diff --git a/src/api/index.js b/src/api/index.js
index b2d48a3..32961ba 100755
--- a/src/api/index.js
+++ b/src/api/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { version } from '../../package.json'
 import { Router } from 'express'
-import { exportToFile } from '../utilities'
 import copy from '../copy/en'
 
 export default ({ config, controller }) => {
diff --git a/src/copy/en.js b/src/copy/en.js
index 2795462..b4ccf21 100644
--- a/src/copy/en.js
+++ b/src/copy/en.js
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 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.',
+    export: {
+      fileMissing: 'The server could not export. Check that you provided a file path to export to and try again.',
+      writeFailed: 'The server could not export the data to the file. There is an issue with the data format'
+    },
+    exportFileMissing: '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.`,
diff --git a/src/lib/Controller.js b/src/lib/Controller.js
index e3a5970..2150e98 100644
--- a/src/lib/Controller.js
+++ b/src/lib/Controller.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import copy from '../copy/en'
+import { exportToFile } from '../lib/util'
 
 /**
  * Controller
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ class Controller {
   }
 
   retrieveAll (fileDest) {
-    if (fileDest === '')  throw new Error(copy.errors.export)
+    if (fileDest === '')  return Promise.reject(new Error(copy.errors.export.fileMissing))
 
     const indexedData = {}
     const urls = []
@@ -52,14 +53,19 @@ class Controller {
         urls.push(bp.urls[0])
         return this.retrieve(bp.sheet.name, bp.name, resource)
       })
-    ).then(results => {
+    ).then(async results => {
       if (results.every(res => res)) {
         urls.forEach((item, idx) => {
           indexedData[item] = results[idx]
         })
-        return copy.success.export(fileDest)
+        try {
+          await exportToFile(fileDest, indexedData)
+          return copy.success.export(fileDest)
+        } catch (e) {
+          return Promise.reject(e)
+        }
       } else {
-        throw new Error(copy.errors.export)
+        return Promise.reject(new Error(copy.errors.export.writeFailed))
       }
     })
   }
diff --git a/src/lib/util.js b/src/lib/util.js
index e213df1..76ab1db 100755
--- a/src/lib/util.js
+++ b/src/lib/util.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import R from 'ramda'
+import fs from 'file-system'
+import copy from '../copy/en'
 
 /* eslint-disable */
 String.prototype.replaceAll = function (search, replacement) {
@@ -14,6 +16,15 @@ function camelize (str) {
   })
 }
 
+export function exportToFile(fileDest, data) {
+  const stringifiedData = JSON.stringify(data, null, 2)
+  const filePath = `${fileDest}/export.json`
+
+  fs.writeFile(filePath, stringifiedData, (err) => {
+    if (err) throw new Error(copy.errors.export.writeFailed)
+  })
+}
+
 export const fmtObj = R.curry(
   (
     columnNames,
diff --git a/src/utilities.js b/src/utilities.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e2dfeda..0000000
--- a/src/utilities.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import fs from 'file-system'
-
-function exportToFile(url, data) {
-  console.info(url, data)
-  return 1
-}
-
-export const utilities = {
-  default: exportToFile(),
-  exportToFile
-}
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