diff --git a/src/api/index.js b/src/api/index.js
index 8bd5d43..b2d48a3 100755
--- a/src/api/index.js
+++ b/src/api/index.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import copy from '../copy/en'
 
 export default ({ config, controller }) => {
   let api = Router()
+  const fileDest = config.EXPORT_FILE_DEST || ""
 
   api.get('/', (req, res) => {
     res.json({
@@ -24,15 +25,8 @@ export default ({ config, controller }) => {
   })
 
   api.get('/export', (req, res) => {
-    const bps = controller.blueprints()
-    const bpsParsed = bps.map(bp => ({
-      sheet: bp.sheet.name,
-      tab: bp.name,
-      resources: bp.resources,
-      url: bp.urls[0]
-    }))
     controller
-      .retrieveAll(bpsParsed)
+      .retrieveAll(fileDest)
       .then(msg =>
         res.json({
           success: msg
diff --git a/src/copy/en.js b/src/copy/en.js
index 8c3350b..2795462 100644
--- a/src/copy/en.js
+++ b/src/copy/en.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export default {
   errors: {
     update: 'The server could not update. Check your API credentials and internet connection and try again.',
+    export: 'The server could not export. Check that you provided a file path to export to and try again.',
     onlySheet: 'You cannot query a sheet directly. The URL needs to be in the format /:sheet/:tab/:resource.',
     onlyTab: 'You cannot query a tab directly. The URL needs to be in the format /:sheet/:tab/:resource.',
     noSheet: sheet => `The sheet ${sheet} is not available in this server.`,
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ export default {
     modelLayer: prts => `Something went wrong at the model layer`
   },
   success: {
-    update: 'All sheets updated'
+    update: 'All sheets updated',
+    export: dest => `All resources exported to the file: ${dest}`,
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/Controller.js b/src/lib/Controller.js
index c6b8468..3f98270 100644
--- a/src/lib/Controller.js
+++ b/src/lib/Controller.js
@@ -39,8 +39,29 @@ class Controller {
     })
   }
 
-  retrieveAll (blueprints) {
-    // index through bps, grab data and add to existing data object with value for url name and data points for data object, write to file and return success msg; catch errors appropriately
+  retrieveAll (fileDest) {
+    if (fileDest === '')  throw new Error(copy.errors.export)
+
+    const indexedData = {}
+    const urls = []
+
+    const bps = this.blueprints()
+    return Promise.all(
+      bps.map(bp => {
+        const resource = Object.keys(bp.resources)[0]
+        urls.push(bp.urls[0])
+        return this.retrieve(bp.sheet.name, bp.name, resource)
+      })
+    ).then(results => {
+      if (results.every(res => res)) {
+        urls.forEach((item, idx) => {
+          indexedData[item] = results[idx]
+        })
+        return 'Success'
+      } else {
+        throw new Error(copy.errors.export)
+      }
+    })
   }
 
   retrieve (sheet, tab, resource) {