diff --git a/ManagerService/Controllers/ConfigurationController.cs b/ManagerService/Controllers/ConfigurationController.cs
index b0be595..7dba07b 100644
--- a/ManagerService/Controllers/ConfigurationController.cs
+++ b/ManagerService/Controllers/ConfigurationController.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Manager.Interfaces.DTO;
 using Manager.Interfaces.Models;
@@ -228,17 +229,18 @@ namespace ManagerService.Controllers
             }
         }
 
-        
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Export a configuration
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="id">Id of configuration to export</param>  
-        [ProducesResponseType(typeof(ExportConfigurationDTO), 200)]
+        [AllowAnonymous]
+        [ProducesResponseType(typeof(FileContentResult), 200)]
         [ProducesResponseType(typeof(string), 400)]
         [ProducesResponseType(typeof(string), 404)]
         [ProducesResponseType(typeof(string), 500)]
         [HttpGet("{id}/export")]
-        public ObjectResult Export(string id)
+        public FileContentResult Export(string id)
         {
             try
             {
@@ -331,21 +333,30 @@ namespace ManagerService.Controllers
                             break;
                     }
                 }
-
-                return new OkObjectResult(configuration.ToExportDTO(sectionDTOs, resourceDTOs));
-
+                ExportConfigurationDTO toDownload = configuration.ToExportDTO(sectionDTOs, resourceDTOs);
+                string jsonString = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(toDownload);
+                var fileName = $"{configuration.Label}.json";
+                var mimeType = "application/json";
+                var fileBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(jsonString);
+                return new FileContentResult(fileBytes, mimeType)
+                {
+                    FileDownloadName = fileName
+                };
             }
             catch (ArgumentNullException ex)
             {
-                return new BadRequestObjectResult(ex.Message) { };
+                return null;
+                //return new BadRequestObjectResult(ex.Message) { };
             }
             catch (KeyNotFoundException ex)
             {
-                return new NotFoundObjectResult(ex.Message) { };
+                return null;
+                //return new NotFoundObjectResult(ex.Message) { };
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                return new ObjectResult(ex.Message) { StatusCode = 500 };
+                return null;
+                //return new ObjectResult(ex.Message) { StatusCode = 500 };
             }
         }