diff --git a/src/components/Board.tsx b/src/components/Board.tsx
index 0c69f54..b41b2a8 100644
--- a/src/components/Board.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Board.tsx
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ function Board() {
             <IconButton onClick={() => step()}>
           <KeyboardDoubleArrowRightIcon />
         </IconButton>
+            <IconButton href={save(program)} download="save.json">
+              <SaveIcon />
+            </IconButton>
           </Grid>
           <Grid item xs={4}>
             <Typography>output: {program.output}</Typography>
diff --git a/src/filehandler.tsx b/src/filehandler.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2060580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/filehandler.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import React from "react"
+import { newBoard, ProgramState, resetProgram } from "./interpreter"
+import instructions, { Instruction } from "./instructions"
+
+interface SaveState {
+  width: number
+  height: number
+  program: string[]
+}
+
+
+export function save(program: ProgramState): string {
+  const saveObject: SaveState = {
+    width: program.width,
+    height: program.height,
+    program: []
+  }
+
+  program.board.forEach((row) => {
+    let line = ""
+    row.forEach((instruction) => {
+      line += instruction.bytecode
+    })
+    saveObject.program.push(line)
+  })
+
+  console.log(saveObject)
+
+  const data = new Blob([JSON.stringify(saveObject, null, 2)], { type: "text/plain" })
+
+  const file = window.URL.createObjectURL(data)
+  return file
+}