.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "77ca79f2451b49fa9e2af39f0747fe999fcda4f5e241b2898624dca97a1f2177"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.37.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f4dd6dc7df2d84cf7b33822ed5b86318fb1781948e9663bacd047fc9dd52259d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.39.0"
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 3d214f2..e0fd7ec 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 tauri-build = { version = "1", features = [] }
 
 [dependencies]
-tauri = { version = "1", features = ["shell-open"] }
+tauri = { version = "1", features = [ "path-all", "fs-read-file", "fs-write-file", "fs-read-dir", "dialog-all", "shell-open"] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 libsnotes = { path = "../libsnotes" }
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 0282379..e3e88b2 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -16,6 +16,25 @@
       "shell": {
         "all": false,
         "open": true
+      },
+      "dialog": {
+        "all": true
+      },
+      "fs": {
+        "all": false,
+        "copyFile": false,
+        "createDir": false,
+        "exists": false,
+        "readDir": true,
+        "readFile": true,
+        "removeDir": false,
+        "removeFile": false,
+        "renameFile": false,
+        "scope": [],
+        "writeFile": true
+      },
+      "path": {
+        "all": true
       }
     },
     "windows": [
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index fc11ace..d6d9d36 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { invoke } from "@tauri-apps/api/tauri";
+import { save } from "@tauri-apps/api/dialog";
 import { Note, Settings } from "./model";
 import { createWorker } from 'tesseract.js';
+import { writeTextFile } from "@tauri-apps/api/fs";
+import { homeDir } from "@tauri-apps/api/path";
 
 let notesMsgEl: HTMLElement | null;
 
@@ -23,6 +26,11 @@ let idModalActive = false;
 let typingTimer: number | null = null;
 const AUTOSAVE_DELAY = 5000;
 
+const exportFileOptions = {
+  //defaultPath: "/path/to/your/default/directory",
+  filters: [{ name: "Text Files", extensions: ["txt"] }],
+};
+
 
 enum EditorState {
   NEW,
@@ -139,6 +147,10 @@ window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", async () => {
     e.preventDefault();
     showNotes();
   });
+  document.querySelector('#export-button')?.addEventListener("click", (e) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    exportNote(createNoteContentEl ? createNoteContentEl.value : null);
+  })
 
   // Pressing TAB should insert intends in the editor.
   // This could potentially cause issues later...
@@ -582,3 +594,26 @@ async function openNoteById(value: string): Promise<boolean> {
   }
   return false;
 }
+
+async function exportNote(contents: string | null) {
+  if (contents) {
+    const title = contents.slice(0, 10);
+    const filePath = await save({
+      defaultPath: (await homeDir()) + "/" + title + ".md",
+      filters: [{
+        name: 'Text',
+        extensions: ['txt', 'md']
+      }]
+    });
+    if (filePath) {
+      await (writeTextFile(filePath, contents));
+    } else {
+      console.error("Failed to get filePath")
+    }
+  } else {
+    // TODO: have some kind of error banner at the bottom for
+    // these notifications
+    console.error("Export note: failed to get note contents");
+  }
+}
+